Ambrose AkinmusireBest Ambrose Akinmusire Albums Ranked
7.7
Avg Score
7
Opinions
6
Albums
4
Reviewers
Summary from 7 ratings
On Rate.fm, fans have rated Ambrose Akinmusire’s catalog across 6 albums from 7 opinions, with an overall average of 7.7/10. The top-rated Ambrose Akinmusire album is When the Heart Emerges Glistening (2011) with a 8.5/10 average from 1 rating, followed by honey from a winter stone and Owl Song. The discography on Rate.fm spans 2011 to 2026.
Owl Song
“The news that Ambrose Akinmusire likes owls comes as no surprise once you start pondering the watchful patience and swooping accuracy of this California-raised trumpet virtuoso’s jazz creativity for the past 15 years. Showered with plaudits in that time (with comparisons with Miles Davis often among them), Akinmusire shares Miles’ belief that less is more. He called this beautiful trio album Owl S”
on the tender spot of every calloused moment
“On the jazz trumpeter’s fifth album, Akinmusire and his extremely tight band are after your immediate emotional response. It’s music that seeks peace not just despite a world of unrest, but within it.”
Origami Harvest
“Joining the Mivos Quartet’s strings with rapper Kool A.D. and a traditional jazz ensemble, the Oakland trumpeter crafts suite-like compositions that grapple with structural racism and state violence.”