Ambrose Akinmusire: Bloomed at Big Ears

'honey from a winter stone' in images and words, live from the Bijou.

As part of a suite of coverage from the Big Ears Festival, here’s another special collab between The Gig and That Million Dollar Bash, focusing on a single concert. Please enjoy!

Ambrose Akinmusire distrusts heroics.

This is an odd and conflicted predilection for a trumpeter-bandleader situated, however loosely, in the volatile tradition of modern jazz. Akinmusire recognizes the…