On The Tender Spot #.show-split Henry Grimes on bass

Henry Grimes on bass

10    Painter Song

a striking new album that finds the Houston-born drummer and composer paring down to a trio featuring saxophonist Walter Smith III and bassist Reuben Rogers

Gerald Wilson spent formative years in Detroit before launching a celebrated career as a trumpeter

Elliott Skinner

On The Tender Spot #.show-split Henry Grimes on bassAmbrose Akinmusire follows his acclaimed, genre busting best of 2018 manifesto "Origami Harvest" with another visionary statement on his new album "on the tender spot of every calloused moment," which finds the trumpeter examining blackness on an uncompromising set of modern jazz laced with a heavy feeling of the blues. The album presents 11 new compositions by Akinmusire and features his quartet with pianist Sam Harris, bassist Harish Raghavan, and