Pitchforkd. 13. Oct. 2018ByBySeth Colter Wallsd. 13. Oct. 2018"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".Read review
DownBeat2018 NovemberByByJ. D. Considine2018 November"Akinmusire often seems less a presence as a player than Gilmore, pianist Sam Harris or the string quartet. Where his genius most keenly is felt is in the writing, which not only presents a wealth of ideas, but deploys them with power, ingenuity and grace, and that makes this a harvest worthy of thanksgiving".