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Blue Note All-Stars' Debut Album Paints A Portrait Of Contemporary Jazz

Robert Glasper, Kendrick Scott, Ambrose Akinmusire and a handful of other Blue Note stars join forces on a new album called Our Point of View.
Blue Note All-Stars' debut album, <em>Our Point of View</em>, is available now.

For its 75th anniversary, the venerable wanted to celebrate jazz's present as much as its past. The label's current roster includes some of today's most dynamic composers and players: Keyboardist , trumpeter , saxophonist , guitarist , bassist and drummer . Coming together as the Blue Note All-Stars, their debut album, which is available now, is a collective manifesto and a portrait of contemporary jazz.

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