Product details
- Label Blue Note
- Artist Immanuel Wilkins
- Format 2LP
- Country United States
- Released Date 2024
- Genre Jazz
- Sealed Yes
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Blues Blood by Immanuel Wilkins.
Immanuel Wilkins arrives with "Blues Blood," a double LP that stretches across four sides and asks to be heard as a single, unbroken statement. Housed in a gatefold sleeve, this is a record built for immersion, the kind of release that rewards patience and a willingness to sit with an album from first groove to last.
The music unfolds in movements. Side A opens with "Matte Glaze," then moves through "Funmi," "Motion," and "Everything," a sequence that lays out the emotional and rhythmic terrain to come. Wilkins has a way of pacing his records so that each piece feels connected to the next, and the flow across this opening side sets the tone for everything that follows.
Interludes are woven through the whole work, giving it the shape of a suite rather than a simple collection of songs. "Air (Interlude)" bridges into side B before "Dark Eyes Smile" and "Apparition" take hold. Later, "Assembly (Interlude)" opens side C, and side D is threaded with "Set! (Interlude)" and "Your Memory (Interlude)," small connective passages that let the larger pieces breathe and resolve.
The heavier weight of the album lives in its middle and closing stretches. "Afterlife Residence Time" and "Moshpit" bring a charged energy to side C, while side D builds toward its conclusion through "If That Blood Runs East" before landing on the title track, "Blues Blood." Ending an album on its namesake gives the whole project a sense of arrival, a final word that ties the running themes together.
This is the USA pressing, identifiable by the address text printed on the back of the jacket, which differs from the European variant. For collectors who track regional editions, that detail matters, and it makes this copy a specific object with its own place in the release history rather than an interchangeable pressing.
As a double LP in a gatefold, "Blues Blood" is a record that suits the listener who values the long form, the artist working on a wide canvas, and the pleasure of turning the record over across four sides. Wilkins continues to build a body of work that speaks to the deep tradition of jazz while pushing it somewhere personal, and this album is a strong document of that voice. It belongs on the shelf of anyone following the most compelling saxophone players of the moment.
Pressing Details:
Gatefold Sleeve
USA address on back side of jacket text, different than Europe variant
Track Listing:
A1. Matte Glaze
A2. Funmi
A3. Motion
A4. Everything
B1. Air (Interlude)
B2. Dark Eyes Smile
B3. Apparition
C1. Assembly (Interlude)
C2. Afterlife Residence Time
C3. Moshpit
D1. Set! (Interlude)
D2. If That Blood Runs East
D3. Your Memory (Interlude)
D4. Blues Blood
Artist: Immanuel Wilkins
Format: 2LP
Genre: Jazz
Label: Blue Note
Catalog Number: 00602465552041
Release Year: 2024
Country: United States
Condition: Sealed (New)
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