Civil Disobedience June 2026 Downbeat Magazing Feature

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“There may not be a more crucial moment to examine the windows of history in order to comprehend the current situation in America. The music featured in this recording serves as one such window…”

— David Ambrosio

‍ ‍ DEBUT RECORDING IS OUT NOW!!!

Civil Disobedience LP

Civil Disobedience Digital Album

ABOUT

CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE, created by NY bassist David Ambrosio, is a project meticulously crafted to showcase the compositions of progressive jazz maestros from the late 60s Blue Note Era, paying homage to luminaries such as Bobby Hutcherson, Jackie McLean, Stanley Cowell, Harold Land, Joe Chambers, Duke Pearson, and James Spaulding.

In a reflection of an era marked by social upheaval and civil unrest, the compositions that form the core of this project lay dormant for decades, unheard and unappreciated at the time of their creation. Over fifty years later in America we are at a crossroads again, witnessing significant parallels in social movements reminiscent of that transformative era, and It is against this backdrop that the once-overlooked music of the late 60s Blue Note Era gains a newfound relevance.

Let us unite to pay tribute to, commemorate, and disseminate the enduring music and motivational messages from the late 1960s!

CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE is:
Donny McCaslin - saxophones
Ingrid Jensen - trumpet
Bruce Barth - piano
David Ambrosio -bass
Victor Lewis - drums

PRESS

“Ambrosio has taken a fantastic idea--to resurrect the great, overlooked composers and players of the late Blue Note Avant Guard--and run with it, surrounding himself with some of the best players in New York. The result is a type of musical ARCHAEOLOGY, but one that's deeply intelligent and highly swinging. There's nothing like this project." - Peter Watrous, former New York times jazz critic

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“With Civil Disobedience, Ambrosio is back in the deep end of musical dedication - to his ideals and to a historical and social consciousness” - Josef Woodard, Dpwnbeat Magazine

“Civil Disobedience: Blue Note in the Progressive Sixties is both a tribute and a reclamation, a love letter to the music. The ensemble balances fidelity to the original material with a fresh, contemporary sensibility." - Mark Corroto, All About Jazz

“There’s something life affirming about David Ambrosio’s latest project [Civil Disobedience]. These underplayed songs boast divergent melodic paths, but are all driven by swing.” - Andy Cowan, MOJO Magazine UK