Honey from a winter stone, which Ambrose calls a “self-portrait", features improvisational vocalist Kokayi, pianist Sam Harris, Chiquitamagic on synthesizer, drummer Justin Brown, and the Mivos Quartet (violinist Olivia Deprato andMaya Bennardo, violist Victor Lowrie Tafoya, cellist Tyler Borden). It follows up Akinmusire’s 2023 Nonesuch debut Owl Song, which was recently nominated for a Best Jazz Instrumental Album Grammy Award and received critical praise, with the Guardian calling it a “beautiful trio album … As befits the title, Owl Song doesn’t raise its voice much, but what it quietly says is joyously vivid, even spine-tingling.”