Arthur Blythe Pt. 3
Beginning in the late 1970s, alto saxophonist Arthur Blythe recorded a string of highly creative, pathbreaking albums, the majority of which have been reissued in recent years. We’re digging into them...
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Thumbscrew is the collaborative trio of guitarist Mary Halvorson, bassist Michael Formanek, and drummer Tomas Fujiwara. They have been working together as a unit since roughly 2011, releasing their...
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Burnt Sugar the Arkestra Chamber are one of the most amazing musical ensembles America has ever produced. Their catalog is a synthesis of virtually every strain of African-American music, plus modern...
View ArticleThe Runners-Up: Andrew Hill
The Runners-Up is a monthly column, wherein we will analyze an album that isn’t the consensus first choice or most canonical title by a given artist, but is one worthy of more attention than it’s...
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Anthony Braxton
At seventy-six years of age, perhaps no living musician has done more to explore and interrogate the worlds of improvisation and the avant-garde more than Anthony Braxton. He has constructed an entire...
View ArticleBA Podcast 66: Anthony Braxton
Support Burning Ambulance on Patreon • Get the Burning Ambulance email newsletter Episode 66 of the Burning Ambulance Podcast features an interview with Anthony Braxton. This is an episode I have been...
View ArticleCecil Taylor: November 1996
Cecil Taylor‘s relationship with Jost Gebers and the FMP (Free Music Production) label began in 1988, when he staged a month-long residency in Berlin which was documented in the lavish In Berlin ’88...
View ArticleRichard Davis
Richard Davis turned 93 last week. He was born in Chicago on April 15, 1930, and studied under the legendary Captain Walter Dyett at DuSable High School. He got his first big professional break...
View ArticleLockjaw
A few years ago, I read a book that absolutely spun my head around. Soul Jazz: Jazz in the Black Community, 1945-1975 was written and self-published by Bob Porter, who was a legend in the jazz...
View ArticleBebop
Jazz at Massey Hall is a live album that was recorded in 1953 in Toronto by Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Bud Powell, Charles Mingus, and Max Roach. It’s the only recording to feature all five...
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