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McCoy Tyner In The ’70s: Part 4
by Phil Freeman All this week, we’re reviewing every album pianist McCoy Tyner recorded between 1970 and 1979. (There were 19 of them.) Here’s Part 1 of our overview; here’s Part 2; and here’s Part 3....
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BA Podcast 27: Zev Feldman
Episode 27 of the Burning Ambulance podcast—the first episode of Year Two of the show—is the first one not to feature an interview with a musician. Instead, I’m talking to Zev Feldman, who’s a...
View ArticleJoe Henderson 1963-1981, Part 1
Back in March, we published a five-day journey through pianist McCoy Tyner‘s 1970s output, most of it on the Milestone label. That series proved interesting and popular enough that we’re following it...
View ArticleJoe Henderson 1963-1981, Part 2
We’re back with the second day of our exploration of saxophonist Joe Henderson‘s catalog. (Click here for Part 1.) In 1967, Henderson left Blue Note after five years and five albums as a leader, and...
View ArticleMarsalis Standard Time
Between 1987 and 1999, trumpeter Wynton Marsalis released 16 albums. Among these were six volumes of a series called Marsalis Standard Time. Marsalis is frequently accused of being more interested in...
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Earth, Wind & Fire vocalist Philip Bailey possesses one of the most stunning instruments in pop music history. His incomparable falsetto, showcased on songs like “Fantasy” and “Keep Your Head to...
View ArticleArthur Blythe Pt. 2
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...
View ArticleArthur 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...
View ArticleThumbscrew
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...
View ArticleThat Depends @20
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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