Charles Lloyd
Saxophonist Charles Lloyd has had a remarkable career. He joined drummer Chico Hamilton‘s group in 1960, quickly becoming its de facto leader: he wrote almost all the music for Passin’ Thru, A...
View ArticlePenderecki
Krzysztof Penderecki is one of Poland’s greatest composers. His works have expanded the parameters of orchestral music; his Threnody to the Victims of Hiroshima, premiered in 1960, deployed extended...
View ArticleBA Podcast 52: James Brandon Lewis
Support Burning Ambulance on Patreon Get the Burning Ambulance email newsletter The 52nd episode of the Burning Ambulance podcast features an interview with saxophonist James Brandon Lewis, and is...
View ArticleRoots Magic
Photo: Eleonora Cerri Roots Magic is an Italian quartet: Alberto Popolla on clarinet and bass clarinet, Errico DeFabritiis on alto and baritone saxes, Gianfranco Tedeschi on bass, and Fabrizio Spera on...
View ArticleJorge Roeder
While solo instrumental albums are a long-standing part of the jazz tradition, one rarely encounters albums featuring a lone double bass. Given the instrument’s frequency range and role in the rhythm...
View ArticleBA Podcast 58: Christian McBride
Support Burning Ambulance on Patreon Get the Burning Ambulance email newsletter Episode 58 of the Burning Ambulance podcast features an interview with bassist Christian McBride. Links to listen: Osiris...
View ArticleBA Podcast 60: Tim Berne
Support Burning Ambulance on Patreon Get the Burning Ambulance email newsletter Episode 60 of the Burning Ambulance podcast features an interview with saxophonist Tim Berne. Links to listen: Osiris /...
View ArticleO’Neal’s Porch @ 20
Bassist William Parker had already been a key figure on the New York jazz scene for close to 30 years in 2001. His first record date was in March 1973, on saxophonist Frank Lowe‘s Black Beings. (An...
View ArticleThe Tone World: Part 1
Bassist William Parker has a fairly epic box out this week. Migration of Silence Into and Out of the Tone World is a 10CD set, with each disc featuring a different ensemble, many of which do not...
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 ArticleWinter & Spring
Discussed in this essay: William Parker Trio, Painter’s Spring (Thirsty Ear, 2000); William Parker Trio, Painters Winter (AUM Fidelity, 2021); Other Dimensions in Music, Live at the Sunset (Marge,...
View ArticleOGJB Quartet
The OGJB Quartet is an ensemble formed by alto saxophonist Oliver Lake, cornet player Graham Haynes, bassist Joe Fonda, and drummer Barry Altschul. (Disclosure: Graham Haynes has an album,...
View ArticleSoul Of Things @ 20
Polish trumpeter Tomasz Stanko, who died in 2018 at 76, had an astonishing career. At 20, he formed the Jazz Darings, who adapted the innovations of Ornette Coleman and John Coltrane, in the process...
View ArticleWillie Jones III
In the introduction to his 1985 book Rhythm-a-Ning, Gary Giddins writes, “When we talk about a renaissance in jazz, we are talking about a wealth of interesting music, not a broad-scaled awakening of...
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