Clik here to view.
William Parker
Bassist/composer William Parker has a new three-CD box, For Those Who Are, Still, out next week on AUM Fidelity. (Buy it straight from the label for $30, or $50 for a copy signed by Parker.) It...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Mette Henriette
Norwegian saxophonist and composer Mette Henriette Martedatter Rølvåg‘s debut album as a leader is a self-titled two-CD set, Mette Henriette, on ECM. (Get it from Amazon.) She’s also a member of the...
View ArticleA Pollock Of Sound
by Phil Freeman I’ve known the members of Borbetomagus for over 20 years. I first heard their music in 1988 or 1989. I read about them in Byron Coley‘s “Underground” column in Spin magazine, and bought...
View ArticleKeith Jarrett In The 70s
by Phil Freeman Considering the size of his discography and his prominence in the world of jazz, I haven’t really spent very much time at all listening to Keith Jarrett. I reviewed one of his solo...
View ArticleFree Jazz In Japan
L-R: Akira Sakata, Masahiko Satoh, Masahiko Togashi This post was made available to Patreon supporters one week ago. To see upcoming stories in advance of publication, become a supporter today! The...
View ArticleFred Anderson
This post was made available to Patreon supporters one week ago. To see upcoming stories in advance of publication, become a supporter today! I met Fred Anderson once. I was in Chicago to profile the...
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 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 ArticleZoh Amba
I’ve been thinking about up-and-coming free jazz saxophonist Zoh Amba’s music for a while. I first heard her last year, at the same time everyone else did — she appeared on five albums in 2022 (of...
View ArticleCharles Gayle
Saxophonist Charles Gayle died last week at 84. He was born February 28, 1939 in Buffalo, New York and lived and worked there until the early 1970s. He didn’t like to talk about his early life, but...
View Article