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Stephen Haynes
Photo: Rob Miller Trumpeter and cornet player Stephen Haynes will release his new album Pomegranate next month, on New Atlantis. (Pre-order it from the label physically or on Bandcamp.) The album...
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Best Jazz Of 2015: 20-16
This is the second part of our five-part journey through the best jazz albums of 2015. Click here to read Part 1. 20. Henry Threadgill Zooid, In For A Penny, In For A Pound Amazon This double CD...
View ArticleInterview: Jamie Saft
by Brad Cohan It’s summertime in bucolic and peaceful Kerhonkson, New York, and Jamie Saft—the intrepid piano and electric keyboards titan and John Zorn and Bad Brains collaborator—is deep in his...
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BA Podcast 41: Whit Dickey
The latest episode of the Burning Ambulance podcast features an interview with drummer Whit Dickey. Drummer Whit Dickey is a well-known figure on the New York free jazz scene; he came to prominence as...
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BA Podcast 46: Chris Lightcap
Chris Lightcap is is a guy I’ve been aware of since the start of his career in the late 90s, when he was playing with Whit Dickey’s trio on the album Transonic. He was also a member of guitarist Joe...
View ArticleBA Podcast 61: Ivo Perelman
Support Burning Ambulance on Patreon • Get the Burning Ambulance email newsletter Episode 61 of the Burning Ambulance Podcast features an interview with saxophonist Ivo Perelman. Links to listen:...
View ArticleThe Tone World: Part 2
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 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 ArticleAbhorrent Expanse
With a name like Abhorrent Expanse and album art full of both human and demonic skulls, one might feel pretty safe judging this book by its cover. The only thing left to determine is which niche of...
View ArticleMatthew Shipp
For those who read 2021’s biography of bassist William Parker, Universal Tonality, there might be no better follow-up than a book about pianist Matthew Shipp. Author and close friend Clifford Allen...
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