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Marte Roling & Fontana Records
In the 1960s, Dutch artist Marte Röling was commissioned to design a series of album covers for Fontana Records. These beautiful releases have become legendary in the free jazz scene, as their visually...
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For Example
The now-defunct jazz blog Destination: Out has the exclusive license to sell music from the German label FMP (Free Music Production) on Bandcamp. They’ve done a great job of curating the catalog, too,...
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Paul G. Smyth & Chris Corsano
Psychic Armour is the new album from the duo of Paul G. Smyth and Chris Corsano. Released through the Weekertoft label, run by Smyth and guitarist John Russell, it was recorded in late April 2015....
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Gabriel Ferrandini
Photo: Nuno Martins Anyone who’s been paying attention to the Portuguese avant-jazz scene knows drummer Gabriel Ferrandini‘s name. He’s a member of two excellent groups: the RED Trio with pianist...
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Keith 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...
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BA Podcast 4: Roswell Rudd
Burning Ambulance has launched a podcast series, which will feature interviews with artists from the realms of jazz, modern composition, metal, noise, and whatever else interests us—much like the site...
View ArticleCleric
by Todd Manning Only a few short months have passed since avant-garde death metal outfit John Frum released their stunning debut A Stirring in the Noos and now their guitar player, Matt Hollenberg...
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McCoy Tyner In The ’70s: Part 1
by Phil Freeman Pianist McCoy Tyner is one of the most important musicians in modern jazz. He first popped up on some folks’ radar as a member of the Jazztet, a group co-led by flugelhornist Art Farmer...
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McCoy Tyner In The ’70s: Part 3
by Phil Freeman All this week, we’re looking at the 19 albums pianist McCoy Tyner recorded between 1970 and 1979. Here are Part 1 and Part 2. On August 31 and September 1, 1974, Tyner and his road...
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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 15: Dave Burrell
Episode 15 of the Burning Ambulance podcast features an interview with avant-garde jazz pianist Dave Burrell, who is being honored at the 2018 Vision Festival at Roulette in Brooklyn and who performed...
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BA Podcast 17: William Parker & Patricia Nicholson
Episode 16 of the Burning Ambulance podcast features an interview with bassist William Parker, whose latest album, the 3CD set Voices Fall from the Sky, is out June 15, and his wife Patricia Nicholson,...
View ArticleGordon Beck
Gordon Beck was a British jazz pianist and composer who began working professionally in 1960, launched his first group under his own name five years later, and worked more or less consistently until...
View ArticleBarre Phillips
It seems almost impossible, but the idea of the solo double bass album only goes back fifty years. The album generally credited as being the first was Journal Violone by Barre Phillips, recorded on...
View ArticleDave Douglas
Trumpeter Dave Douglas has led a lot of groups since emerging onto the global jazz scene in the late 1980s, including the Tiny Bell Trio; a quintet that included violin, cello, bass, and drums; a...
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...
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Max Roach & Strings
Max Roach was in a really interesting place in the early 1980s. A pathbreaking and impossibly influential drummer from the moment he emerged on the bebop scene in the 1940s, his landmark mid-1950s...
View ArticleCecil Taylor: Looking
In June 1988, Cecil Taylor traveled to Berlin for a month of performances and workshops, teaming him up with the cream of European improvisers for a series of duos, trios, and some large ensemble...
View ArticleAnna Hogberg
Anna Högberg is not fucking around. Had the Swedish alto saxophonist been around 40 years ago, her no-nonsense demeanor and fierce commitment to her art might have made her the model for a character in...
View ArticleBehold The Arctopus
Instrumental metal trio Behold the Arctopus (they eliminated the ellipse after “Behold…” in 2012) recently released their first album in four years, Hapeleptic Overtrove. Colin Marston, who plays a...
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