Brotzmann Roundup
The indefatigable Peter Brötzmann has been a favored subject of this site since its inception. Many of his albums have been discussed here over the past ten years, and he was the subject of episode 49...
View ArticleNdabo Zulu
South African pianist Nduduzo Makhathini (a guest on the BA podcast in 2019) seems from the outside to be at the center of a group of up-and-coming musicians from his country. He produces their albums,...
View ArticleEric Revis
Bassist Eric Revis is a fascinating figure who clearly sees jazz as a boundary-less realm where anything is possible. On the one hand, he’s been a member of saxophonist Branford Marsalis‘s quartet...
View ArticleBA Podcast 62: Muriel Grossmann
Support Burning Ambulance on Patreon • Get the Burning Ambulance email newsletter Episode 61 of the Burning Ambulance Podcast features an interview with saxophonist Muriel Grossmann. Links to listen:...
View ArticleBheki Mseleku
Pianist Bheki Mseleku was a crucial figure in South African jazz, even if his name doesn’t ring out like that of Hugh Masekela, Miriam Makeba, Abdullah Ibrahim, or Chris McGregor. Born in Durban in...
View ArticleSirone
Bassist Norris Jones, better known as Sirone, was born in Atlanta in 1940; he died in Berlin in 2009. Though he never became a mainstream figure, within the world of avant-garde jazz from the 1960s...
View ArticlePharoah
I almost interviewed Pharoah Sanders once. Derek Walmsley, my editor at The Wire, asked me to try and set up a conversation in mid-2014. I didn’t know if Sanders had a manager or a publicist or any...
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 ArticleBA Podcast 82: Kenny Garrett
At this point there have been four episodes of the Burning Ambulance podcast in 2024, so to quote Keanu Reeves in John Wick, “Yeah, I’m thinkin’ I’m back.” The first episode of this current “season”...
View ArticleJazz From 1974
I know we’re in the middle of year-end list season, but this is better than that. What follows is a list 50 jazz albums, all of which turn 50 this year. The list is alphabetical, and you’re gonna get...
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