31 Days Of Album Reviews #12: John Hébert Trio, “Spiritual Lover”
JOHN HÉBERT TRIO Spiritual Lover (Clean Feed) Bassist John Hébert played with Andrew Hill for several years at the end of the pianist’s life; he can be heard on Hill’s final studio release, 2006’s Time...
View Article31 Days Of Album Reviews #28: David Weiss, “Snuck In”
DAVID WEISS AND POINT OF DEPARTURE Snuck In (Sunnyside) If you name your band after one of pianist Andrew Hill’s best albums, you better come out swinging. This quintet (which has no pianist, by the...
View ArticleKenny Cox
Introducing Kenny Cox and the Contemporary Jazz Quintet (Blue Note) by Phil Freeman Buy MP3s from Amazon I first became aware of pianist Kenny Cox‘s music last year, when I was sent the CD Snuck In, by...
View ArticleIke Quebec
by Phil Freeman Every so often, something you’ve been taking for granted hits you in the forehead like a thrown mallet, and you spend the next little while walking around wondering what you could...
View ArticleThe Cookers
Warriors (Jazz Legacy Productions) Cast the First Stone (Plus Loin) by Phil Freeman The Cookers is an all-star band assembled by trumpeter David Weiss (you can read more about him, and the band, in...
View ArticleJoe Henderson
I saw Joe Henderson play in January 1997, at Town Hall in New York. The show was part of a package tour put together by Verve Records—his trio, which at that point featured George Mraz on bass and Al...
View ArticleA List Of 50 Jazz Albums
by Phil Freeman Apparently April 30 is International Jazz Day. So as a way of subverting the canon-building exercises that are sure to go on across the jazz internet today, I’ve come up with a list of...
View ArticleAndrew Hill’s Last Concert
Andrew Hill‘s final live performance was a trio set, backed by bassist John Hébert and drummer Eric McPherson, at Trinity Church in New York on March 29, 2007. He passed away three weeks later, on...
View ArticleThe 50 Greatest Saxophonists…EVER!!! 10-1
Well, we’ve made it to the end of the official Burning Ambulance countdown of the 50 Greatest Saxophonists…EVER!!! Here are the Top Ten. 10. JOE HENDERSON. The key saxophonist of Blue Note’s mid-’60s...
View ArticleEric Revis
by Phil Freeman Bassist Eric Revis‘s second album for the Portuguese Clean Feed label, City of Asylum, was recently released. It’s a follow-up of sorts to Parallax, an album featuring saxophonist Ken...
View ArticleTom Tallitsch: Going For A Ride
Tenor saxophonist Tom Tallitsch has put together a tight, empathetic band for his second CD on the Posi-Tone label (fifth release overall). Ride (buy it from Amazon/download it from Amazon MP3)...
View ArticleJohn Escreet
Photo from here English keyboardist John Escreet has a lot of ideas, and the talent to channel them to tape (OK, more likely hard drive). None of his albums—there have been six to date—feels like a...
View ArticleDavid Weiss & Point Of Departure
L-R: Matt Clohesy, Travis Reuter, Kush Abadey, David Weiss, Ben Eunson, Myron Walden. Photo by Deneka Peniston. Trumpeter David Weiss‘s Point of Departure band will release their fourth album in...
View ArticleJoe Henderson 1963-1981, Part 1
Back in March, we published a five-day journey through pianist McCoy Tyner‘s 1970s output, most of it on the Milestone label. That series proved interesting and popular enough that we’re following it...
View ArticleBA Podcast 63: Joe Chambers
Support Burning Ambulance on Patreon • Get the Burning Ambulance email newsletter Episode 63 of the Burning Ambulance Podcast features an interview with drummer, pianist, and vibraphonist Joe Chambers....
View ArticleThe Runners-Up: Andrew Hill
The Runners-Up is a monthly column, wherein we will analyze an album that isn’t the consensus first choice or most canonical title by a given artist, but is one worthy of more attention than it’s...
View ArticleAnthony Braxton
At seventy-six years of age, perhaps no living musician has done more to explore and interrogate the worlds of improvisation and the avant-garde more than Anthony Braxton. He has constructed an entire...
View ArticleBA Podcast 66: Anthony Braxton
Support Burning Ambulance on Patreon • Get the Burning Ambulance email newsletter Episode 66 of the Burning Ambulance Podcast features an interview with Anthony Braxton. This is an episode I have been...
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