Jazz 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...
View ArticleStadium Jazz
It all started at the 1976 Newport Jazz Festival — but not in Rhode Island. Herbie Hancock was booked into New York City Center, a theater on 55th Street in Manhattan, for a performance that was...
View ArticleThe Runners-Up: Billy Cobham
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 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...
View ArticleStadium Jazz
It all started at the 1976 Newport Jazz Festival — but not in Rhode Island. Herbie Hancock was booked into New York City Center, a theater on 55th Street in Manhattan, for a performance that was...
View ArticleThe Runners-Up: Billy Cobham
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 ArticleThe Runners-Up: Eddie Palmieri
The Runners-Up is a monthly column, which we first tried in 2013, 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...
View ArticleSonny Rollins in the ’70s: Part 3
Sonny Rollins might be the greatest tenor saxophonist who ever lived. But in the 21st century, his reputation mostly rests on the albums he made in the 1950s and 1960s, on the Blue Note, Riverside,...
View ArticleSonny Rollins in the ’70s: Part 1
Sonny Rollins might be the greatest tenor saxophonist who ever lived. But in the 21st century, his reputation mostly rests on the albums he made in the 1950s and 1960s, on the Blue Note, Riverside,...
View ArticleJoe Henderson 1963-1981, Part 5
This is the final installment of a five-part series examining saxophonist Joe Henderson‘s discography as a leader between 1963 and 1981. (Click here for Part 1; here for Part 2; here for Part 3; and...
View ArticleJoe Henderson 1963-1981, Part 3
This is part three of our five-part exploration of saxophonist Joe Henderson‘s catalog. (Click here for Part 1; click here for Part 2.) In late September 1970, Henderson and his band played the...
View ArticleJoe Henderson 1963-1981, Part 2
We’re back with the second day of our exploration of saxophonist Joe Henderson‘s catalog. (Click here for Part 1.) In 1967, Henderson left Blue Note after five years and five albums as a leader, and...
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 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...
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BA Podcast 26: Mark Turner & Ethan Iverson
Episode 26 of the Burning Ambulance podcast features a conversation with saxophonist Mark Turner and pianist Ethan Iverson; it’s also the one-year anniversary of the show. I want to thank every single...
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BA Podcast 21: Jeremy Pelt
Support the Burning Ambulance podcast on Patreon: http://patreon.com/burningambulance Episode 21 of the Burning Ambulance podcast – we’re adults now! – features an interview with trumpeter Jeremy Pelt,...
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BA Podcast 20: Buster Williams
Episode 20 of the Burning Ambulance podcast features an interview with bassist Buster Williams. Buster Williams is a jazz MVP like very few others. He got his start in the late Fifties; his first...
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McCoy Tyner In The ’70s: Part 5
by Phil Freeman This is the final installment of our series looking at every album McCoy Tyner recorded between 1970 and 1979. In case you need to catch up, here’s Part 1; here’s Part 2; here’s Part 3;...
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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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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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