Bill Dixon
Photo: Stephen Albahari Trumpeter Bill Dixon didn’t record much between 1966 and 1980. Having taken a position at Bennington College in Vermont, where he created the Black Music Division, he was...
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Bassist William Parker had already been a key figure on the New York jazz scene for close to 30 years in 2001. His first record date was in March 1973, on saxophonist Frank Lowe‘s Black Beings. (An...
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...
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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 ArticleThe Tone World: Part 5
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 ArticleThat Depends @20
Burnt Sugar the Arkestra Chamber are one of the most amazing musical ensembles America has ever produced. Their catalog is a synthesis of virtually every strain of African-American music, plus modern...
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Odyssey @ 20
Trumpeter Bill Dixon was a crucial figure in the history of the 1960s musical avant-garde, but his disinclination to participate in the commercial marketplace ultimately limited his music’s reach....
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...
View ArticleCecil Taylor: November 1996
Cecil Taylor‘s relationship with Jost Gebers and the FMP (Free Music Production) label began in 1988, when he staged a month-long residency in Berlin which was documented in the lavish In Berlin ’88...
View ArticleBill Dixon @ 99
Last week was the 60th anniversary of the October Revolution in Jazz, a four-day event encompassing performances and panel discussions, all held at the Cellar Café on West 91st Street in Manhattan....
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