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BA Podcast 49: Peter Brotzmann
It’s true: After a three-month hiatus, the Burning Ambulance podcast is back, with an interview with legendary saxophonist Peter Brötzmann! Peter Brötzmann first emerged onto the global scene in the...
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View ArticleBrotzmann 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...
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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...
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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 ArticlePB @ 80
Legendary saxophonist Peter Brötzmann turns 80 tomorrow, March 6. I’ve been listening to him for at least 25 of those years. I can’t remember the first album of his I heard, but it was probably Last...
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Photo: Geert Vandepoele Formed in 1988, San Francisco’s Oxbow might just be one of the underground’s best-kept secrets. Their blend of punk, noise rock, avant-blues, and downright unpredictability...
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