By Todd Manning, burning ambulance Boston-based guitarist/composer Eric Hofbauer combines traditional styles such as blues, Tin Pan Alley and other forms of Americana with a deep knowledge and understanding of the avant-garde to produce a style uniquely his own. He is perhaps best known for several solo albums including his trio of America recordings and … Read More
Phil Freeman, Burning Ambulnace In the latest Burning Ambulance podcast, bassist Melvin Gibbs and I discuss a wide variety of subjects related to his 40-year career in New York and around the world. One of the things we talk about is the late ’70s/early ’80s movement in jazz that encompassed harmolodics, “free funk,” No Wave, and related sounds. … Read More
Phil Freeman, Burning Ambulance The latest episode of the Burning Ambulance podcast features an interview with violinist Meg Okura and soprano saxophonist Logan Richardson. She leads the Pan Asian Chamber Jazz Ensemble, whose latest album, Ima Ima, will be released in May; his most recent solo disc, Sopranoville, came out last year. In our interview, … Read More
by Phil Freeman, Burning Ambulance Saxophonist Dave Liebman might be best known for his tenure with Miles Davis, which lasted from 1972 to 1974. He first played on Davis’s alienating, futuristic On the Corner; his is the first solo on the album, and he played it without headphones, totally unaware of what the rest of … Read More
By Phil Freeman, Burning Ambulance Jazz has a new harpist: Brandee Younger. Following in the footsteps of Alice Coltrane and particularly Dorothy Ashby, she’s blending classical technique with an appreciation for—and creative use of—hip-hop, R&B and funk grooves. Her studio debut as a leader, Wax & Wane, is out now. (Get it from Amazon.) It features flautist … Read More
