Essays and interviews, mostly about music. Also a record label.
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Five Albums You Need To Hear
Elder (photo by Leon de Backer)
Pre-order our new releases! We’ve got two new albums coming out September 25.
Wadada Leo Smith’s Constellations And Hemispheres (above, at left) features tracks by four different ensembles: a trio with pian...
I've Been Listening To Darrell Grant
We're releasing more new music in September! Get excited!
Support BA! Burning Ambulance is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt nonprofit. Donations to us are tax deductible under Internal Revenue Code (IRC) Section 170, and we are qualified to receive...
Fire In The Mountains
Yr humble correspondent, outdoors at Fire In The Mountains 2026
Before last week, I hadn’t attended a live music performance since I saw the Vijay Iyer Trio with Linda May Han Oh and Tyshawn Sorey, at the Jazz Standard (RIP) in New York in...
A Series Of Uninteresting Events
Jeff Beck's biography, reviewed: plus links!
This week I read Blow By Blow: The Jeff Beck Story, by Brad Tolinski and Chris Gill.
Ornette Coleman's Sound Museum
Ornette Coleman was always around, but in the late ’80s and early ’90s, his appearances became less frequent, and thus carried an element of surprise. Virgin Beauty, his 1988 album with Prime Time, got a big PR boost from the fact that Grat...
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Philip Freeman is the co-founder of the arts and culture site (and record label) Burning Ambulance.
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