Best Kenny Walters Podcasts (2024)

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Cindy Blackman Santana 57:28

4d ago57:28

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Cindy Blackman Santana is originally from Ohio, came to the East Coast to study at Berklee and at the Hartt School of Music, moved to New York in the late '80s and has played and recorded with a ton of people across the spectrum of jazz and rock ever since. She’s made a slew of albums under her own name, including some featuring saxophonist and lon…

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Amina Claudine Myers 1:02:48

1M ago1:02:48

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Amina Claudine Myers was one of the earliest members of the AACM, and if you’re listening to this podcast, I’m pretty sure you know what the AACM is, but just in case you don’t, the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians is an organization formed by Muhal Richard Abrams, Roscoe Mitchell and a few other musicians in Chicago in the mid…

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Carlos Niño 1:08:19

2M ago1:08:19

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Carlos Niño is from Los Angeles, and has been a vital part of that city’s music scene for almost 30 years. He started out as a radio DJ when he was still a teenager, and expanded from that into putting on shows, releasing records, producing sessions for artists, performing and doing just about everything else that a life in music will eventually dr…

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Kenny Garrett 51:36

3M ago51:36

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Kenny Garrett has been playing for more than 40 years. Originally from Detroit, he joined the Duke Ellington Orchestra in the late 70s, when it was being run by Ellington’s son Mercer. He also played with Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, and with Donald Byrd, Woody Shaw, and Freddie Hubbard. He was a member of a young lions group put together by…

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Arushi Jain 58:40

4M ago58:40

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I first learned about Arushi Jain three years ago, when most people who are aware of her work did. Her 2021 album Under The Lilac Sky was extremely beautiful, six tracks of droning, pulsing synth music with her vocals kind of floating in the middle like she was singing from the middle of an isolation tank. It was entirely created with a modular syn…

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Rufus Reid 54:19

5M ago54:19

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Rufus Reid is an extremely important but under-recognized figure in modern jazz. He’s always been someone who’s had one foot in the mainstream and one in the avant-garde — he did a lot of work with soul jazz and jazz-funk saxophonist Eddie Harris in the early 1970s, before joining Dexter Gordon’s band when Gordon made his famous US comeback after y…

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Ethan Iverson 1:04:20

6M ago1:04:20

1:04:20

Welcome back to the Burning Ambulance Podcast! To find out about upcoming episodes, as well as all things Burning Ambulance, sign up for our free weekly newsletter. It’s been a long time since I’ve done one of these. In fact, the last episode was released in December of 2022. I talked then to film critic Walter Chaw about his book on the work of di…

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Things to know when traveling by: Ronda W McKnight 51:01

11M ago51:01

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We sat down and talked to Ronda Wright McKnight of The Wright Getaway travel agency. She is a travel agent by trade and an explorer by nature. Her business specializes in customized travel experiences and vacations. She shares her perspective on the importance of traveling, getting out of one's comfort zone and how to properly plan for trips. Ronda…

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I DON’T BELIEVE IN LOVE With ( Nola Simone ) 39:44

1+ y ago39:44

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I young woman speak on why she doesn't believe in traditional relationships and in her words " it should be treated like a business or a simple partnership" . #relationship #love #people #women #married #marriage #lifeBy Kenny MOB

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How education empowered my life by: Walter Dukes 1:17:28

1+ y ago1:17:28

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Successful Businessman Walter Dukes discusses how education empowered his life and enhanced his journey throughout the business world. Although education was somewhat a luxury or in some cases a myth, he quickly realized that education would allow him to navigate through life at an greater pace and a stronger purpose #Education #Motivation #Don’tGi…

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Walter Chaw 1:19:17

1+ y ago1:19:17

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This is not a typical episode of this podcast. Normally, as you probably know, I talk to musicians. And in 2022, we’ve specifically been talking about fusion, which means a lot of different things to a lot of different people. And we’re going to get back to that subject in our next episode, when I have an interview with saxophonist Dave Liebman, wh…

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Discipline is everything with: ( James JB Battle) 1:06:36

1+ y ago1:06:36

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James ( JB ) Battles speaks on the complex/ but simple meanings of the word discipline. He discusses how understanding how discipline can impact your life can ultimately improve the way you live. The word discipline has been misunderstood and misused for quite some time. We take a second look at the word and its true meaning and how we can apply it…

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The Power of Networking (with Abdul Aziz) 57:54

2y ago57:54

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On this episode of Chat House, we explore the various levels and types of networking. We discuss the importance of networking within our community and the necessity of networking to function in a modern and quickly evolving society. #networking #society #community #business #businesspractice #bestoftheday #foryourpage…

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How important is FAMILY Structure 29:19

2y ago29:19

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We speak with community leader Keith Knox on family structure in the Africa American home and community . And what some males, young and old maybe struggle With. We also discuss how family itself is the foundation to civilization . . . . #family #life #community #socialdevelopment #love #peaceBy Kenny MOB

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Foster Care: pros and cons 32:04

2y ago32:04

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Exploring the foster care system through the lens of a foster care provider who has given a home to countless children over the years. She discusses the pros and cons, the ups and downs of being a foster care provider, the emotional toll, and the system itself. #fostercare #fosterkids #kids #children #family #childcare…

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What to know before buying a home 42:10

2y ago42:10

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For years, people have been looking at buying a home for just a place to live... Gabriel Coleman breaks down how a home can be more than just a place to lay your head. This podcast will show you how to lower your payments and remove fees while building wealth. #realestate #homeownership #wealth #buildwealth #money…

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She’s Not Felicia . . . I Want A BAD BOY ! ! ! 13:13

2y ago13:13

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Once again Mr. Fred is faced with another relationship issue, this time a young lady is looking for a midnight "BAD BOY LOVER " . . . And at the sometime she's in a 3yr. Relationship with a computer technician named Alex. MR. Fred is asked to help guide this girl to safety.By Kenny MOB

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ASK Dirty Fred: Im Divorced ( When should I start dating ) 39:15

2y ago39:15

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39, yr. Divorced Ohio women " Holly Hankerson " Ask Chat House Relationship expert Robert AKA "Dirty Fred" Watkins When would be a appropriate time to starting back dating after her recent divorce. . . . Mr. Fred has some pretty interesting tips to say the least !!! #comedy #funnyBy Kenny MOB

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Response to ( Is Child Support Fair interview with Mr. Smith ) 53:18

2y ago53:18

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Mz. Ga FLY DIVA responds to Mr. Smith's previous interview about fairness of child support. She gives a passionate take on a woman's perspective on the child support system. She admits that the system is broken and should be revamped but thinks that both parties should be held accountable unlike Mr. Smith's perspective which puts the blame mostly o…

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Self made Business Woman: Author Tiece Mickens 57:24

2y ago57:24

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Author Tiece Mickens, Speaks on her journey of becoming a Self made Business Woman in the highly competitive publication World . . . With 61 books written works , Over 700 books published, 14 # 1 Titles on the best seller list, A national bestseller with thousands of online reviews. Author Tiece Mickens isn't slowing down any time soon.…

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Is Child Support Fair ? 45:07

2y ago45:07

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Kenny Mob discusses the fairness of child support with guest K Smith, who has first hand experience with child support. K Smith has 6 "baby mamas" and feels he is being excessively charged and being held to an unrealistic standard. Kenny Mob and K Smith debate the fairness of child support, the reality that K Smith has fathered 6 children, and the …

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Vernon Reid 1:09:51

2y ago1:09:51

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I have said two things all season long. The first is that we’re going to be exploring a single topic for ten episodes, and that topic is fusion. But the second thing I’ve been saying is that what I’m talking about when I say the word fusion isn’t a style or a genre, but a state of mind. It’s not what you play, it’s how you approach music-making. In…

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Adam Rudolph 1:08:09

2y ago1:08:09

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In previous episodes, we’ve talked about what people commonly understand as fusion, which drummer Lenny White, who appeared in episode two of this series, prefers to call jazz-rock. That’s the version that starts with Miles Davis’s Bitches Brew and Tony Williams’ Lifetime and quickly branches out with Mahavishnu Orchestra and Return To Forever and …

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Bob Stewart 59:12

2y ago59:12

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The latest episode of the Burning Ambulance podcast features an interview with tuba player Bob Stewart. I have said all season long that we’re going to be exploring a single subject for ten episodes, and that subject is fusion. But as I hope has become clear over the course of the five previous episodes, during which I interviewed techno pioneer Je…

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Brandon Ross 1:24:12

2y ago1:24:12

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As you know if you've been listening this season, we have a single subject we’re going to be exploring across ten episodes, and that subject is fusion. Fusion means much more, I think, than just the music that most people think of when they hear the word. I’m not talking exclusively about the big-name bands from the 1970s: the Mahavishnu Orchestra,…

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Cameron Graves 1:06:05

2+ y ago1:06:05

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Episode 73 of the Burning Ambulance podcast features an interview with pianist Cameron Graves. I have a single subject we’re going to be exploring through all ten episodes that I’m going to be presenting this season, and that subject is fusion. Fusion means much more, I think, than just the music that most people probably think of when they hear th…

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Randy Brecker 59:24

2+ y ago59:24

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This season on the Burning Ambulance Podcast, we’re going to have a single subject we’re going to be exploring through all ten episodes, and that subject is fusion. Fusion, of course, is a term that means different things to different people. When most people hear it, they probably think of bands from the 1970s like the Mahavishnu Orchestra, Return…

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Lenny White 1:08:25

2+ y ago1:08:25

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This is the sixth year of the Burning Ambulance Podcast. This is episode 71, and I decided at the beginning of this year that it was time to change things up a little. So for all ten episodes that I’m going to be presenting this season, we’re going to have a single subject, and that subject is fusion. Lenny White played on one of the most important…

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Jeff Mills 1:05:36

2+ y ago1:05:36

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This is the Burning Ambulance podcast's sixth year, and our seventieth episode, so I decided it was time to change things up a little. This season, we’re going to have a single subject we’re going to be exploring through all ten episodes that I’m going to be presenting, and that theme is fusion. Fusion is a very charged term. When most people hear …

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Billy Harper 1:04:40

3y ago1:04:40

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Billy Harper has had a pretty incredible career. He was a member of Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers in 1968. He played with Max Roach. He was part of the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Big Band and the Gil Evans big band, and because of those connections he got to play on a Louis Armstrong album. He was on Lee Morgan’s final studio album, recorded in 1971. And …

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Andrew Cyrille 1:10:30

3y ago1:10:30

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Andrew Cyrille is the last man standing from the first wave of free jazz drummers. He and Milford Graves, Sunny Murray, and Rashied Ali really revolutionized jazz rhythm in their playing with Cecil Taylor, Albert Ayler, John Coltrane and other musicians in the early to mid ’60s. Their influence was huge, and each of them brought a different perspec…

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Don Byron 1:11:09

3y ago1:11:09

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Support Burning Ambulance on Patreon • Get the Burning Ambulance email newsletter Don Byron is originally from the Bronx, and he was kind of a fixture on the Downtown music scene in the late '80s and early '90s. His first album as a leader, Tuskegee Experiments, came out almost 30 years ago, in 1992; it featured a variety of musicians, including gu…

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Anthony Braxton 1:12:19

3y ago1:12:19

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Support Burning Ambulance on Patreon • Get the Burning Ambulance email newsletter This is an episode I have been hoping to present since this podcast began. I’ve been requesting interviews with Braxton for years, but never gotten the okay until this month. And you know what? In retrospect, I’m glad it took as long as it did. You know the saying “Wh…

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Wadada Leo Smith 1:04:43

3y ago1:04:43

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Support Burning Ambulance on Patreon • Get the Burning Ambulance email newsletter I’ve been listening to Wadada Leo Smith for a long time; I own a lot of his albums, but his catalog is really large. I interviewed him for a cover story in The Wire in 2009, which he actually remembered — that surprised me a little. He was an early member of the AACM,…

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Pi Recordings 1:19:41

3+ y ago1:19:41

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Episode 63 of the Burning Ambulance Podcast features an interview with Seth Rosner and Yulun Wang of Pi Recordings. As you probably know by now, a typical episode is based around an interview with an artist. But Pi Recordings is such an important label when it comes to the kind of music covered on Burning Ambulance – I mean, Roscoe Mitchell, who’s …

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Joe Chambers 55:06

3+ y ago55:06

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Support Burning Ambulance on Patreon Get the Burning Ambulance email newsletter Joe Chambers is a legend. He made his name in the early 1960s, playing on a string of some of the most adventurous Blue Note Records sessions of the time. He can be heard on albums like Bobby Hutcherson's Dialogue, Wayne Shorter's The All Seeing Eye, Andrew Hill's Compu…

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Muriel Grossmann 1:03:07

3+ y ago1:03:07

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Support Burning Ambulance on Patreon Get the Burning Ambulance email newsletter Muriel Grossmann is a saxophonist originally from Vienna, Austria, but now she lives in Spain, and she puts out roughly an album a year entirely independently, though she licenses them to a label for the vinyl editions, which she talks about in this interview. She was v…

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Ivo Perelman 54:20

3+ y ago54:20

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Support Burning Ambulance on Patreon Get the Burning Ambulance email newsletter This episode features an interview with saxophonist Ivo Perelman, which is important because he's one of the artists on Polarity, a CD which I'll be putting out through my new label, Burning Ambulance Music, in February 2021. It's a duo album with trumpeter Nate Wooley,…

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Tim Berne 1:25:13

3+ y ago1:25:13

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Support Burning Ambulance on Patreon Get the Burning Ambulance email newsletter I first heard Tim Berne on a John Zorn album – Spy Vs. Spy, from 1989, where the two of them, plus Mark Dresser on bass and Joey Baron and Michael Vatcher on drums, play 17 Ornette Coleman tunes in 40 minutes. It’s one of the most intense records you’ll ever hear in you…

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Ambrose Akinmusire 59:59

4y ago59:59

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Support Burning Ambulance on Patreon Get the Burning Ambulance email newsletter Ambrose Akinmusire is a really fascinating trumpet player. He’s made five studio albums and one live album, all but one of them for Blue Note. He’s also recorded with Walter Smith III, with Archie Shepp, with Mary Halvorson as part of her group Code Girl, with Tarbaby, …

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Christian McBride 57:09

4y ago57:09

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Support Burning Ambulance on Patreon Get the Burning Ambulance email newsletter Christian McBride is one of the most widely recorded bass players in jazz. He’s been on more than 300 albums as a sideman, and has won six Grammys. This year alone, he’s put out three major projects. In February, he released The Movement Revisited, a large-scale project…

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Kevin Richard Martin 1:01:42

4y ago1:01:42

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Support Burning Ambulance on Patreon Get the Burning Ambulance email newsletter Episode 57 of the Burning Ambulance podcast features an interview with producer Kevin Richard Martin. I’ve been a fan of Martin’s for almost 30 years. The first thing I heard by him was 1992's Possession, by his band God, which also featured Godflesh's Justin Broadrick …

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Alan Braufman 53:39

4y ago53:39

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Support Burning Ambulance on Patreon Get the Burning Ambulance email newsletter Episode 56 of the Burning Ambulance podcast features an interview with saxophonist Alan Braufman. Braufman is about to release his first album under his own name in 45 years. He made his debut in 1975 with Valley of Search, recorded at his loft at 501 Canal Street in Ne…

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Wayne Escoffery 1:06:14

4y ago1:06:14

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Support Burning Ambulance on Patreon Get the Burning Ambulance email newsletter Episode 55 of the Burning Ambulance podcast features an interview with saxophonist Wayne Escoffery. Fair warning: there are some sound dropouts here and there on this episode, because I got a new iPhone and consequently had to try out a different method of recording. So…

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Ryan Porter 1:15:43

4y ago1:15:43

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Support Burning Ambulance on Patreon Get the Burning Ambulance email newsletter The 54th episode of the Burning Ambulance podcast features an interview with trombonist Ryan Porter. If you’ve seen Kamasi Washington live, you’ve seen Ryan Porter — he’s the trombonist standing directly to Kamasi’s left onstage. They’ve been friends since they were kid…

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Dave Alvin 1:16:09

4y ago1:16:09

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Support Burning Ambulance on Patreon Get the Burning Ambulance email newsletter The 53rd episode of the Burning Ambulance podcast features an interview with singer-songwriter and guitarist Dave Alvin, and is sponsored by Harry's men's grooming products. If you’re listening to this, you can get a Harry’s trial set at harrys.com/burning. You’ll get a…

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James Brandon Lewis 1:50:40

4+ y ago1:50:40

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Support Burning Ambulance on Patreon Get the Burning Ambulance email newsletter The 52nd episode of the Burning Ambulance podcast features an interview with saxophonist James Brandon Lewis, and is sponsored by Harry's men's grooming products. If you’re listening to this, you can get a Harry’s trial set at harrys.com/burning. You’ll get a weighted e…

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Isabelle Faust 1:09:35

4+ y ago1:09:35

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Support Burning Ambulance on Patreon Get the Burning Ambulance email newsletter The 51st episode of the Burning Ambulance podcast features an interview with violinist Isabelle Faust. Isabelle Faust is from Germany, and has been playing the violin since she was a child. If you've been listening for a while, you know that the overwhelming majority of…

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Kassa Overall 1:17:36

4+ y ago1:17:36

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Support Burning Ambulance on Patreon Get the Burning Ambulance email newsletter The 50th episode of the Burning Ambulance podcast features an interview with drummer/beatmaker/producer Kassa Overall. Overall is a really exciting musician. He’s much more than just a drummer, although he’s a monster behind the kit; he was a member of pianist Geri Alle…

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Peter Brötzmann 48:54

4+ y ago48:54

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Support Burning Ambulance on Patreon Get the Burning Ambulance email newsletter It's true: After a three-month hiatus, the Burning Ambulance podcast is back, with an interview with legendary saxophonist Peter Brötzmann! Brötzmann first emerged onto the global scene in the late '60s — he released his first album, For Adolphe Sax, named for the inven…

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