November 3, 2020
BURNING AMBULANCE LAUNCHES NEW INITIATIVE
Site Celebrates Its 10th Anniversary With Exclusive Compilation;
Announces Record Label To Launch In 2021| November 2020
Burning Ambulance, the arts and culture zine and website founded in 2010 by journalist Philip Freeman and artist I.A. Freeman, has grown over the last decade from a small print zine to a website and, beginning in 2017, a podcast offering in-depth interviews with musicians from the worlds of jazz, metal, and modern classical music. Now BA is celebrating 10 years of existence by expanding again, this time starting a label, Burning Ambulance Music, which will release its first CDs in 2021.
As an announcement, celebration, and fundraiser, BA is putting out Eyes Shut, Ears Open: A Burning Ambulance Compilation on Friday, October 2, only on Bandcamp. The digital-only set includes 13 exclusive tracks from artists including saxophonist Mats Gustafsson; pianist Aaron Parks; improvising Black music ensemble Burnt Sugar the Arkestra Chamber; saxophonist Melissa Aldana; drummer Whit Dickey and pianist Matthew Shipp; saxophonist Ivo Perelman and trumpeter Nate Wooley; bassist Melvin Gibbs; jazz/grindcore duo Dead Neanderthals; violinist Jason Kao Hwang; and more. Most of the $10 purchase price will raise funds for future Burning Ambulance Music releases, but 25% of the money raised will be donated to the Jazz Foundation of America’s Musicians’ Emergency Fund, which provides housing assistance, medical care, and financial assistance to musicians.
Track listing:
- Mats Gustafsson – Soprano Summit for Burning Automobile*
- Eric Hofbauer/Garrison Fewell – Angels and Demons at Play**
- Jason Kao Hwang – Prayer*
- Ivo Perelman/Nate Wooley – Seven A*
- William Hooker Trio – Commonplace Travel
- Melvin Gibbs – Glyphic*
- Burnt Sugar The Arkestra Chamber – Oakanda Spoonful*
- Whit Dickey/Matthew Shipp – Staircase*
- Aaron Parks Trio – Eleutheria**
- Matthew Golombisky – Volvimos*
- Melissa Aldana – Over There*
- Dead Neanderthals – Torched*
- Dog Life – Högbacka Baby*
- Nick Millevoi – Point No Point*
*previously unreleased studio recording
**previously unreleased live recording
Burning Ambulance co-founder Philip Freeman is available to speak to interested media. For more information, visit burningambulance.com, burningambulancemusic.bandcamp.com, or email burningambulance@gmail.com.
