04 Jun

[ June the 4th, 2025 release via Burning Ambulance Music: ANTHONY BRAXTON – QUARTET (ENGLAND) 1985 ]

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Legendary saxophonist, composer and lifelong musical innovator Anthony Braxton turns 80 today — June 4, 2025 — and Burning Ambulance Music is helping to celebrate his life of creativity with the release of Quartet (England) 1985, a digital collection of four complete, previously unreleased concerts featuring pianist Marilyn Crispell, bassist Mark Dresser, and drummer Gerry Hemingway.

“We could have a box set. Show the complete spectrum of what this group is capable of.” – Anthony Braxton, November 1985
“THIS MUSIC IS REALLY SOMETHING! The music is equal to the best of the quartet – maybe it’s even better than that.” – Anthony Braxton, November 2024

12 Nov

[ November 15th, 2023 release on Corner Store Jazz: Phil Haynes – Chasing the Masters – A Life Improvised ]

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The engrossing book, due out November 15, 2023, features stories of Haynes’ encounters with legends like Lee Konitz, Anthony Braxton, Dave Liebman and Paul Smoker, along with poetry, musical analysis and lessons from a life in music. The release will be accompanied by the career-spanning, eight-hour compilation A Life Improvised, a 62-track collection encompassing Haynes’ myriad projects and collaborations.

“In [Chasing the Masters], you find the beauty of Phil and his way of living. His artistry percolates beyond the rims of the glass (or of a drum), as all of the world becomes his canvas.” – Vocalist Nicholas Horner, from the Foreword to Chasing the Masters

“Since arriving in New York from Oregon in 1983, drummer Phil Haynes established himself as a potent force on the downtown composer/improviser scene.” – Bill Milkowski, JazzTimes

01 Oct

[ October the 2nd, 2020 release via Pyroclastic Records: Angelica Sanchez with Marilyn Crispell – How to Turn the Moon ]

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release date: October 2, 2020 on Pyroclastic Records

“Ms. Sanchez improvises with crisp articulation and muscular command. Her chords, both dense and concise, offset free improvisations that reflect careful attention to narrative clarity.” — Giovanni Russonello, The New York Times

For the past two decades, pianist-composer Angelica Sanchez has shocked, bent and blurred lines and perceptions that separate composition from improvisation. How to Turn the Moon, her first release on Pyroclastic Records, offers a momentary culmination of that expression.