Bruce Ackley has been played on NTS in shows including Jim O'Rourke, featured first on 5 October 2022. Songs played include Court Music.

Born in 1948 in Detroit, MI, saxophonist Bruce Ackley has recorded with a variety of creative musical experimenters such as Henry Kaiser, Eugene Chadbourne, and John Zorn. Ackley first studied architecture and fine arts (1966-1969) before changing his focus to music. He began playing, and formed his first trio by the end of 1970. Ackley then moved to San Francisco, where he was a jazz and new music disc jockey on community radio (KPOO) from 1973-1975. Also around this time, he helped…