The Free Jazz Collective

Reviews of Free Jazz and Improvised Music

Sunday, July 12, 2026

Take a ride with Helicopter ... live at the Loft

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Today's Sunday Video is from the power trio Helicopter, which looks to be 2/3 of Free Jazz Blog favorite Gorilla Mask with Simon Camatta...
Saturday, July 11, 2026

Ensembles with electronics: rewiring the imagination

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By Stuart Broomer These are recent and distinguished bands united by the extent to which they’re refined, defined and expanded by...
Friday, July 10, 2026

Abdelnour/Loriot/Meier/Niggenkemper – Et il y aura… (Veto Records, 2026)

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By Fotis Nikolakopoulos   The music made by this quartet possesses agility and versatility at the same time. They move quite ea...
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Wednesday, July 8, 2026

[AHMED] - Play Monk (Otoroku, 2026)

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By Ferruccio Martinotti It was only a matter of time. In the cosmology of our music, one thing was certain: the...
Tuesday, July 7, 2026

Ballister + Luke Stewart - Clocking the Wheel (Aerophonic Records, 2026)

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By  Martin Schray When their latest album Smash and Grab came out, I cheekily claimed Ballister might ...
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Monday, July 6, 2026

Victor Vieira-Branco’s Bark Culture - The Giant is Awkward (Temperphantom, 2026)

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Sunday, July 5, 2026

Revisit the Serious Series

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Back in December, we covered the Serious Series , a concert series in Berlin that showcases a mix of both local and international free music...
Saturday, July 4, 2026

Irarrázabal Together

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By Dan Sorrells Two recent releases showcase the versatility and physicality of Chilean double-bassist Amanda Irarrázabal as she i...
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Friday, July 3, 2026

Hound Dog Taylor's Hand and Joe Paradiso - The Structure and Dynamics Of Disordered Systems (self, 2026)

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By  Ferruccio Martinotti What could an old Mississippi bluesman, a Seattle free band and an MIT scholar possibly have in common? D...
Wednesday, July 1, 2026

Satoko Fujii + Myra Melford - Katarahi (RogueArt, 2026) *****

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By Paul Acquaro This review should not be confused for a scientific study, regardless of how convincing it sounds, after all, it lacks all s...
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