The Free Jazz Collective

Reviews of Free Jazz and Improvised Music

Friday, November 28, 2025

Recent Releases of Elias Stemeseder and Christian Lillinger

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By Eyal Hareuveni   Experiencing a collaborative project by the idiosyncratic producer-composer duo—Austrian keyboard player Elias St...
Thursday, November 27, 2025

Vinny Golia in Focus

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By Paul Acquaro   Vinny Golia / Ken Filiano / Michael TA Thompson - Catastasis (Nine Winds Records, 2025)   An absolute...
Wednesday, November 26, 2025

Ingebrigt Håker Flaten (Exit) Knarr - Drops (Sonic Transmissions, 2025)

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By Nick Metzger The (Exit) Knarr project by esteemed Norwegian composer, bassist, bandleader and apparent Austi...
Tuesday, November 25, 2025

Stian Larsen/Colin Webster/Ruth Goller/Andrew Lisle - Temple of Muses (Relative Pitch, 2025)

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By Hrayr Attarian The provocative Temple of Muses  is a collaborative effort among four master improvisers who also share an arti...
Monday, November 24, 2025

Sophie Agnel - Learning (Otoroku, 2025)

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By Stuart Broomer Sophie Agnel has released a bevy of brilliant releases in recent years, including the solo CD Song (Relati...
Sunday, November 23, 2025

Sylvie Courvoisier - Chimaera

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Last year, Sylvie Courvoisier's " Chimaera " was one of our favourite albums.  The video below gives the full album, recorded ...
Saturday, November 22, 2025

Wadada Leo Smith & Sylvie Courvoisier – Angel Falls (Intakt Records, 2025) *****

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By Don Phipps Dissonance. Abstraction. Tonal clusters. Flurries. Rolling ostinatos. Ornate and defiant piercings. The...

Wadada Leo Smith & Sylvie Courvoisier – Angel Falls (Intakt Records, 2025)

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By  Ferruccio Martinotti Last quarter of the year and the top seeded players enter the court: Sylvie Courvoisier and Wadada Leo Sm...

Sylvie Courvoisier & Wadada Leo Smith - Angel Falls (Intakt, 2025)

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By Stef Gijssels Wadada Leo Smith likes duets with pianists. He's performed and released albums with this format for many decades, and w...
Friday, November 21, 2025

Extraordinary Popular Delusions - The Last Quintet (Corbett vs. Dempsey)

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By F erruccio Martinotti Could it possibly be something better than good music? Yes it could: good music with a good story behind....
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