The Free Jazz Collective

Reviews of Free Jazz and Improvised Music

Tuesday, June 30, 2026

Lazro Léandre Lovens- For Baritone Sax, Double Bass & Drumset (Relative Pitch, 2026)

›
By Martin Schray In Bernd Schoch’s documentary “But The Word Dog Doesn’t Bark“ about the Schlippenbach Trio, Evan Parker is...
Monday, June 29, 2026

Stein/Smith/Shead – Five Nights in the Midwest (balance point acoustics, 2026)

›
By Brian Earley   Asking listeners to pay attention to an entire tour’s  worth of music is asking a great deal. But, f...
Sunday, June 28, 2026

An interview with Myra Melford

›
Photo by Gil Corre By David Cristol   The US pianist and composer is busier than ever. New albums, a freshly launched Bandcamp label...
Saturday, June 27, 2026

Teiku - Klang (Ginko Records, 2026)

›
By Sammy Stein Teiku comprises pianist Josh Harlow, percussionist Jonathan Barahal Taylor, double bassist Jaribu Shahid, and, newl...
Friday, June 26, 2026

Lance Austin Olsen and Jamie Drouin – a field far beyond form and emptiness (Infrequency, 2026)

›
By Nick Ostrum A field far beyond form and emptiness is a return to form. It is Lance Austin Olsen and Jamie Drouin’s first ...
Thursday, June 25, 2026

Caroline Kraabel / Pat Thomas / John Edwards / Steve Noble - Transgressive Coastlines (Shrike Records, 2026)

›
 By Richard Blute   I was happy to see saxophonist Caroline Kraabel reviewed in Stef’s recent article “ female artists and solo horn per...
Wednesday, June 24, 2026

Some AACM on Record (Part 1)

›
By Gary Chapin The Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM) was one of the most fertile creative organization...
Tuesday, June 23, 2026

Paula Rae Gibson and Alex Bonney - In Another World We Will Live For Ever (33Xtreme Records/33 Jazz Records, 2026)

›
  By Sammy Stein When Paula Rae Gibson contacted me to ask if I would review her new album, she described it simply yet profoundly ...
Monday, June 22, 2026

Columbia Icefield - A Silence Opens (Out of Your Head, 2026)

›
By Eyal Hareuveni A Silence Opens is the third, and unfortunately, the last album of the Columbia Icefield, the quartet that trum...
Sunday, June 21, 2026

The Utopia of Better Processes: An Interview with Christian Lillinger

›
Photo by Nino Halm By Ljubisa Tosic* Anyone lucky enough to have seen Christian Lillinger's project Open Form for Society live...
›
Home
View web version
Powered by Blogger.