Wednesday, August 5, 2026

Mats Gustafsson / Kimmo Phjonen - Two Balls Are Enough (Trost, 2026)

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By Sammy Stein   Some musicians seem destined to play together at some point. Not always at the beginning of their careers, but as their...
Tuesday, August 4, 2026

Mats Gustafsson / Kimmo Phjonen - Two Balls Are Enough (Trost, 2026)

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By Eyal Hareuveni The work of Finnish hyper-accordionist Kimmo Pohjonen has never been reviewed on this site. He comes from Finnis...
Monday, August 3, 2026

Miroslav Vitous, Michel Portal, Jack Dejohnette - Mountain Call (ECM, 2026)

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  By  Ferruccio Martinotti To understand why we're here—we writers, you readers, both listeners to this kind of music—requires ski...
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Sunday, August 2, 2026

SoundScapes Series: Buck, Duthoit, Sjöström & Kääriäinen

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This week's video comes from the SoundScapes Series organized by Finnish saxophonist Harri Sjöström in Berlin. Surrounded by ever changi...
Saturday, August 1, 2026

A new trove from Udo Schindler and company… (Part II)

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By Nick Ostrum German multi-instrumentalist Udo Schindler has been recording and releasing music relentlessly over the last few ye...
Friday, July 31, 2026

A new trove from Udo Schindler and company… (Part I)

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By Nick Ostrum German multi-instrumentalist Udo Schindler has been recording and releasing music relentlessly over the last few yea...
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Thursday, July 30, 2026

Eyal Maoz, Piero Bittolo Bon, Zeno De Rossi - Forced to Feel (self released, 2026)

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By Guido Montegrandi Improvised free music recording develops around some recurring patterns: the single event in which musicians...
Wednesday, July 29, 2026

Paradoxical Frog: Kris Davis, Ingrid Laubrock, and Tyshawn Sorey: Live at the Village Vanguard – July 21, 2026

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By Brian Earley My daughter and I walked up Seventh Avenue on a balmy, post-thunderstorm July night to one of th...
Tuesday, July 28, 2026

Fermín Suárez, Shantala Ferreyra, Gonzalo Goicoechea - Las Instancias (625 Discs, 2026)

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By Sammy Stein Las Instancias comprises Shantala Ferreyra on clarinet, Fermín Suárez on double bass, and Gonzalo Goicoechea on drums. Fe...
Monday, July 27, 2026

Karoline Wallace - Eon (Sauajazz, 2026)

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By Brian Earley   Alene. Voldsomt Alene.   Alone. Violently Alone. These are the lyrics highlighted by crescendo, ...