The Free Jazz Collective

Reviews of Free Jazz and Improvised Music

Monday, December 22, 2025

Camila Nebbia ft. Marilyn Crispell & Lesley Mok - A reflection distorts over water (Relative Pitch Records, 2025)

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By Ferruccio Martinotti Five minutes to midnight but thanks to a record like this, the game of the 2025 Top Ten is still up, clear ...
Sunday, December 21, 2025

Jim Hobbs and Timo Shanko - The Depression Tapes (Relative Pitch Records, 2025) *****

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By Don Phipps When one thinks of great sax-bass collaborations, a few albums stand out: 1977’s Soapsuds, Soapsud...
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Christer Bothen - L'INVISIBLE (Thanatosis Produktion, 2025)

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By Don Phipps Clarinetist and composer Christer Bothen’s L’INVISIBLE (in English - the hidden, unseen, or invisible) is a fascina...
Saturday, December 20, 2025

Lingyuan Yang – Cursed Month (Chaospace Records, 2025)

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By Nick Ostrum Cursed Month  is the first release by guitarist Lingyuan Yang’s trio with pianist Shinya Lin and drummer Asher Herz...

Anna Högberg Attack - Ensamseglaren (Fonstret, 2025)

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By  Ferruccio Martinotti Emerged from the Viking Cauldron of the Fire! Orchestra, Anna Högberg was one the most exhilarating potio...
Friday, December 19, 2025

James McKain / Damon Smith / Weasel Walter - ....seeing the way the mole tunnels... (Balance Point Acoustics / International School of Evidence, 2025)

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  By Richard Blute  “I’ve always been attracted to extremity in music. I started listening to free jazz at the same time I was listening to ...
Thursday, December 18, 2025

KnCurrent - KnCurrent (deep dish records, 2025)

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By Stuart Broomer KnCurrent is a quartet organized by patrick brennan, the New York-based alto saxophonist and musical explorer. Among his ...
Wednesday, December 17, 2025

Poor Isa + Evan Parker & Ingar Zach - Untitled (Aspen Edities, 2025) *****

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By Nick Metzger Incredible music here from the Belgian duo Poor Isa - augmented this time round with Evan Parker on saxopho...
Tuesday, December 16, 2025

Angles 11 - Tell Them It's The Sound Of Freedom (Fundacja Słuchaj, 2025)

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By Stef Gijssels Martin Küchen's Angles Ensemble must for sure be one of Sweden's most appreciated mini-big-band, with a recognisabl...
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Monday, December 15, 2025

Lao Dan - To Hit a Pressure Point (Relative Pitch, 2025)

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By Paul Acquaro At the Moers festival last spring, woodwindist Lao Dan played a solo show in a hair salon . It was a small storefront in the...
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