The Free Jazz Collective

DUKE ELLINGTON & JOHN COLTRANE - s/t (Impulse!, 1963) By  Ferruccio Martinotti Sunday morning. We weren't even looking through...

By Paul Acquaro  John Coltrane - Olé (Atlantic, 1961)   In the mid-1990s I had just graduated from undergrad with a degree in Journal...

By Nuno Catarino  Like many others, my gateway into the Coltrane universe was the inevitable Blue Train , a 1997 CD reissue, with the co...

By Richard Blute  The Red Garland Quintet Featuring John Coltrane and Donald Byrd - Soul Junction (Prestige, 1960) Culinary ...

As you are likely well aware, this week marks the 100th anniversary of John Coltrane's birth and writers and friends of the Free Jazz Bl...

By Eyal Hareuveni Pendulum is a singular piano trio featuring French pianist Benoît Delbecq with Danish double bass player Jon...

By  Ferruccio Martinotti " All Art Has Been Contemporary ” This sentence is a neon installation by conceptual artist Mauriz...

By Nick Ostrum Everybody Else’s Life, Too  is the latest from Josh Berman, a stalwart of the Chicago scene still somewhat underapp...

Happy Sunday, here’s a quick shot of some irreverent fun for the end/beginning of your week (depending on how you set up your calendar): Kuh...

By Stef Gijssels On " Chant ", another sculptor of silence shows her art. The magician is Magda Mayas, whose explorations of the o...