The Free Jazz Collective

By Hrayr Attarian Portuguese multi-instrumentalist Ravenna Escaleira is also a poet and visual artist. All these aspects of her ...

By Dan Sorrells Famished minds no longer sated by spi-raling horn , one of last year's standout releases, can now feast upon ...

Heddy Boubaker. Photo: wikipedia By David Cristol Improviser Heddy Boubaker passed away suddenly on January 19, from the same issue (ao...

By Nick Ostrum Since launching in 2018, Out of Your Head records has quickly emerged as a cornerstone label of the next wave of fr...

 By  Brian Earley   Presence requires intention, wakefulness, and awareness. Listeners give their attention over to music be...

Ralph Towner at Jazzwerkstatt Peitz in 2020 By Paul Acquaro    Saddened to learn about the passing of guitarist Ralph Towner over the we...

By Don Phipps While not adverse to playing inside, Craig Taborn has always been open to stretching out his vocabulary...

How exciting it was to receive a bit of good news the other week. No, not that all wrong with the world was being dealt with smartly and swi...

By Stef Gijssels In the fragile lightness of the air, sounds drift into one another. They hesitate and whisper, moving in the same direction...

By Guido Montegrandi In May 2024 Roscoe Mitchell (bass and sopranino saxophones, percussions) and  Michele Rabbia (percussions,...