The Free Jazz Collective

Reviews of Free Jazz and Improvised Music

Friday, July 17, 2026

Reza Askari Roar Quintet - xAYb v8v dYAx (Boomslang, 2026)

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By Eyal Hareuveni Reza Askari is a German (son of an Iranian-born father and a German mother), Cologne-based double bass player, c...
Thursday, July 16, 2026

Flo Stoffner - Bijou (Relative Pitch, 2026)

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By Martin Schray Bijou is a French noun meaning “gem”, “treasure”, or “jewel”. It’s often used in a formal or figurative sen...
Wednesday, July 15, 2026

Toc + Jean-Luc Guionnet - Quelques idées d’un vert incolore dorment furieusement (Tour de Bras, 2026) *****

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By Richard Blute “Colorless green ideas sleep furiously.” -A sentence proposed by Noam Chomsky that he claimed was grammatically c...
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Tuesday, July 14, 2026

Fie Schouten, Vincent Courtois, Sofia Borges, Pierre Baux - Open Space (Relative Pitch, 2026)

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By Hrayr Attarian French writer and filmmaker Georges Perec was known for using wordplay to explore identity, loss, and grief...
Monday, July 13, 2026

The Black Nothing & Anders Filipsen - Midt i en Fremtid (Ilk Music, 2026)

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By Eyal Hareuveni Anyone who has experienced someone close, and especially a young one, who was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease...
Sunday, July 12, 2026

Take a ride with Helicopter ... live at the Loft

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Today's Sunday Video is from the power trio Helicopter, which looks to be 2/3 of Free Jazz Blog favorite Gorilla Mask with Simon Camatta...
Saturday, July 11, 2026

Ensembles with electronics: rewiring the imagination

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By Stuart Broomer These are recent and distinguished bands united by the extent to which they’re refined, defined and expanded by...
Friday, July 10, 2026

Abdelnour/Loriot/Meier/Niggenkemper – Et il y aura… (Veto Records, 2026)

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By Fotis Nikolakopoulos   The music made by this quartet possesses agility and versatility at the same time. They move quite ea...
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Wednesday, July 8, 2026

[AHMED] - Play Monk (Otoroku, 2026)

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By Ferruccio Martinotti It was only a matter of time. In the cosmology of our music, one thing was certain: the...
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Tuesday, July 7, 2026

Ballister + Luke Stewart - Clocking the Wheel (Aerophonic Records, 2026)

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By  Martin Schray When their latest album Smash and Grab came out, I cheekily claimed Ballister might ...
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