The Free Jazz Collective

Reviews of Free Jazz and Improvised Music

Sunday, November 8, 2026

Rodrigo Amado New Orbit at the Oct Loft Festival

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This one just came to our attention via an announcement from Rodrido Amado himself. A new recording from the saxophonist with his new Berlin...

Why I’m glad that we have abolished the (five) star system

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By Martin Schray A few years ago, we did away with our previous star rating system because there were heated discussions about the...
Saturday, November 7, 2026

Berne/Taborn/Nealand/Ultan/Rainey - Deflection Pool (Out of Your Head, 2026)

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By Gary Chapin The Lowlands Bar is the home, on Mondays and Tuesdays, to enough amazing improvised music that it’s starting to ac...

Why I Write Only 5 Star Reviews

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Image Photo by Glenn Carstens-Peters on Unsplash By Gary Chapin Some weeks ago (or months, o...
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Friday, November 6, 2026

Introducing Flutist and Electronics Player Delphine Joussein

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By Eyal Hareuveni French flutist, electronics player, sound artist, and vocalist (and a professional sommelier) is a force of natur...
Thursday, November 5, 2026

Markus Müller - Globe Unity 60 (FMP-Publishing, 2026)

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By Paul Acquaro While poring over Globe Unity 60 by FMP label head Marcus Müller, one begins to see the label itself as a central node in a...

Markus Müller - Globe Unity 60 (FMP-Publishing, 2026)

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By  Ferruccio Martinotti Autumn 1966. Commissioned by Berlin Jazz Festival, pianist Alexander von Schlippenbach reassembles Gunter Hampe...
Wednesday, November 4, 2026

Tania Giannouli & Nik Bärtsch - Metakosmos (Fuga Libera, 2026)

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By Stef Gijssels When the two worlds of pianists Tania Giannouli from Greece and Nik Bärtsch from Switzerland meet, musical fireworks can be...
Tuesday, November 3, 2026

Jazz em Agosto, 42nd edition (Part 2)

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Anna Webber 5Tet. Photo by Petra Cvelbar  - Gulbenkian Música By David Cristol Sometimes music comes alive, well, live. The complex co...
Monday, November 2, 2026

Jazz em Agosto, 42nd edition 2026 (Part 1)

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By David Cristol Jazz em Agosto took place over ten days in the heart of the summer, with a bold programming that has become the n...
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