The Free Jazz Collective

Reviews of Free Jazz and Improvised Music

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...
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...

MOTUSNEU + Steve Swell - War der Clown gar nicht echt? (Boomslang, 2025)

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By Paul Acquaro Drummer Steffen Roth, along with bassist Stephan Deller and saxophonist Bruno Angeloni have been working together in Leipzig...
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Sunday, December 14, 2025

Ches Smith - The Self (Tzadik, 2025)

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By Don Phipps What makes Ches Smith special? Is it his musicality – the trap set as symphony? Is it his incredible multi-inst...

The Real McGregor

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Ogun Records has just released to YouTube a restored version of a short film called "The Real McGregor" from 1967, documenting Chr...
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Saturday, December 13, 2025

Taupe - Lemonade Tycoon (Minority Records, 2025)

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By Sammy Stein Experimental trio Taupe comprises saxophonist, composer, and arranger Jamie Stockbridge (Agbeko, Martha Reeves and The ...

Ivo Perelman and John Butcher - Duologues 4 (IBEJI, 2025)

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By Sammy Stein In 2024, I interviewed saxophonist Ivo Perelman for Free Jazz Collective. He told me he was coming to the UK in October 2...
Friday, December 12, 2025

Douglas R. Ewart, Kyle Hutchins, Seth Andrew Davis, Kevin Cheli – See You in the Past (Mother Brain Records, 2025)

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By Nick Ostrum See You in the Past is a meeting of generations. On the one side are Kyle Hutchins on saxophones, Seth Andrew Davis...
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