The Free Jazz Collective
Reviews of Free Jazz and Improvised Music
Tuesday, December 23, 2025
Phil Haynes & Free Country - Liberty Now! (Corner Store Jazz, 2025)
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by Gary Chapin Free Country is a Phil Haynes (drums) project, with Drew Gress (bass), Jim Yanda (guitar), and Hank Roberts (c...
Almufaraka – Master of Disorder (Circum-Disc, 2024)
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By Fotis Nikolakopoulos Using the voice as a main instrument is not something new obviously. Using three voices (here by G...
Monday, December 22, 2025
Camila Nebbia ft. Marilyn Crispell & Lesley Mok - A reflection distorts over water (Relative Pitch Records, 2025)
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By Ferruccio Martinotti Five minutes to midnight but thanks to a record like this, the game of the 2025 Top Ten is still up, clear ...
Sunday, December 21, 2025
Jim Hobbs and Timo Shanko - The Depression Tapes (Relative Pitch Records, 2025) *****
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By Don Phipps When one thinks of great sax-bass collaborations, a few albums stand out: 1977’s Soapsuds, Soapsud...
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Christer Bothen - L'INVISIBLE (Thanatosis Produktion, 2025)
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By Don Phipps Clarinetist and composer Christer Bothen’s L’INVISIBLE (in English - the hidden, unseen, or invisible) is a fascina...
Saturday, December 20, 2025
Lingyuan Yang – Cursed Month (Chaospace Records, 2025)
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By Nick Ostrum Cursed Month is the first release by guitarist Lingyuan Yang’s trio with pianist Shinya Lin and drummer Asher Herz...
Anna Högberg Attack - Ensamseglaren (Fonstret, 2025)
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By Ferruccio Martinotti Emerged from the Viking Cauldron of the Fire! Orchestra, Anna Högberg was one the most exhilarating potio...
Friday, December 19, 2025
James McKain / Damon Smith / Weasel Walter - ....seeing the way the mole tunnels... (Balance Point Acoustics / International School of Evidence, 2025)
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By Richard Blute “I’ve always been attracted to extremity in music. I started listening to free jazz at the same time I was listening to ...
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...
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