The Free Jazz Collective

Reviews of Free Jazz and Improvised Music

Sunday, May 24, 2026

Scenes from Jazz in E

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By Paul Acquaro   Last weekend was a long one in Germany and on which every year the Jazz in E festival takes place in Eberswalde...
Saturday, May 23, 2026

Keenan Ruffin and Stan Zenkov – The Mechanics of Getting Anywhere (Moon Villain Records, 2025)

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 By Matty Bannond Google can’t introduce you to Keenan Ruffin or Stan Zenkov. ChatGPT will guess their biographical details with tr...
Friday, May 22, 2026

Lonely Woman ... female artists and solo horn performances

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By Stef Gijssels On May 22nd, 1959, Ornette Coleman recorded " Lonely Woman ", after 67 years still one of the most beautiful piec...
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Thursday, May 21, 2026

Booker Stardrum - Close-up On The Outside (We Jazz Records, 2026)

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By Ferruccio Martinotti First transitive property of the Free: if A plays with B and B plays with C, A will play with C. From which...
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Wednesday, May 20, 2026

Gunther Hampel (1937 -2026)

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Photo by Peter Gannushkin By Martin Schray “I don't make music, I am music.“ A typical Gunter Hampel quote about Gunter ...
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Sylvie Courvoisier Trio – Éclats-Live in Europe (Intakt, 2026)

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By Kenneth Blanchard Swiss native Sylvie Courvoisier has not escaped notice. She began her recording career in the 1994 and ...
Tuesday, May 19, 2026

DoYeon Kim - Wellspring (TAO Forms, 2026)

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  By Sammy Stein   A gayageum is a traditional Korean plucked zither with 12, 18, 21, or 25 strings. Historically made from paulownia wo...
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Monday, May 18, 2026

Albert Beger Quartet - Astral Visit (Kame’a, 2026)

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By Eyal Hareuveni Israeli tenor sax player and composer Albert Beger took his time before responding to the Israeli collective tra...
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Sunday, May 17, 2026

Negotiating Control and Openness: Three Albums by Gligor Kondovski

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By   Vangel Nonevski   In recent years, Macedonian experimental violinist, composer, and electronic sound architect Gligor Kondovsk...
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Saturday, May 16, 2026

Brian Marsella and Sae Hashimoto - Tunnel Vision (Red Palace Records, 2026)

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By Brian Earley   A single string vibrates into one deep, sustained note. The note flickers, almost pulses...
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