The Free Jazz Collective

Reviews of Free Jazz and Improvised Music

Wednesday, June 17, 2026

The Avant Garde Flamenco Trio – Lunar(Redshift Records, 2026)

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By Nick Ostrum Lunar came as something of a surprising to me. I found the title of the group appealing and somewhat cryptic. So,...
Tuesday, June 16, 2026

18th Jazzdor Strasbourg-Berlin Festival (June 2026)

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  By Paul Acquaro   Based in Strasbourg, France, Jazzdor has been producing its flagship festival for more than 35 years, with a sister edi...
Monday, June 15, 2026

Achim Kaufmann, Yorgos Dimitriadis, Michael Thieke – Hiss and Whirr (Wide Ear Records, 2025)

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By Dan Sorrells  In this moment of hollow AI mimicry, the hiss and whirr of three musicians locked in improvisation starkly highlights t...
Sunday, June 14, 2026

Ivo Perelman and Damon Smith - Duologue 6: Core of Existence (Squid Note, 2026)

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By Sammy Stein Ivo Perelman continues his duologue series with a conversation with bassist Damon Smith, and th...
Saturday, June 13, 2026

Ivo Perelman, Matthew Shipp, Bobby Kapp, and William Parker - Synesthesia (Defkaz, 2026)

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By Sammy Stein Ivo Perelman is a musician, artist, and jeweller who works with many musicians of different styles. He sees the wor...
Friday, June 12, 2026

Gabriel Vicéns – Niebla (Clepsydra Records, 2026)

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By Nick Ostrum Gabriel Vicéns first came to my attention with 2024’s Mural , which itself was a big step in the young guitari...
Thursday, June 11, 2026

Quagmire & Christer Bothén - Rörane (Relative Pitch, 2026)

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  By Eyal Hareuveni The Swedish Gothenburg-based free-improvising Quagmire trio features Swiss-Swedish double bass player Nina de ...
Wednesday, June 10, 2026

gabby fluke-mogul - GUT Live at Roulette (self-released, 2026)

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By Richard Blute “Life is like playing a violin solo in public and learning the instrument as one goes on.” -Samuel Butler ...

James “Blood“ Ulmer (1940 - 2026)

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Photo by Peter Gannushkin By Martin Schray “I don’t take a stand. I follow. I followed Ornette Coleman’s harmolodic theory, and I ...
Tuesday, June 9, 2026

Marion Brown – Live in Europe 1968 &1972 (NoBusiness, 2026)

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By Kenneth Blanchard Marion Brown (1935-2010) attacked the new thing when it was really new, ...
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