The Free Jazz Collective

Reviews of Free Jazz and Improvised Music

Monday, June 16, 2025

Torche! - 8 Notions De D​é​tente (Circum Disc/Tour de Bras, 2025)

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By Stef Gijssels A little over seven years after their debut album , the French-Canadian-Austrian quintet Torche! release their second albu...
Sunday, June 15, 2025

Sven-Åke Johansson (1943 - 2025)

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Photo by Cristina Marx/Photomusix By Martin Schray Only a drum kit stood on the wooden floorboards. Sven-Åke Johansson, as always ...

Louis Moholo-Moholo (1940 - 2025)

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Photo by Peter Gannushkin By Martin Schray It’s difficult to imagine the situation for black musicians in South Afr...
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the ocean within us - Pascal Niggenkemper, Sakina Abdou, Gerald Cleaver, Liz Kosack

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In this new project, the ocean within us , double bassist Pascal Niggenkemper explores groove and rhythm by weaving together tight structure...
Saturday, June 14, 2025

Matthew Welch and Dan Plonsey - Eudimorphodon (Kotekan 2025)

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By Gary Chapin You may not often think of bagpipes in free jazz improv, but if you do, it’s a good idea to think of them in terms...
Friday, June 13, 2025

John Edwards / Mike Gennaro / Alex Ward - Activity (Copepod Records, 2025)

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By Martin Schray It’s amazing that these musicians have never played together as a trio before. However, they know each other ...
Thursday, June 12, 2025

Wolf Eyes and Anthony Braxton

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Wolf Eyes and Anthony Braxton- Difficult Messages Vol. 5 Live in Los Angeles (Self Released, 2024)  Wolf E...
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Wednesday, June 11, 2025

Ivo Perelman & Matthew Shipp String Trio - Armageddon Flower (Tao Forms, 2025)

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By Sammy Stein Imagine. The world has self-destructed. Armageddon. People were begging the powerful to think, the bullies to rein...
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Tuesday, June 10, 2025

Ivo Perelman: Leo Records Backcatalog Reissue

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By Paul Acquaro     With the reissue of  Leo Records  catalog digitally by Burning Ambulance , a total of of 68 albums that saxophonist Iv...
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Sunday, June 8, 2025

Blurt - The Mecanno Giraffe

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Blurt, under the auspicious leadership of Ted Milton, has released a single, 'The Mecanno Giraffe', ahead of a new album.  A combina...
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