The Free Jazz Collective

Reviews of Free Jazz and Improvised Music

Friday, August 1, 2025

Mikołaj Trzaska & Daktyle - Transient Riot (Antenna Non Grata, 2025)

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By Nick Ostrum Recorded live in concert in 2024, Transient Riot is the latest release from Polish reedist Mikołaj Trzaska, who has been we...

Tatsuya Yoshida/Martin Escalante –The Sound of Raspberry (Wash and Wear records, 2025) *****

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By Fotis Nikolakopoulos This release (out on vinyl for all of us vinyl lovers) is, probably the biggest surprise of 2025 so far. And certain...
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Wednesday, July 30, 2025

Ilia Belorukov & Lauri Hyvärinen - Fix It If It Ain't Broken (Nunc, 2025)

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By Nick Ostrum Fix It If It Ain’t Broken documents the most recent meeting between Russian saxophonist and sound artist Ilia Belorukov (he...
Tuesday, July 29, 2025

TL;DR and Peter Knight - Too Long; Didn't Read (EarshiftNusic, 2025)

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By  Irena Stevanovska tl;dr is a new project on the Australian scene, led by the pretty well-known trumpeter on that scene Peter Knight, but...
Monday, July 28, 2025

NODO – NODO (Self-Produced, 2025)

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By  Hrayr Attarian   The stimulating NODO is a collaborative effort among three fast-rising improvisers on Montevideo’s burgeoning creative...
Sunday, July 27, 2025

Gerry Hemingway's How the Dust Falls Quartet

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"How the Dust Falls Quartet" is an expanded version of pianist Izumi Kimura's and percussionist Gerry Hemingway's ongoing ...
Saturday, July 26, 2025

Camila Nebbia/Kit Downes/Andrew Lisle – Exhaust (Relative Pitch Records, 2025)

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By  Fotis Nikolakopoulos I don’t think there are more nice words to add to the already said about Relative Pitch. The label, under Kevin Rei...
Thursday, July 24, 2025

When the Sun Becomes a Bird: the 44th Konfrontationen in Nickelsdorf

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Photo by author By Andrew Choate   As the geopolitical world continues to reach new depths of shallowness in terms of respect for humanity, ...
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Wednesday, July 23, 2025

Ivo Perelman, Nate Wooley, Mark Helias, Tom Rainey - A Modicum of the Blues (Fundacja Sluchaj, 2025)

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By Sammy Stein The blues – turned inside out, expunged, explored, and exploded – is this what this album is? The title would hint at this, ...
Tuesday, July 22, 2025

Ed Jones/Emil Karlsen – Liminal Spaces (Confront Recordings, 2025) *****

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By  Fotis Nikolakopoulos Four years after their first release together, which was reviewed here , Emil Karlsen (drums and percuss...
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