The Free Jazz Collective

By Stef Gijssels French saxophonist Alexandra Grimal and Italian pianist Giovanni Di Domenico have performed and released albums over the ye...

By Martin Schray Music can be compared to radiation - analogous to descriptions by the German writer Ernst Jünger. In his di...

By Paul Acquaro I've been thinking about extended technique and the saxophone a bit lately, and I am starting to come up with a taxonomy...

By Stef Gijssels Swedish saxophonist Martin Küchen has many faces ... and many voices. Most readers will know him best  from his band "...

By Anthony Simon When he walked into the studio, Matthew Shipp was at the piano playing Duke Ellington ballads. “Really swin...

By Paul Acquaro The small white box sits on my desk. Perfectly square, about an inch and a half high, featuring a light grayscale photo over...

Matt Mitchell / Tim Berne - 1 (Screwgun, 2020) **** By Stephen Griffith In the May 2018 issue, Downbeat conducted a blindfold test for ...

 By Stef Gijssels The sheer volume of music released last year forces us to write combined reviews, now on the topic of sax and piano duos. ...

By Matthew Banash  These two albums have led me to some larger questions. As a listener, I found each work unique with individuation being a...

Calenture and Light Leaks (Weekertoft, 2019) ***** The Dogs of Nile (Weekertoft, 2019) ***** By Lee Rice Epstein First, of course...

By Stef Japanese pianist Yoko Miura and Italian soprano saxophonist Gianni Mimmo find a perfect musical blend for this gentle and sophis...

By Martin Sekelsky I remember the sunny spring day, traveling to Brussels to see Ivo Perelman (tenor saxophone) and Matthew Shipp (pian...

By Stef Two years ago I was quite ecstatic about " The Ten Thousand Things ", the duo album of baritone saxophonist Simon ...