The Free Jazz Collective

Percussionist John Hollenbeck's Claudia Quintet belongs to a sub-genre all by itself : it combines elements of jazz, prog rock and chamb...

If the word "soundscapes" can be used for slow, quiet music, consisting of long passages in which the instruments bring layers of ...

In my daily search for music that flies under the radar screen of the more traditional music critics, I can with pleasure recommend Triptych...

Before you start reading, please click on this link : Six Dreams Divided . On this album Create (!) bring non-intrusive, free improvization ...

Mark O'Leary - Awakening (Leo Records, 2006) **** Mark O'Leary is an Irish jazz guitar player who has already published quite some a...

If you notice that some of today's top musicians, Marc Ribot, Jon Madof, Jim Pugliese and Mat Maneri play together on one CD with among...

John Butcher & Paal Nilssen-Love - Concentric (Clean Feed, 2007) ** Playing free jazz or free improv can easily be compared to walking o...

Jason Lindner's first album, Ab Aeterno, offers a sparkling combination of jazz and world music, in a trio with Omer Avital on bass and ...

Mikolaj Trzaska is a musician who deserves wider recognition than he does today. He is not only an excellent sax player, as a composer he is...

The Chicago Underground Duo/Trio/Quartet has two stable members : Rob Mazurek on cornet and Chad Taylor on percussion. Jeff Parker played gu...