The Free Jazz Collective

It seems like there is an avalanche of good albums being released these days, and it's hard to keep up for your daily reviewer. Swedish ...

In December 2006, French bass-player Joelle Léandre had planned a series of duos at The Stone with Marilyn Crispell on piano, with Roy Campb...

This is the second CD by the Stephen Gauci Quartet, with the leader on sax, Nate Wooley on trumpet, Ken Filiano on bass and Lou Grassi on d...

When I heard Norwegian bass-player Eivind Opsvik's first "Overseas" CD in 2003, I immediately fell for it, because of its high...

The Soft Machine was a British 60s prog rock band, releasing two albums with Kevin Ayers, Daevid Allen, Mike Ratledge and Robert Wyatt, main...

There is more to come about Sylvain Guérineau, later. Here, he plays alto and baritone sax, solo, with a lot of chamber effect, as if he...

This album is highly unusual, extremely beautiful, utterly bizarre while still being accessible. The band consists of Norwegians Ivar Gry...

Norwegian trumpeter Nils Petter Molvaer has been one of the most successful artists to blend techno rhythms with electronics and jazz, bring...

Norwegian musicians are productive these days. More reviews will come in the following days, but let's start with this Norwegian Chicago...

Free jazz is all about freedom. Musical freedom, psychological freedom, personal freedom, social freedom, with often also direct links to po...