The Free Jazz Collective

Sorry guys, but here's another Ornette Coleman re-issue. The recent success of Soundgrammar, and the Pulitzer Prize he got after that, m...

Cosmic and Magnificent! Magnificent and Earthly! William Parker announced that 2008 would be a year of cosmic music, and of course he knew w...

German trumpeter Markus Stockhausen has always walked the thin line between artistry and commercial interests. As much as I appreciated his ...

This performance by the Ornette Coleman Quartet was recorded live at the Belgian Jazz Bilzen Festival in 1969. Apart from Coleman himself on...

Many free jazz musicians are of course very much indebted and usually very respectful of the traditional jazz heritage, but it is rare for t...

After many recordings together in various line-ups, pianist Russ Lossing and bassist John Hebert finally play the long-awaited duo. With the...

That's what my web-counter says. Unfortunately it cannot tell me who the lucky one is. I might have given him/her a token of apprecation...

Gianni Mimmo is an Italian soprano saxophonist who, although using traditional styles, really has a great approach to avant-garde jazz, and ...

Man, this is great! To the extent that I laughed out loud from the sheer pleasure of listening to these guy's having fun with music. Fre...

This is probably one of the first recorded pieces for large ensemble by Bill Dixon, who is best known for his very avant-garde duo or trio a...