The Free Jazz Collective

 Dutch drummer Han Bennink is somewhat of a percussion genius, and a wild entertainer at the same time. Norwegian saxophonist Frode Gjersta...

Jason Stein is a bass clarinetist. He plays no other instrument. This gives him the opportunity to focus his skills, and with great success....

The Berliner band "Die Enttäuschung" started by re-packaging Monk in a more modern outfit, adding the learnings of Ornette Colema...

Originally from Boston, Eric McDowell currently lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan where he teaches undergraduate writing courses and catches so...

Martin first brushed jazz with The Bad Plus, Miles Davis, Charles Mingus, Thelonious Monk, Keith Jarrett, Eric Dolphy and John Coltrane in h...

Steve first got the free jazz bug when he stumbled into an art major's dorm room in the late 60s where Coltrane on Impulse was playing...

Guitarist, multi-instrumentalist and composer William Rossi was born and raised in Italy. He developed a passion for music thanks to his fat...

Matty Bannond is a 39-year-old fiction writer, music writer and sports writer. He was born and raised near Manchester, UK. He now lives in ...

Hinrich Julius. Born in Northern Germany (Hannover), now again living there (Hamburg). For many years a follower and fan of improvised (jaz...

Olle Lawson’s introduction to The Music came in the form of Verve’s Best of Bird  album, age 13 - an Xmas gift from his grandmother. He pl...