The Free Jazz Collective

Reviews of Free Jazz and Improvised Music

Monday, May 3, 2010

No More Shapes - Creesus Crisis (Drip Audio, 2010) ***½

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An unusual line-up of trombone, guitar and drums, but with nice results. J.C. Jones plays trombone (not to be confused with JC Jones the bas...
Sunday, May 2, 2010

William Hooker - Earth's Orbit (NoBusiness, 2010) ****½ & ***½

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This double vinyl LP by William Hooker is one worth having, if alone for the first record, called "Bliss (East)". It is recorded l...
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Saturday, May 1, 2010

Gianni Gebbia, Eiko Ishibashi & Daniele Camarda - Maboroshi (FMN, 2009) ****½

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Italian saxophonist Gianni Gebbia is not only a great innovator on his instrument, he is equally looking for opportunities to make new music...
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Friday, April 30, 2010

Yuganaut - Sharks (Engine, 2010) ****

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The music on this album is as hard to classify as its art work. The trio consists of Tom Abbs on violin, cello, didjeridoo and tuba, Geoff M...

Oliver Lake, Paul Smoker, Scott R. Looney, Lisle Ellis - Urban Ruminations (Metaphysical, 2010) ***½

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These are four musicians from whom you could expect that improvising together would be a great match : all four are rooted in, but have gone...
Wednesday, April 28, 2010

Les Amants De Juliette & Majid Bekkas (Quoi De Neuf Docteur, 2010) ***½

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" Les Amants de Juliette " is one of the most lightfooted and joyful small free jazz outfits coming from France, with Serge Adam o...
Sunday, April 25, 2010

Cuong Vu and friends ...

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Trumpeter Cuong Vu is a very demanded and active musician. He plays with Pat Metheny, he has his own quartet, and plays on the album of many...
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Saturday, April 24, 2010

Rypdal and friends ...

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Norwegian guitarist Terje Rypdal is a rocker converted to jazz, the master of the icy guitar with the deepest reverb you can imagine, making...
Friday, April 23, 2010

Paul Dunmall - Moment To Moment (SLAM, 2009) ****½

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Maybe a little later than my usual doing, here is another great album with Paul Dunmall on tenor saxophone, Matthew Bourne on piano and cell...
Thursday, April 22, 2010

Mike Nord & Georg Hoffmann - The Flow, Music For Improvised Dance (Leo Records, 2010) ****

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Guitarist Mike Nord and percussionist Georg Hofmann had played before, for 25 years even, and already released earlier on Leo with a quartet...
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