The Free Jazz Collective

Dear readers, It is my pleasure to tell you that eight volunteers are willing to contribute to this blog. Their names will become known to...

 By Paul Acquaro In the closing song of Finally Out of My Hands, there is an eight-bit electronic sound is used that is achingly familiar...

Like in the previous years, I would like to highlight the musicians that I thought made a difference to me, either by being very productive ...

A feel-good album to start the year. Iraqi oud player Rahim Alhaj assembles musicians from around the world and with different musical backg...

The paradox of the end-of-year-lists : The basic questions are  how can you compare apples and oranges? is it even fair to rank art in ...

No doubt Joëlle Léandre is one of the leading artists on bass in modern improvisation, and I read this book by her now during the holidays. ...

Here are some great and noteworthy solo sax albums, not an easy genre, difficult to play and maintain attention, hypnotic if played well. Te...

Several years ago, I was struck by the innovative beauty of " Memorize The Sky ", a trio album with Matt Bauder on sax, and he has...

An unusual album with unusual instrumentation : Evan Parker plays sax, and Sten Sandell plays church organ, recorded at St. Peter's Chur...

Dear readers, I've been listening to thousands of CDs over the past four years, starting during the christmas holidays in 2007, and re...