The Free Jazz Collective

The great thing about free music, just like abstract painting, is that it forces you to go beyond the rational, to forget about anchor point...

By Paul   It's about half way into the first song 'Secrets of Creation (khoisdl)' on Aaron Novik's Secret of Secrets...

By  Stef       The great thing about jazz is its inherent openness to new possibilities, including the inclusion of non-Western instrum...

Reviewed by Joe First things first for all (myself included) who don't speak, or read, Polish - Msza Święta w Brąswałdzie = Holy Ma...

By  Stef       After yesterday's review, here is another great quartet, with Vinny Golia on saxophones, Bobby Bradford on cornet, ...

By  Stef       Imagine you're 28 years old and you can make an album with jazz veterans like Ellery Eskelin on sax, Dave Ballou on...

By Paul Acquaro Ambience is to the fore on Lisa Mezzacappa and Nightshade's album Cosmic Rift. Built upon electric/acoustic so...

By  Stef       For those of you who know the fantastic French trio of Aldo Romano on drums, Louis Sclavis on clarinet and Henri Texier ...

By Paul Acquaro "Wind Sweeping Pines" is a twenty minute track on the Chicago Underground Duo's sixth album "Age o...

By  Stef     Last year, Polish clarinet quintet Ircha's debut album " Lark Uprising " was a contender for the " Happ...