The Free Jazz Collective

By Martin Schray                                     Another piano duo album Evan Parker has recently released is Dortmund Variatio...

By Martin Schray Evan Parker and Catalan pianist Agustí Fernandez have been cooperating for more than a decade in different ...

By Martin Schray If Cecil Taylor is right and “the composition starts with the selection of the players” then this combination arouses ...

By Martin Schray “Improvisation is a compositional method“ (Evan Parker) Each December the Schlippenbach Trio (Alexander von Schli...

Reviewed by Joe What a great pleasure to see the fruits of the tree bloom in such a productive way! Eric Revis for all that don't k...

By  Stef     There is nothing as strange as one musician on his own, struggling with his instrument in empty space, trying to shout weep s...

By Paul Acquaro A write up of some recent releases from the label OutNow has been on my mind for a bit of time now. After catching an exc...

By Greg McGreevy   Jazz and improv musicians have consistently been some of the most adventurous in terms of instrumentation/lineup choi...

By Troy Dostert As a glance at the cover of the record would lead one to expect, Mechanical Malfunction explores a somewhat crazed wor...

By Paul Acquaro Living Jelly is saxophonist Ivo Perelman with drummer Gerald Cleaver and guitarist Joe Morris. The group's improvise...