The Free Jazz Collective

Reviews of Free Jazz and Improvised Music

Wednesday, February 5, 2014

World jazz with influences from the Middle-East

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By  Stef   As written before, I love Arabic music, I love the scales, the rhythms, the long improvisations and most of all the emotional p...

The Necks: Open (Northern Spy, 2013) ***½

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Reviewed by Joe This, according to what I see on the Necks' website, is their 17th album, quite an achievement for a band that plays...
Tuesday, February 4, 2014

Great Waitress - Flock (Creative Sources, 2013) ****

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By Dan Sorrells “Rite” eases into existence so gently, you’re barely aware it has a beginning. It sort of covertly manifests itself—sudd...
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Sunday, February 2, 2014

Howard Riley: Live with Repertoire (NoBusiness, 2013) ****

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By  Martin Schray On the one hand NoBusiness is a label that features younger or less known artists like YAPP and Steven Lugerner but al...
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Saturday, February 1, 2014

YAPP - Symbolic Heads (No Business, 2013)***½

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By  Martin Schray Even for the standards of NoBusiness, a label that sometimes features artists who haven’t been very well known so far,...
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Friday, January 31, 2014

Round-Up: Fighter Planes & Praying Mantis, Arson and Graceless

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A set of new releases on  OutNow showcases adventurous musicianship and diverse styles... By Paul Acquaro Alex Weiss - Fighter Planes ...
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Thursday, January 30, 2014

Sonny Simmons, Delphine Latil & Thomas Bellier - Beyond The Planets (Improvising Beings, 2013) ****

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By  Stef   I n 2011, the French label "Improvsing Beings" released " Symphony Of The Peacocks " by Sonny Simmons and...
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Wednesday, January 29, 2014

Round-up: Chris Potter’s Sirens and David Binney’s Lifted Land

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Here are a couple records that almost fell through the cracks of our backlog from 2013.  They’re both worthwhile releases from two of the mo...
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Tuesday, January 28, 2014

Alexander Hawkins Ensemble: Step Wide, Step Deep (Babel Label, 2013) *****

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Reviewed by Joe This is the third Alex Hawkins record we've reviewed. At the end of 2013 we had " Song Singular " and exce...
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