The Free Jazz Collective

By  Martin Schray After having released Brigantin’s La Fièvre De L’Indépendance Jean-Noël Cognard (drums and percussion), the man behin...

By  Stef   When William Hooker, Roy Campbell and Jason Kao Hwang released " The Gift - Live At Sangha " in 2005, this album ga...

By  Stef   Some years ago, I wrote this review on Don Cherry tribute albums, but now we have access again to one of the great performanc...

By Ed Pettersen I love this album.  It’s only two long songs (one 12 minutes and the other almost 9) but any time you listen to a record...

By Stefan Wood Xiu Xiu is a California group formed and led by Jamie Stewart. The band's music is experimental, incorporating rock,...

By Chris Haines On his website Dave McDonnell describes this group as his “post-jazz unit”.  For me Post-Bop springs more readily to mi...

By Paul Acquaro Argentinian drummer Damian Allegretti, has put together an excellent album with free jazz stalwarts Erik Friedlander (c...

By Antonio Poscic Wide Eyed  by the Danny Fox Trio (hailing from NYC) turned out to be one of those delightful, rare surprises for me: ...

Le Zouave Jacob   (objet-a, 2014)  ***½ (Gianni Gebbia - alto saxophone & electronics , Mauro Gargano- contrabass & electronics , ...

By  Martin Schray With her Coin Coin project Matana Roberts has become everybody’s darling, from papers like the New York Times or the ...