The Free Jazz Collective

By Josh Campbell  Taylor Ho Bynum and Tomas Fujiwara meet once again share the stage in the under used trumpet/drums format. 7+ years si...

By  Stef Listening to music is probably one of the strangest things in life, and when you listen a lot, you get used to newer things, di...

By Dan Sorrells To be honest, I disliked “Radio Rondo” after first listening to Amphi/Radio Rondo . I’ve long been a fan of Barry Guy’s ...

By Stefan Wood Kyle Bruckmann -- a classically trained oboist, spiritually a punk and free form improviser -- has, with his free form gr...

By Paul Acquaro Flametet is a sextet from the Boston area and is led by acoustic bassist (and DIY synthesizer player) Kit Demos. The o...

By Hugo Truyens One’s listening mind can never again be a blank slate, years of hearing and listening have etched grooves, some long and...

By  Stef The violin, the cello and the viola make you think about classical music, about string quartets, about Bach, Vivaldi, Paganini, a...

Joelle Leandre & Nicole Mitchell - Sisters Where (Rouge Arts, 2014)  ****½ Joelle Leandre & Nicole Mitchell, Thomas Buckner - Flow...

By Chris Haines Expecting a noise-fest?  Well, yes and no, firstly this album contains one long piece of improvised music, recorded liv...

Recently, I had the honor of being asked to provide liner notes for a solo saxophone album by Paulo Chagas. It was my pleasure to do this, a...