The Free Jazz Collective

The Midwest School (Audiographic Records, 2014) ****½ An International Report (Audiographic Records, 2014) ****½ By Matthew Grigg ...

A rare triple review ... Mary Halvorson: Reverse Blue (Relative Pitch, 2014) **** By Paul Acquaro It was a couple of summers ago ...

By Julian Eidenberger It’s a fine line between unrelenting intensity and monotony; reviewing the Dead Neanderthals’ contribution to a sp...

Marshall Allen Presents Sun Ra and his Arkestra: In the Orbit of Ra (Strut, 2014) ****½ By  Martin Schray “I have many names. Some cal...

Sun Ra Arkestra: Live in Nickelsdorf 1984 (Trost, 2014) ****½ By Martin Schray  While “Live in Ulm 1992” presents Sun Ra at the end o...

By  Martin Schray One hundred years ago, on May 22nd, 1914, Sun Ra came from Saturn to visit Planet Earth. In his youth in Birmingham/Al...

By Stefan Wood Farmers By Nature is a trio -- Craig Taborn (piano), William Parker (bass), and Gerald Cleaver (drums). "Love and ...

By Chris Haines Joe Morris is probably the most important guitarist working within free music at present.  He has a wealth of recordings...

By Josh Campbell A very interesting album from Matt Lavelle and John Pietaro. The concept, and I love concept albums, is to use Monk com...

By Tom Burris I was unfamiliar with Sarah Ritch until encountering this recording, but Jim Baker is someone whose work I have admired fo...