The Free Jazz Collective

By Dan Sorrells Coinciding with Peter Kowald’s 70th birthday, Jazzwerkstatt has released a box set to commemorate the legacy of the late...

By Chris Haines Trying to capture the essence of something visual through sound can be a difficult and unenviable task.  Yes, plenty of ...

By Paul Acquaro The Winter Jazz Festival hit NYC last weekend. It was a crazy scene - sold out shows, SRO venues - but there was a lot o...

By Troy Dostert When you take three seasoned veterans like Assif Tsahar (tenor sax and bass clarinet), Mark Dresser (bass) and Gerry He...

By Matthew Grigg Fountain is the second  release  from the recently minted duo of drummer Kid Millions (John Colpitts) and sax scorcher ...

By Dan Sorrells It’s always interesting to see how a rhythm section adjusts to different playing partners. Last year, bassist Benjamin D...

By Julian Eidenberger  The “dark jazz” tag has been bandied about quite a bit in recent years, and it’s a concept that has some appeal, ...

By Paul Acquaro Ah, memories ... I recall downloading Lawnmower's first album, West , from eMusic at Stef's enthusiastic recomme...

By Matthew Grigg "The Quintet is really a kind of Disneyland for me - a place where my weirdest, wildest and most unreasonable...

Just a reminder   Free Jazz on Air , co-hosted by our very own  Martin Schray , broadcasts this Friday at 11 p.m. on German public radio ...