The Free Jazz Collective

By  Colin Green John Butcher dislikes the term “extended technique” – a phrase that appears regularly in our reviews – as it suggests a...

By  Stef There's nothing like a calm and subdued duo album to pass a quiet evening. The atmosphere is good and relaxed, and you can b...

By Eyal Hareuveni The Danish, Trondheim, Norway-based alto sax player Mette Rasmussen and American drummer have been performing as a d...

[b]By  Stef [/b] Another album which should have been reviewed much earlier : Black Bones by the Nikolaj Trzaska's Ircha Quartet,...

[b]By  Martin Schray [/b] When I saw Baloni at Munich’s Offene Ohren (German for “Open Ears”) jazz club in April this year I was surpris...

[b]By  Stef [/b] Another release which could have been reviewed earlier. A kind of superband with five virtuosi joining forces for an et...

[b]By  Stef [/b] Some music does not require melody or even a variety of notes. Its focus is on the sound itself, on its colors and shades...

[b]By Stef [/b] It's a late review for an excellent album. No need to introduce the two protagonists, two men who come from totally ...

[b]By Chris Haines [/b] Tashi Dorji is a Bhutanese-American improvising guitarist.  Initially when growing up in Bhutan his early influe...

[b]By Paul Acquaro [/b] Nate Wooley's Battle Pieces is a thoughtfully conceived album by the NYC based trumpeter and composer. The ...