The Free Jazz Collective

Reviews of Free Jazz and Improvised Music

Wednesday, December 23, 2015

Saxophone Round Up, Part 1: Jon Irabagon

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By  Paul Acquaro Saxophonist Jon Irabagon is front and center on three new releases - two under his own Irabbagast imprint and one with dr...
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Tuesday, December 22, 2015

Various Artists - Another Evening At Logos 1974/79/81 (Sub Rosa, 2015) ***

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By Stefan Wood The Logos Foundation is an artist run organization, based in Ghent, Belgium, founded in 1968, with the purpose promotin...
Monday, December 21, 2015

John Carter – Echoes From Rudolph’s (NoBusiness, 2015) ****

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By Dan Sorrells This has been a year of rescue and recognition for the late, great reedist John Carter. In addition to this release, a...
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Sunday, December 20, 2015

Icepick - Amaranth / Joe McPhee - Zurich

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Icepick - Amaranth  (Astral Spirits, 2015) ****½ By Joel Barela This record (along with McPhee's Zurich (1979)) is one of the fir...
Saturday, December 19, 2015

The Gate - Chuck / In the Sea - Henry Crabapple Disappear

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As most of you know, there's a small label based out of Austin, Texas called Astral Spirits. If you aren't an Astral Spirits conver...
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Friday, December 18, 2015

Peter Brötzmann / Steve Swell / Paal Nilssen-Love - Krakow Nights (Not Two, 2015) ****½

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By  Eyal Hareuveni There is nothing nothing surprising in this live recording of three great improvisers - German reed titan Peter Brötz...
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Thursday, December 17, 2015

The Turbine! – Entropy/Enthalpy (RogueArt, 2015) ****

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By Eric McDowell Drawn from the network of nearly 80 French and American musicians known as The Bridge , The Turbine! is a unique qu...
Wednesday, December 16, 2015

Happy New Ears 2015: Let the Voting Begin!

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You all have proven once again that your tastes are unimpeachable, your ears are limitless, and have helped to underscore the observatio...
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Veryan Weston, Jon Rose & Hannah Marshall ‎– Tuning Out (Emanem, 2015) ****

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By Stef Somehow this has become the "year of the organ", with albums by Aine O'Dwyer , Jean-Luc Guionnet , Gabriel Pinto, ...
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Tuesday, December 15, 2015

Paal Nilssen-Love & Ken Vandermark - The Lions Have Eaten One Of The Guards (Audiographic, 2015) ****

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By Derek Stone Recorded in Antwerp, Belgium in 2013, The Lions Have Eaten One of the Guards is yet another album solidifying Ken Vander...
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