The Free Jazz Collective

By Connor Kurtz Rating or reviewing conceptual music raises a difficult question: and that is, what am I really rating here? Should I ig...

By Derek Stone How does one come to appreciate, let alone enjoy , a new genre of music? Despite the cries that ring out from some music...

By Eyal Hareuveni Live in Tel Aviv is the third live album of the powerful trio of German reeds player Peter Brötzmann, American trom...

By Lee Rice Epstein There’s something inherently revealing about a duo performance. Being let into a discrete conversation between two ...

By Fotis Nikolakopoulos Mama Luma is a free jazz/improv trio from Thessaloniki, Greece consisting of Christos Yermenoglou on drums, Pavl...

By Eyal Hareuveni Two recent releases, presenting two unique vocal artists - French, Vienna-based Isabelle Duthoit and British, New Yor...

By Antonio Poscic In Norse mythology, Ullr is usually depicted as a cryptic god “of snowshoes, hunting, the bow, and the shield.” So what ...

By Troy Dostert A reunion record of sorts, with bass legend Mario Pavone getting together with some long-time colleagues of old in a sex...

By Dan Sorrells Barcelona-based drummer Vasco Trilla is having his moment—but he’s only just getting started. Last year saw a dramatic up...

By Rick Joines Peter Evans plays trumpet with an uncommon inventiveness, intensity, and athleticism. Strange and previously unimaginable s...