The Free Jazz Collective

Reviews of Free Jazz and Improvised Music

Sunday, October 14, 2018

Kirk Knuffke/ Ben Goldberg - Uncompahgre (Relative Pitch Records, 2018) ****

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By Paul Acquaro Uncompahgre is the sixth highest peak in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado. The word is from the Ute language and means ...
Saturday, October 13, 2018

Vergara/Jackson/Baker/Sudderberg - The Hallowed Plant (Relative Pitch Records, 2018) ****

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By Alexander Dubovoy When I first listened to The Hallowed Plant, I was immediately captivated. It’s a work that grabbed my attention a...
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Friday, October 12, 2018

Tyshawn Sorey - Pillars (Firehouse 12, 2018) *****

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By Lee Rice Epstein Tyshawn Sorey returned to Firehouse 12 Records for his latest, Pillars , which seems an appropriate reunion given...
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Thursday, October 11, 2018

Chaos Echoes & Mats Gustafsson - Sustain (Utech, 2018) *****

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By Stef Gijssels Breaking boundaries, destroying preconceived notions, and then building up something new entirely is often a high risk,...
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Wednesday, October 10, 2018

Full Blast: Live at Cafe Oto 10/4/2018

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FULL BLAST (PETER BRĂ–TZMANN / MARINO PLIAKAS / MICHAEL WERTMUELLER) Photo from  www.cafeoto.co.uk By Sammy Stein Full Blast are Marino...
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Tuesday, October 9, 2018

Recent Releases from Yoni Kretzmer and Assif Tsahar

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By Nick Ostrum Consider this an unofficial companion to Eyal Hareuveni’s recent review documenting some recent outpu...
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Monday, October 8, 2018

Solo Violin

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By Stef Gijssels Solo violin albums come in many shapes and forms, from the austere acoustic classical sounds to the most opaque multi-lay...
Sunday, October 7, 2018

Jamie Saft Quartet - Blue Dream (RareNoiseRecords, 2018) ****

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By Nick Metzger Blue Dream is the debut album from the Jamie Saft Quartet, featuring Saft on piano, Bill McHenry on tenor saxo...
Saturday, October 6, 2018

William Parker – Voices Fall from the Sky (Centering, 2018) ****

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By Colin Green It is said that life is lived forwards and understood backwards, and if something similar is true o...
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Friday, October 5, 2018

Naked City - Live in Quebec '88 (Air Cuts, 2017) ***½

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By Martin Schray In the 1980s and early 90s I was working in a small record store and I still remember w...
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