The Free Jazz Collective

By Stef French bass-player Benjamin Duboc has been reviewed quite extensively on this blog in the past few years, and rightly so, with th...

By Stef The CD-player in my computer is broken, I am travelling too much, too working too hard, including evenings, ... even required to ...

By Stef If you are a jazz purist, there is no need to read further. If you're a musical adventurer, please continue reading. Last ye...

 By Stef John Coltrane had it, Albert Ayler had it, Joe McPhee has it : the incredible artistry to create depth - a true, warm human emoti...

By Paul Acquaro The Kris Wanders and Mani Neumeier Quintet's Taken by Surprise is an excursion into free but highly melodic improvis...

 By Stef Trumpeter Darren Johnston is a musician who has incredible ears and an openness for many subgenres of jazz, ranging from the simp...

By Stef French saxophonist Daunik Lazro is possibly best known outside of France from his collaborations with Joe McPhee and Evan Parker, ...

By Stef   Being a fan of duets with percussion, Brooklyn-based drummer Deric Dickens seems to have made an album that really fits my taste...

By Stef Ehran Elisha is possibly one of the best unknown drummers around. I know - and have - his two albums on CIMP that were released so...

By Stef The band's name comes from the origin of the players : Deutschland und Hungary, because drummer Martin Blume and reedist Fran...