The Free Jazz Collective

By Connor Kurtz Starting an album with fanfare is one of the most questionable decisions an artist can make when it comes to making an ...

By Martin Schray Johannes Bauer ’s untimely death last year probably was the most tragic loss for Germany’s improvising scene since Pe...

By Troy Dostert Although pianist Vijay Iyer worked extensively with horn players—especially saxophonists—during his first decade as a ba...

By Paul Acquaro A little while back, I wrote about a recording by the East Coast pianist and poet Eliot Cardinaux , whose surreal poetr...

By Chris Haines In recent years we’ve seen the literature published on improvisation grow considerably, from a few obscure titles to an...

By Eyal Hareuveni One of the formative musical experiences of Portuguese, Lisbon-based sound artist-guitarist Abdul Moimême was a solo ...

By Tom Burris ESP-Disk had a chance to make a 5-star record from these sessions and blew it.  Strong words maybe, but true.  The musicia...

By Troy Dostert Three Austrian musicians who are keeping the flame burning for good old-fashioned free improvisation, Trio Now! have ...

By Fotis Nikolakopoulos The memories of war still reverberate strongly in the Balkans. A unique European territory and a melting pot ...

By Martin Schray Over the past two days two days we have been reviewing zeitkratzer albums which deal with their own compositions ( KOR...