Julien Desprez – The body, electricity, and politics ~ The Free Jazz Collective

  Photos by Gonçalo Falcão I’m heading to meet Julien Desprez for this interview in the atrium…

Kassa Overall: Rap as Jazz Standards

Bro, they went in on me,” the intrepid drummer-rapper-producer Kassa Overall — who I’d just interviewed…

Pianist Caelan Cardello Authors His Forward Path

When Michael Fremer — former Stereophile columnist, now editor-in-chief of the revived Tracking Angle and one…

Alan Ernst and Jon Raskin

By Hrayr Attarian Pianist and neuroscientist Alan Ernst is an imaginative improviser who imbues his works…

Jazz em Agosto / Lisbon, August 1-10 (3/3) ~ The Free Jazz Collective

By David Cristol Days 8 → 10  (See part 1, part 2) Different strokes for different…

Würgeengel (We Jazz Records, 2025) ~ The Free Jazz Collective

By Martin Schray I do have a soft spot for guitar/drum duos. For Derek Bailey/Paul Motian,…

Jazz em Agosto / Lisbon, August 1-10 (1/3) ~ The Free Jazz Collective

The 41st edition of the festival taking place at Lisbon’s Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation fulfilled and exceeded…

Jazz em Agosto / Lisbon, August 1-10 (2/3) ~ The Free Jazz Collective

By David Cristol  Days 4 → 7  (see previous) Próspero’s books Luís Vicente Trio. Photo by Petra…

Janoušek-Wróblewski Quartet ~ The Free Jazz Collective

It was the final morning at the Jazzwerkstatt Peitz Festival in far eastern Germany and following…

Ava Mendoza/Gabby Fluke-Mogul/Carolina Pérez – Mama Killa (Burning Ambulance, 2025) ~ The Free Jazz Collective

By Ferruccio Martinotti For the love of Ava. No better way to salute the new album from…