Tatsuya Yoshida/Martin Escalante –The Sound of Raspberry (Wash and Wear records, 2025) ***** ~ The Free Jazz Collective

By Fotis Nikolakopoulos This release (out on vinyl for all of us vinyl lovers) is, probably the…

Marta Sanchez: Multiple Melodies, at 92NY and Everywhere

When the Marta Sanchez Quintet performed at Manhattan’s 92NY on July 23, the pianist played no…

Silvia Bolognesi & Eric Mingus

By Sammy Stein Is That Jazz? is dedicated to the music of Gil Scott-Heron. Bass supremo,…

From Family Guy to Frank: Animation King and Vocalist Seth MacFarlane Presents Lush Life: The Lost Sinatra Arrangements

What sort of world is it where the multi-hyphenate behind pop culture’s bawdiest social critiques can…

Burkhard Beins – Eight Duos (Ni-Vu-Ni-Connu, 2024) ~ The Free Jazz Collective

By Stuart Broomer This three-LP set is a dive into a substantial body of work –…

Ilia Belorukov & Lauri Hyvärinen

By Nick Ostrum Fix It If It Ain’t Broken documents the most recent meeting between Russian…

Sweeps Week: Top July Jazz Releases, Amorosi Edition

Here are A.D. Amorosi’s monthly picks, coming to you the last Tuesday of the month. Fred…

NODO – NODO (Self-Produced, 2025) ~ The Free Jazz Collective

By Hrayr Attarian  The stimulating NODO is a collaborative effort among three fast-rising improvisers on Montevideo’s burgeoning…

TL;DR and Peter Knight – Too Long; Didn’t Read (EarshiftNusic, 2025) ~ The Free Jazz Collective

By Irena Stevanovska tl;dr is a new project on the Australian scene, led by the pretty well-known…

Sweeps Week: Top July Jazz Releases, Adler Edition

This month we are debuting a new approach to monthly record reviews. The last week of…