Some jazz festivals are a bit like cults: People either haven’t heard of them or they’re…
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Satoko Fujii’s Maze of Music
Freer than free when it comes to the avant-garde music of friction and fracture, yet equally…
My Time with Pat Martino: From Admiration to Friendship and Musical Enlightenment
Life is a beautiful journey, made all the more so by the people we spend our…
Ezra Collective – ‘Dance, No One’s Watching’
The release of Dance, No One’s Watching sees London quintet Ezra Collective riding the crest of…
Benoit Viellefon and his Hot Club: ‘Out of Dates (Live)’
On Thursday 10 October, French guitarist / singer / band leader Benoit Viellefon is launching his…
Tord Gustavsen Trio – ‘Seeing’
If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. Admirers of Tord Gustavsen’s breakthrough series of trio albums…
Will Mason Quartet – Hemlocks, Peacocks (New Focus Recordings, 2025) ***** ~ The Free Jazz Collective
By Stef Gijssels I have been listening almost exclusively to this album over the last few…
Vijay Iyer & Wadada Leo Smith
By Stef Gijssels This album has been out for a while, and if one deserves our…
Drummer Joey Waronker and LA Studio Visionary Pete Min Unfurl Genreless Post-Jazz on their New Colorfield Release, King King
The noirish notion of “fantastic LA” may have commenced when Jim Morrison sang of bloody red…
Guitars … of Songs and Sounds (part 1) ~ The Free Jazz Collective
My love for the guitar is no secret. Evidence abounds from the multitude of declarations on…