Džukljev, Greiner, Weber – INDUSTRIESALON (Trouble in the East, 2025) ~ The Free Jazz Collective

    INDUSTRIESALON is a true Berlin record. Though of the trio, only drummer Michael Griener…

Two recent recordings ~ The Free Jazz Collective

By Stuart Broomer When Sven-Åke Johansson died at 81, on June 15th of this year, he…

Isaiah Collier & Tim Regis

By Nick Metzger Here we have a new vinyl-only EP from saxophonist Isaiah Collier with drummer…

Cécile McLorin Salvant’s Bold and Impulsive New Banger: Oh Snap

Cécile McLorin Salvant may have just made her best record. It could be, at least, her…

Crossing Borders: San Diego Tijuana International Jazz Festival Prepares for Its Second Year

After the last international San Diego Tijuana Jazz Festival ceased operations in the late ’80s, Daniel…

Bertrand Denzler & Frantz Loriot

By Stef Gijssels In this little book, two avant-garde musicians, French-Swiss saxophonist Betrand Denzler and French-Japanese violinist…

Big Ears 2026: The Lineup

The Big Ears Festival returns to Knoxville, Tennessee, for a spate of performances in 2026 that…

Vocalist, Songwriter and Social Commentator Dara Starr Tucker Has News Fit to Print (and Sing)

From Max Roach and Oscar Brown’s We Insist! to Nina Simone’s Emergency Ward, with recordings from…

When Pops Met Fletcher: Why Louis Armstrong’s 1925 “Alone at Last” Solo Rules and Will Always Rule

I had the good fortune to teach jazz history at Queens College, in the jazz department…

Peter Ehwald – Public Radio (Jazzwerkstatt, 2025) ***** ~ The Free Jazz Collective

By Don Phipps An exquisite collection of hazy atmospheres awaits the listener of Peter Ehwald’s Public…