Amir ElSafffar – New Quartet Live at Pierre Boulez Saal 2 (Maqām Records, 2025) ~ The Free Jazz Collective

By Stef Gijssels American trumpet player with Iraqi roots Amir ElSaffar brings us his second album…

Otoliths (Aerophonic Records, 2025) ~ The Free Jazz Collective

By Martin Schray Dave Rempis’s latest releases reveal his influences even more clearly than his earlier…

Abbey Rader (1943 – 2025) ~ The Free Jazz Collective

Abbey Rader (still from Get Free)      His Bandcamp page description lays out the fundamentals:…

Alberto Popolla – Really the Blues (AUT Records, 2025) ~ The Free Jazz Collective

By Ferruccio Martinotti  The blues. The fingers are getting stiff simply by writing down the word.…

Lafayette Gilchrist and New Volcanoes – Move with Love (Morphius Records, 2025) ~ The Free Jazz Collective

By Nick Ostrum Recently selected as the new pianist of the Sun Ra Arkestra, Lafayette Gilchrist…

Dan Rosenboom – Coordinates (Orenda Records, 2025) ~ The Free Jazz Collective

By Lee Rice Epstein In the broader Southern California jazz scene, brass player Dan Rosenboom is…

El Infierno Musical – II (Klanggalerie, 2025) ~ The Free Jazz Collective

By Eyal Hareuveni El Infierno Musical is Viennese vocalist, electronics player (the ppooll software), and composer…

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…

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…