INDUSTRIESALON is a true Berlin record. Though of the trio, only drummer Michael Griener…
Tag: Jazz
Two recent recordings ~ The Free Jazz Collective
By Stuart Broomer When Sven-Åke Johansson died at 81, on June 15th of this year, he…
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…
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…
Matt Mitchell – Sacrosanctity (Obliquity Records, 2025) ~ The Free Jazz Collective
By Lee Rice Epstein Revisiting some of the East vs. West Coast jazz criticism of the…
Things Fall Apart: Purging Jazz at The Kennedy Center
Much about the nature of the second Trump presidency could be grasped throughout 2025 in its…
Carol Liebowitz/Nick Lyons – The Inner Senses (Steeplechase, 2025) ~ The Free Jazz Collective
By Hrayr Attarian Pianist Carol Liebowitz and alto saxophonist Nick Lyons are kindred spirits not only…
What’s happening in the trees? The musical universe of Dans Les Arbres ~ The Free Jazz Collective
By Stef Gijssels Ever since their debut album “Dans Les Arbres” (ECM, 2008), the French-Norwegian quartet…
Die Hochstapler live at Manufaktur Schorndorf 9/5/2025 ~ The Free Jazz Collective
Die Hochstapler By Martin Schray There are still school holidays in the southern states of Germany,…
Festival MÉTÉO Mulhouse 20 – 23 August ~ The Free Jazz Collective
By Guido Montegrandi What are our expectations when we go to a festival? The reason that…