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Bezau Beatz, Aug. 6-9, 2026, Bezau, Austria
5+ hour, 3+ min ago (1175+ words) The Free Jazz Collective Reviews of Free Jazz and Improvised Music Saturday, August 15, 2026 Second time at the Bezau Beatz festival, located in a small, beautiful, and most peaceful village in the Austrian Alps, but much closer to Switzerland, Italy and…...
MoE & Ikuro Takahashi featuring Signe Emmeluth - Live at Børsen Kulturhus
1+ day, 5+ hour ago (47+ words) The Free Jazz Collective Reviews of Free Jazz and Improvised Music Friday, August 14, 2026 Free = liberated from social, historical, psychological and musical constraints Albums of the Month Popular Posts this Year Free Jazz Blog recommends visiting:...
Jack Wright/Ben Bennett – Tourne (self-released, 2026)
2+ day, 1+ hour ago (346+ words) The Free Jazz Collective Reviews of Free Jazz and Improvised Music Thursday, August 13, 2026 This, unfortunately, digital only release is a treat, a future hidden gem, probably, for all those interested in the free thinking ethos of improvisation. Jack Wright is…...
Frangenheim / Keune - New Traces (scatterArchive, 2026)
3+ day, 5+ hour ago (458+ words) The Free Jazz Collective Reviews of Free Jazz and Improvised Music Wednesday, August 12, 2026 Bassist Alexander Frangenheim and saxophonist Stefan Keune belong to the third generation of European Improvised Music (or fourth, depending on how you calculate). I came across Keune…...
Melvin Gibbs - How Black Music Took Over the World (Basic Books/Hachette Book Group, 2026)
4+ day, 5+ hour ago (609+ words) The Free Jazz Collective Reviews of Free Jazz and Improvised Music Tuesday, August 11, 2026 As a writer, researcher, musician, composer, and artist in the public sphere, Melvin Gibbs seems to have been working towards something like How Black Music Took Over…...
Ines Terra and Santiago Bogacz - Boca De Acero (ScatterArchives, 2026)
5+ day, 3+ hour ago (282+ words) Reviews of Free Jazz and Improvised Music This abstract, cinematic conversation has a shifting mood and thrilling twists and turns within the underlying harmonic narrative. Track “1” opens with fiery, angular guitar strums and Terra’s wordless vocal acrobatics. Terra makes her…...
XENOFOX @ Konfrontation, July 2026 ~ The Free Jazz Collective
6+ day, 5+ hour ago (41+ words) XENOFOX @ Konfrontation, July 2026 The Free Jazz Collective Reviews of Free Jazz and Improvised Music Sunday, August 9, 2026 Free = liberated from social, historical, psychological and musical constraints Albums of the Month Popular Posts this Year Free Jazz Blog recommends visiting:...
Caleb Wheeler Curtis - Ritual (Chill Tone Records, 2026)
1+ week, 5+ hour ago (45+ words) The Free Jazz Collective Reviews of Free Jazz and Improvised Music Saturday, August 8, 2026 Free = liberated from social, historical, psychological and musical constraints Albums of the Month Popular Posts this Year Free Jazz Blog recommends visiting:...
Skúli Sverrisson with Bill Frisell - For All Your Flowers (Newvelle Records, 2026)
1+ week, 2+ day ago (457+ words) The Free Jazz Collective Reviews of Free Jazz and Improvised Music Thursday, August 6, 2026 For All Your Flowers does not check the usual boxes for my reviews. It is not free jazz or avant garde. It does not really stretch the…...
Mats Gustafsson / Kimmo Phjonen - Two Balls Are Enough (Trost, 2026)
1+ week, 3+ day ago (482+ words) Reviews of Free Jazz and Improvised Music Swedish musician Mats Gustafsson needs little introduction to improvised music appreciators and is also known for his experimental music, his diversions into punk, rock, classical, and his dynamic performances. He has composed for…...