patrick brennan and the KnCurrent ensemble
KnCurrent is the new quartet and the album of American, New York-based alto sax player-composer patrick brennan (who leads the rhythm-centric sOnic Openings, and the Sudani Project, in collaboration with Moroccan Gnawi musician Ma’alem...
Introducing Japanese saxophonist Ryoko Ono
Two new free-improv works of Ryoko Ono - a duo with Satoko Fujii and a solo album -:
1) Ryoko Ono / Satoko Fujii - Hakuro (Self-Released, 2023)
2) Ryoko Ono - The Days (Relative Pitch,...
Gonçalo Almeida – States of Restraints & Gut Liver
Gonçalo Almeida - States of Restraints (Clean Feed, 2024)
Misanthrope Trio - Gut Liver (Cylinder, 2024)
Two completely different sides of prolific Portuguese, Rotterdam-based bassist-composer-improviser Gonçalo Almeida. Almeda's creative musical output is spread over countless bands...
On Portuguese alto sax player Hugo Costa: two trios
Portuguese, Rotterdam-based alto sax player Hugo Costa favors the format of the trio, so when he heard that legendary American double bass player-composer-bandleader William Parker plans to visit Rotterdam, he invited the great master...
Georg Graewe & Sonic Fiction Orchestra in concert, Bochum 2022
German master pianist-composer-bandleader Georg Graewe feels at home when composing music for chamber outfits, orchestras, operas, or scores for films, theater productions, radio drama and video. Graewe is also a master improviser, known for...
Two different tributes to the great Anthony Braxton
Great, innovative American composer-reed player-improviser-bandleader educator Anthony Braxton will celebrate his 80th birthday on June 4, 2025, but, obviously, there is no lack of reasons to pay tribute to this pioneering musician who has...
Isabelle Duthoit & Ocnos Arkestra – Chillar todo el día
Isabelle Duthoit is a French clarinetist-vocal artist, known for her work with like-minded genre-defying improvisers like trumpeter Franz Hautzinger (her partner), double bass master Joelle Leandre and pianist Marilyn Crispell. The Spanish Seville-based Ocnos...
Tom Johnson rip
American composer Tom Johnson (1939-2024), whose body of work included instrumental and vocal pieces employing pared-down musical material, died in Paris on the last day of 2024, at age 85.
Johnson grew up in the...
Duthoit & zeitkratzer on Sivilotto’s music + Friedl & Kaiser duo
French, Paris-based, reculsive, electroacoustic composer Gilles Sivilotto grew up in a fishing family on the Mediterranean coast, and always considered fishing a handicraft. His series of compositions - Handmade - asks if electronic music...
Sophie Agnel plays in two trios
French classically-trained pianist Sophie Agnel escaped jazz for its too-strict treatment of harmony and timbre and now she is one of the most fascinating free improvisers. She plays the piano in the most unconventional...
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MMI Free Impro Festival
Sin dalla sua prima edizione nel 2016 l'MMI Festival ha costituito una bella piattaforma d'incontro per gli improvvisatori liberi provenienti da differenti città europee....
