Andrea Dicò / Massimo Mascheroni – Jets
Italian drummer Andrea Dicò and synth Massimo Mascheroni began working together at the electronics-based Sokushinbutsu Project. Jets, the album and the name of Dicò and Mascheroni’s new duo, deepens and enriches their sound-oriented sonic...
Orchestre National de Jazz / Ensemble Intercontemporain – Jeux
Jeux (games) completes the ambitious tenure of French pianist-composer Frédéric Maurin as the artistic director of the French Orchestre National de Jazz (ONJ, founded in 1986 by Jack Lang, then the Minister of Culture)...
Rolando Renè – Pra’ (Prata Veituriorum)
Rolando Renè is the acoustic, free improvising duo of Italian, Genoa-based double bass player with an unorthodox training, Tommaso Rolando (the head of Torto Editions label, who has played with double bass master Barre...
Schubert, Manderscheid & Blume -Spindrift: Trio Studies-
Trio Studies is the second album of the German free improvised Spindrift trio of alto and soprano sax player Frank Paul Schubert (who also took the cover photo), double bass player Dieter Manderscheid, and...
Clarinetti in solo nella free improvisation: 10 registrazioni necessarie
Continuiamo sulla strada delle difficili ricerche. Stavolta mi occupo di un altro argomento che sembra restare marginale su qualsiasi rivista specializzata di musica improvvisata, ossia un'esposizione sulla famiglia dei clarinetti e in particolare sulle...
Sven-Åke Johansson
Scompare un altro gigante del primo free jazz europeo. La storia ci dice che il percussionista svedese Sven-Åke Johansson ha costruito la sua popolarità in Germania come uno dei primi batteristi non convenzionali venuto...
Antonio Borghini & Banquet of Consequences – Resta chi va
Resta chi va is the second album of Italian double bass player-composer Antonio Borghini and his Berlin-based, international sextet Banquet of Consequences, following the self-titled debut album (We Insist!, 2024). The album was recorded...
William Schimmel & Elliott Sharp – The World Is A Pleated Bellows
American, innovative, and virtuoso accordionist-composer Guy Klucevsek (b.1947) passed away on May 22, 2025. He was known for transforming and pushing the accordion’s sonic palette as a leading instrument into the worlds of contemporary...
Louis Moholo Moholo
Chi si occupa di free jazz o di libera improvvisazione ha un bisogno innato di ottenere informazioni dallo stile del musicista per il quale si appresta a valutare la musica. La storia ci insegna...
Alberto Braida / Giancarlo Nino Locatelli: In Movimento
In Movimento collects two extended free improvisations of Italian pianist Alberto Braida and reed player Giancarlo Nino Locatelli (who plays here the alto clarinet), the first one was recorded at WE INSIST! Live in...