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Saalfelden Jazz Festival 2024 (3/3)
http://www.freejazzblog.org/2024/09/saalfelden-jazz-festival-2024-33.html
Published: September 7, 2024 04:00
By Sarah Grosser KONZERT IM RUDERBOOT: MATS GUSTAFSSON & NATE WOOLEY
Mountain Tracks
 Mats Gustafsson – saxophone
Nate Wooley – trumpet
The Saalfelden lake can be found just a short 800m walk…
Saalfelden Jazz Festival 2024 (2/3)
http://www.freejazzblog.org/2024/09/saalfelden-jazz-festival-2024-23.html
Published: September 6, 2024 04:00
By Sarah Grosser Day 2: Saturday, 2024-08-24
THE TOTALLY MECHANIZED MIDI ORCHESTRA FEAT. VARIOUS ARTISTSNexus Stage Downstairs(Taken on Thursday night) Photo by Matthias HeschlMIDI Orchestra
Judith Schwarz -…
Saalfelden Jazz Festival 2024 (1/3)
http://www.freejazzblog.org/2024/09/saalfelden-jazz-festival-2024-13.html
Published: September 5, 2024 04:00
By Sarah GrosserDay 1: Friday, 2024-08-23
Not their first rodeo - this was to be the 44th Saalfelden Jazz Festival,
and one could tell by the scale of the production that this time it was
going to be enormous. The hand-flyer summed up its…
Etienne Nillesen - en (2024, Sofa)
http://www.freejazzblog.org/2024/09/etienne-nillesen-en-2024-sofa.html
Published: September 4, 2024 04:00
By Sarah Grosser
If you are the kind of person who is excited by the idea of a guy
sitting at a snare drum and running objects around the perimeter to
produce a whirring tone, you are about to lose your collective shit. If
…
Paul Lovens 75 - Cologne, Loft, 9/1/2023
http://www.freejazzblog.org/2024/09/paul-lovens-75-cologne-loft-912023.html
Published: September 3, 2024 04:00
Photo by OhWehBy Martin Schray
In recent years, things have gone quiet around Paul Lovens, one of the
great drummers of European free jazz. His body has been bothering him
(knees, back, hands), which was the reason why he decided that it no…
Dave Rempis / Tashi Dorji - Gnash (Aerophonic, 2024)
http://www.freejazzblog.org/2024/09/dave-rempis-tashi-dorji-gnash.html
Published: September 2, 2024 04:00
By Martin Schray
The regulars on our website know that I am a fan of Dave Rempis and all
his projects. But that doesn’t mean I’m uncritical. However, the
Chicago-based saxophonist always manages to surprise me - be it with an
…
Travis Laplante - Sunday Interview
http://www.freejazzblog.org/2024/09/travis-laplante-sunday-interview.html
Published: September 1, 2024 04:00
Photo by Jan Gates
What is your greatest joy in improvised music?Improvising has taught me how to heighten my senses so I can respond more
fully to life in a given moment. This goes beyond music-making.    It is
this feeling of presence in…
Reza Askari ROAR ...
http://www.freejazzblog.org/2024/08/reza-askari-roar.html
Published: August 31, 2024 04:00
Reza Askari ROAR feat. Christopher Dell (QFTF, 2022)Â
Reza Askari ROAR feat. Christopher Dell - Zen World Cables - (Boomslang
Records, 2024)
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By Sarah Grosser  Reza Askari (bass) and Christopher Dell…
Ivo Perelman & Fay Victor - Messa Di Voce (Mahakala Msic, 2024)
http://www.freejazzblog.org/2024/08/ivo-perelman-fay-victor-messa-di-voce.html
Published: August 30, 2024 04:00
By Sammy SteinI wrote a piece for Reader’s Digest a year or two ago titled “10 Female
Musicians You Should Get To Know”. One of these was Fay Victor, who
coincidentally was interviewed for FJC’s Sunday interview in August. Her
voice is an…
Mats Gustafsson / Liudas Mockūnas- Watching a dog. Smiling. (NoBusiness, 2024)
http://www.freejazzblog.org/2024/08/mats-gustafsson-liudas-mockunas.html
Published: August 29, 2024 04:00
By Martin
Schray
Reeds duos are complicated, and writing about them even more so. Musically,
we actually have two solo instruments that are sound-wise close to each
other, i.e. there are hardly any textures against which one of…