Free Jazz

Nik Turner, the British musician best known for his many years with space rock pioneers Hawkwind, has passed away at the age of 82. Nik Turner, full name Nicholas Robert Turner, played sax and flute during his long stint with Hawkwind,…

"Just as the raw energy of untamed winds bends the trees around Slovenia's Ajdovščina region, this release speaks in the same untamed, razor-sharp avant-garde way, and any attempt to pin down its character is hopeless."

Label: Not Two RecordsRelease date: May 15, 2020Recorded by: Borut ČelikMixing and mastering: Iztok ZupanAlbum length: 45.02 minGenre: Free Jazz / Avant-gardeRating: 9.5/10Buy the album! This year saw the release of a gorgeous…

"Rotten GrilZ thus deliver with "Punk You" a unique approach to fusing jazz and rock, and without a guitar! Of course, the scales tip toward jazzy free-spiritedness throughout, but the album (especially thanks to Eva Poženel) also leans…

"Free Steelar Trio and Rob Mazurek walked onto the stage with no plan whatsoever. They played a good 55 minutes of music and just one single track (Age Of Chaos). The result? A one-of-a-kind adventure."

"With »Kontrapunk«, Koromač have outgrown »Punk Enough?« in artistic maturity. They reach for new approaches and challenges of musical inspiration, and skillfully fold them into their musical vision."

"The 25th international festival of (good music) known as Keltika invited the Scandinavian — more precisely Norwegian — jazz outfit Cortex to Cerkno as its opening concert of the year."

"Alongside original compositions that Frank Zappa himself would surely have listened to on endless repeat, the real highlights were the rock classics that Chadbourne and Schröder turned completely on their heads."

"Paal Nilssen – Love: New Brazilian Funk play Ljubljana's Metelkova as the overture to the 60th Jazz Festival Ljubljana!"

Location: Cerkno / Stari plac / SloveniaDate: Saturday, 05/21/2016 The third and final day of the traditional 21st jazz festival in Cerkno was a lively one from the morning on. The side program kicked off with a hike for the…

"b musically cunning weirdness, a generous dose of the contagious humor of this wildly likeable quintet, who will hopefully be back on our turf soon to deliver a fresh helping of musical delights from their story of Scandinavian jazz vibes…