Jazz Articles about Free Base

Free Base: The Ins and Outs

by John Eyles
July 10, 2005

Free Base consists of three of the most experienced and distinctive creative improvising musicians. Despite the fact that they have now been together as a trio for over a decade, this is their first CD release, although they can also be heard on one track of Freedom of the City 2003: Small Groups. In contrast to that live performance, they chose to make this CD as a studio recording. As Alan Wilkinson observes, “In performance, the inclination is to play ...