Results for "Free Jazz"

A. Christopher Johnson

Born: January 29, 1974

Professional Freelance Modern Jazz Session Drummer based in the New York City Metropolitan Area. Since 2010, I have maintained a consistent career as a session musician, specializing mostly in hard-swinging Hard Bop as well as groove-driven Post-Bop, Free Jazz and Avant-Garde.

Highly regarded by talented bandleaders and fellow musicians for my signature funky swing. Whether in the studio or on stage with small jazz combos, I bring professional reliability, and fluency of jazz standards.   

Contact Information: Phone: (845) 901-4072 Email: [email protected]

Daniel Garrido Casares

Jose Pineiro Trio

Born: March 11, 1991

In the pursuit of finding a voice in his art, Jose Pineiro has grasped tightly the evocative and emotional genre of Jazz. Burgeoning from a fertile music scene in Gainesville, FL honed his discovery of a true musical identity. Jumping the gap between peace and mania, the Jose Pineiro Trio means to reach the depths of human interactions to relay the beauty in life.

James McKain

Born: May 30

McKain is a saxophonist living in the heart of Brooklyn, New York. He is largely associated with free jazz and freely improvised music. He is less interested in these mediums less as stable genres (though: guilty as charged when it comes to his relatively Catholic listening predilections), and more of a method. He finds that the best improvised music synthesizes form -- as a collective activity the best moments do not keep one beholden to form, but rather one can recognize patterns in which one can change the hierarchy and structure of the music being played in real time itself. McKain believes form is a malleable concept.

Sverre Sæbø

Born: March 14, 1998

Sverre Sandnes Sæbø is double bass player, composer and bandleader from Trondheim, Norway. He dedicates most of his artistic activities to different forms of jazz and improvised music with a love for exploring new expressions. His bass playing expresses flexibility, flow and a search for instinctive musical development.  Trough his creativity and interactive musicianship he is easily recognizable in any project with his characteristic sound and long hair. 

After finishing his bachelor degree in jazz performance at the Grieg academy, University of Bergen in 2023 he has been based in Bergen, where he has become a central figure in the city's music scene. Being part of bands like Avian Art, Aksel Røed's other aspects and more, he also released the debut album of his own Sverre Sæbø Quintet called "If, however, you have not lost your self control" this spring (2025). The album was received by great reviews and followed by a tour around Norway with concerts at Kongsbergjazz and Soddjazz to name a few. 

BAD Trio

Active since: 2014

Formed in 2014, the BAD Trio (Brae Grimes, Aaron McCoullough, and Dan Mamrot) share a unique aesthetic based on 90s rock riffs, free jazz, and global rhythmic devices. Their debut studio release, Glen Roy, takes tongue-in-cheek inspiration from the suburb they have called home since the 2020 pandemic.

Pedro Molina: A Name I Knew

by Scott Lichtman
June 24, 2026

It is a rare occurrence when multiple jazz skills are executed at such high level that the experience transcends music and becomes a moment of exhilaration and reflection. Such a moment exists with acoustic bassist Pedro Molina's quartet album, A Name I Knew. It balances free improvisation with an impression of careful scoring, mesmerizing personal voices ...

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James Wengrow

Born: October 26, 1989

James Wengrow is a Brooklyn-based guitarist and composer from Meanjin/Brisbane, Australia. Fusing idioms while maintaining a distinguishable sonic personality, James’ output has been described as “A sprightly collage of experimental jazz, heavy prog, math rock, and neoclassical music...The perfect stop-over for curious rock fans looking to branch to jazz and visa versa" (Bandcamp Daily), and “delving deep into territory that is as much Fugazi as it is [Miles] Davis... a blazing intensity to the heavier passages neatly offset by occasional moments of shimmering beauty” (Sonic Abuse).  Drawing similarities to Ornette Coleman and the Avant-garde, All About Jazz states “...[James’] music summons the same tumult, or at least the same clamor felt in the early 1960s... the spirit and energy of those times is unmistakable.”

You, Me, + the Whales

You, Me, + the Whales Sextet is an experimental jazz group that brings together American primitive guitar textures with spiritual jazz, open improvisations, field recordings, microtonal drones, and a lot of bells. YM+TW has performed at REDCAT, 2220 Arts + Archives, Gold-Diggers, Venice Speakeasy, Permanent Records Roadhouse, and an abandoned water tank. 

Co-led by brothers Zac Burgenbauch (guitar) and Devin Burgenbauch (bass), YM+TW Sextet features David Otis (saxophones), Elif Dinçer (harp/electronics), M A Harms (vibraphone/percussion), and Lucas Lenny (drumset).