free jazz

  • أحمد [Ahmed]: Sama’a (‘Audition’)

    Vlnr: Pat Thomas – piano, Joel Grip – contrabas, Antonin Gerbal – drums, Seymour Wright – alt saxofoon. Soetezaal, Leuven, zondag 11 oktober 2026, powered by STUK, Sound In Motion, Echoes of Dissent & In Vitro. Vanmiddag zag ik in Leuven een ode aan contrabassist Ahmed-Abdul Malik (1927-1993), pionier van Arab influenced (free) jazz, door…

  • Amirtha Kidambi’s Elder Ones

    Why did you choose Elder Ones as name? What are the origins of this project? The project started in 2015, around the police killings of Eric Garner by the NYPD and Mike Brown in Ferguson, the same year I organized a benefit for another victim under the banner “Musicians Against Police Brutality”, which [Chicago based…