Pierre Crépon

Portal and Parallels (Guest Special) acousticalswing.substack.com/p/portal-and...

RIP Louis Moholo-Moholo (1940-2025)

Acoustical Swing Year 1 Recap This Substack page was launched a year ago, and posts have been added on a (mostly) weekly basis.

Acoustical Swing Year 1 Recap acousticalswing.substack.com/p/acoustical...

If you can, please support one of the very few magazines that take publishing writing on seriously underground music seriously.

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The 1960s-70s French Jazz Underground on Record (Guest Special) acousticalswing.substack.com/p/the-1960s-...

Inside France’s Underground Jazz Movement of the ’60s and ’70s In ’60s and ’70s France, a wave of jazz artists redefined the genre — crafting some of the era’s most adventurous sounds, now ripe for rediscovery.

These underground jazz musicians from France in the 1960s and ‘70s charted truly original paths.

Out There: Frank Kofsky Photo Collection acousticalswing.substack.com/p/out-there-...

The Vendémiaire Label: A Preliminary Checklist acousticalswing.substack.com/p/the-vendem...

Some Jazz Records: Joseph Déjean Clippings acousticalswing.substack.com/p/some-jazz-...

Out There: 50 Miles of Elbow Room acousticalswing.substack.com/p/out-there-...

A Short Chronology of Candid Records, 1960-62 acousticalswing.substack.com/p/a-short-ch...

Out There: Jimmy Giuffre OST acousticalswing.substack.com/p/out-there-...

Out There: Noah Howard Papers acousticalswing.substack.com/p/out-there-...

Some Jazz Records: Steve Lacy Clippings (Watazumi Dōso Special) acousticalswing.substack.com/p/some-jazz-...

Some Jazz Records: Steve Lacy Clippings (Part 2) acousticalswing.substack.com/p/some-jazz-...

Wire Playlist: Ellen Christi’s free jazz vocals - The Wire Pierre Crépon explores the career of American jazz singer Ellen Christi, from her work on New York’s 1970s loft jazz scene to her recent album with bassist William Parker

Wire Playlist: Ellen Christi’s free jazz vocals

Pierre Crépon explores the career of American jazz singer Ellen Christi, from her work on New York’s 1970s loft jazz scene to her recent album with bassist William Parker

Listen and read the piece here:

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Some Jazz Records: (Early) Steve Lacy Clippings acousticalswing.substack.com/p/some-jazz-...

Some Jazz Records: Notes from Mike Johnston (Part 2, Guest Special) acousticalswing.substack.com/p/some-jazz-...

Howard Riley (16 February 1943–8 February 2025)

The UK jazz and free music pianist died in February aged 81. As a tribute, we have made Julian Cowley’s 2010 interview in The Wire 318 free to read in our online library.

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Some Jazz Records: Paul Bley Clippings (Part 2) acousticalswing.substack.com/p/some-jazz-...

Some Jazz Records: Paul Bley Clippings acousticalswing.substack.com/p/some-jazz-...

Out There: ayler.co.uk acousticalswing.substack.com/p/out-there-...

Out There: David S. Ware Documentary Short (In Memoriam David Lynch) acousticalswing.substack.com/p/out-there-...

Some Jazz Records: Notes from Mike Johnston (Guest Special) acousticalswing.substack.com/p/some-jazz-...

Some Jazz Records: Barre Phillips Clippings (Solo Bass Special - In Memoriam) acousticalswing.substack.com/p/some-jazz-...

Out There: Unissued Barre Phillips, Beb Guérin, and Léon Francioli Bass Trio, 1976 acousticalswing.substack.com/p/out-there-...

Some Jazz Records: Billy Higgins Clippings acousticalswing.substack.com/p/some-jazz-...

Some Jazz Records: Ed Blackwell Clippings acousticalswing.substack.com/p/some-jazz-...

Some Jazz Records: Faruq Z. Bey Clippings acousticalswing.substack.com/p/some-jazz-...

Out There: Unissued Ornette Coleman Test Pressings, Town Hall, 1962 acousticalswing.substack.com/p/out-there-...