Inserting Toshimaru Nakamura into the mix doesn’t transform Many Arms, it amplifies their punk ethos/free jazz spirit instead.

The Dead Neanderthals’ thrillingly explorative new album with Nick Millevoi is one to start your heart — to un-relax, un-settle and un-fetter.

S. Victor Aaron picks the best of 2014’s avant-garde and experimental jazz, including Roscoe Mitchell, Jimmy Giuffre, Wadada Leo Smith and others.

Form And Mess thrives on the extreme limits of rock and jazz.

‘Solarists’ immediately establishes Haitian Rail as a fearsome battery of inscrutable, noise with terrific give-and-take. And trombonist Dan Blacksberg’s presence assures that they hold up the jazz part of the experimental metal-jazz equation, losing none of their ferocity along the way.

Philadelphia guitarist Nick Millevoi has chops to spare, evident when he’s playing in bands like Many Arms, Deveykus, Form and Mess or Haitian Rail. You May Also Like: Nick Millevoi – ‘Streets of Philadelphia’ (2020) Dead Neanderthals + Nick Millevoi – Dietary Restrictions (2015) Nick Millevoi – ‘Digital Reaction’ (2023)

I used to call this the “whack jazz” (or is that “wack” jazz?) list, but I found that term to be too restrictive for what’s being presented below. You May Also Like: Harrison Bankhead and Paul de Jong – ‘Freedom’ (2020) Bobby Kapp + Matthew Shipp – Cactus (2016) DavidRead More

Edward Ricart and Nick Millevoi are guitarists who have staked their musical careers on the experimental fringes of metal and jazz You May Also Like: Nick Millevoi – Desertion (2016) Dead Neanderthals + Nick Millevoi – Dietary Restrictions (2015)

<<< Part Two, Mainstream and Modern Jazz ||| Part 4, Fusion Jazz >>> In continuing with a long-held tradition, I’ve parsed out the jazz that goes avant-garde from the more conventional stuff. You May Also Like: S. Victor Aaron’s Best of 2015 (Part 4 of 4, Fusion Jazz): John McLaughlin,Read More

Nick Millevoi, the experimental guitarist of Many Arms fame, follows up last year’s solo 12-string guitar project Black Figure Of A Bird with another solo guitar album. You May Also Like: Nick Millevoi – ‘Digital Reaction’ (2023) Nick Millevoi – ‘Streets of Philadelphia’ (2020) Nick Millevoi – Desertion (2016)