Free Jazz

Free jazz is a movement of jazz music first developed in the 1950s and 1960s. Though the music produced by free jazz pioneers varied widely, the common feature was a dissatisfaction with the limitations of bebop, hard bop, and modal jazz, which had developed in the 1940s and ’50s. Each in his or her own way, free jazz musicians attempted to alter, extend, or break down the conventions of jazz, often by discarding hitherto invariable features of jazz, such as fixed chord changes or tempos. Read more…|Edit this Artist photo: Ornette Coleman

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Jul 11 Saturday 11 July 2009 Today
JFJO Summer - Fall '09 Tour at The Lizard Lounge
Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey 		The Lizard Lounge
Boston, MA, Boston, United States
42.38226 -71.119652

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Jul 14 Tuesday 14 July 2009
Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey Iron Horse Music…
Northampton MA, United States
42.319114 -72.631691

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Jul 23 Thursday 23 July 2009
Kahil El'Zabar
Hamiet Bluiett, Ben Opie 		Your Inner Vagabond
Pittsburgh, PA, Pittsburgh, United States
40.470133 -79.960658

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Jul 24 Friday 24 July 2009
The Bad Plus
Wendy Lewis 		California Plaza
Los Angeles, United States
33.931594 -118.403983

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Jul 31 Friday 31 July 2009
Joan of Arc
Pillars and Tongues 		The Hideout
Chicago(, IL), Chicago, United States
41.913721 -87.662455

5 people attending
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Aug 5 Wednesday 5 August 2009
Vandermark 5 at Wexner Center for the Arts
Vandermark 5 		Wexner Center for…
Columbus OH, United States
40.000524 -83.008185

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