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: Art Blakey and the Giants of Jazz

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Nov 8 Sunday 8 November 2009 Today
the essence of expression at Davies Symphony Hall
Ornette Coleman
Davies Symphony Hall
San Francisco, CA, San Francisco, United States
37.778029 -122.420783

21 people attending
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Nov 10 Tuesday 10 November 2009
Saxophone/Clarinet Recital at Benedictine College - O'Malley-McAllister Auditorium
Chris Greco
Benedictine College…
Atchison, United States
39.570114 -95.352088

1 person attending
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Nov 13 Friday 13 November 2009
Medeski Martin & Wood at House of Blues
Medeski, Martin and Wood
House of Blues
Boston, MA, Boston, United States
42.361482 -71.098233

11 people attending
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Burnt Sugar at York College Performing Arts Center at York College Performing Arts...
Burnt Sugar the Arkestra Chamber
York College…
Jamaica, NY, United States

1 person attending
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Anti*Pop Presents: Sam Rivers at 57 West
Sam Rivers
57 West
Orlando, FL, United States

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Nov 14 Saturday 14 November 2009
Medeski, Martin & Wood at Nokia Theatre, Times Square
Medeski, Martin and Wood
Nokia Theatre,…
New York City, New York, United States
40.757708 -73.985838

14 people attending
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