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: Zloty Dawai

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Dec 2 Wednesday 2 December 2009 Today
WAKE UP! live at Local 269 - 269 Houston & Suffolk
Federico Ughi
Local 269 - 269…
New York, United States
40.7347709896724 -73.9901733398438

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Dec 3 Thursday 3 December 2009 Tomorrow
Medeski, Martin and Wood Higher Ground
South Burlington, Vermont, United States
44.468906 -73.175674

2 people attending
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Dec 4 Friday 4 December 2009
Medeski, Martin and Wood Lupo's
Providence RI, United States
41.823453 -71.41419

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Dec 5 Saturday 5 December 2009
Bill Dixon with Exploding Star Orchestra at International House
Bill Dixon, Exploding Star Orchestra
International House
Philadelphia PA, United States
39.955395 -75.196931

8 people attending
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Variable Density Sound Orchestra CD Release w/ A Troop of Echoes at AS220
A Troop of Echoes, Roy Campbell, Eric Hofbauer, Garrison Fewell, John Voigt, Achille Succi, Variable Density Sound Orchestra
AS220
Providence RI, United States
41.821797 -71.416014

2 people attending
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Medeski, Martin and Wood Port City Music Hall
Portland, ME, United States
-35.8 174.3166667

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