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: Archie Shepp

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Monday 3 June 2013
Peter Brötzmann Joe McPheeConcert Monday 3 June 2013	Timucua White House Orlando, United States	2 going Add shout
Wednesday 5 June 2013
Peter Brötzmann Joe McPheeConcert Wednesday 5 June 2013	Philadelphia Art Alliance Philadelphia, United States 39.948237 -75.170793	1 going Add shout
Tuesday 11 June 2013
Bill Frisell Marc Ribot, Nels Cline, Shahzad IsmailyConcert Tuesday 11 June 2013	(le) poisson rouge New York, United States 40.728495 -73.999835	1 going Add shout
Bill Frisell Marc Ribot, Nels Cline, Shahzad IsmailyConcert Tuesday 11 June 2013	(le) poisson rouge New York, United States 40.728495 -73.999835	Add shout

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jazzthieve

Spotify playlist Jazz: Bebop, Cool, Swing, Vocal, Fusion, Modal, Stride, Dixieland, Third Stream, Big Band, Hard Bop

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jonnyopinion

I'm gradually realising, suddenly, that free jazz is the only thing worth listening to.

last month
xVictimOfADownx

http://www.last.fm/group/Obscure+technical+music if you are interested in obscure technical music please join! I promise to at least visit once a week and post recommendations, but having more people join and/or be more active could lead to more discussions and recommendations from people within the group. Cheers!

February 2013
eeafsseisv

http://fieldengine.bandcamp.com/

December 2012
AmanBijlani

It's lol Jazz,better go for nu jazz

December 2012
Nerppa

Experimental Dark Ambient Future Jazz with tenor saxophone can be found here: http://kausemus.bandcamp.com/ . Download the 4th album for FREE if you like. : ) Has many totally random sax jams with errors included.

November 2012
Aserikoth

I hate free jazz

November 2012
up1dwn

so you meant postmodern jazz?

November 2012