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: The Neil Cowley Trio

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Jan 10 Sunday 10 January 2010
Roy Hargrove & Friends with special guest Pharaoh Sanders at Yoshi's San...
Roy Hargrove, Pharoah Sanders
Yoshi's San…
San Francisco, United States
37.78189 -122.432402

2 people attending
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Roy Hargrove & Friends with special guest Pharaoh Sanders at Yoshi's San...
Roy Hargrove, Pharoah Sanders
Yoshi's San…
San Francisco, United States
37.78189 -122.432402

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Jan 15 Friday 15 January 2010
FONT at Abrons Arts Center, 466 Grand St
Chicago Underground Duo
Abrons Arts Center,…
New York City, NY, United States

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WAKE UP! live at The Stone
Federico Ughi
The Stone
New York, NY, New York, United States
40.72112 -73.981097

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Jan 17 Sunday 17 January 2010
Cancelled *Canceled* Shaki Presents: Zevious & Old Man Lady Luck at BAR
Zevious, Old Man Lady Luck
BAR
New Haven CT, United States
41.306161 -72.930206

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Jan 22 Friday 22 January 2010
Ken Vandermark performs the music of Don Cherry at International House
Ken Vandermark, Don Cherry, Jeb Bishop, Chad Taylor, Dave Rempis, Nate McBride
International House
Philadelphia PA, United States
39.955395 -75.196931

8 people attending
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