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I used to think that Coltrane's "Ole" was the first song which I could point to as being a progenitor of "progressive" music, but "Freedom Suite" is very "progressive" and was recorded a full three years earlier. I'm sure there are even earlier pieces of music than even this that can be labeled as "progressive", but this is the earliest I've found among pop/jazz/rock music.
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AMG: Tenor saxophonist Sonny Rollins' last Riverside album was reissued on this Original Jazz Classics CD. Jamming in a pianoless trio with bassist Oscar Pettiford and drummer Max Roach, Rollins is very creative, stretching out on his lengthy "Freedom Suite," clearly enjoying investigating the obscure Noel Coward melody "Someday I'll Find You," turning the show tune "Till There Was You" into jazz, and finding beauty in "Shadow Waltz" and "Will You Still Be Mine?" A near masterpiece.
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