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Free jazz is a movement of 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. While usually considered experimental and avant-garde, it has also oppositely been conceiv… read more
Free jazz is a movement of 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 i… read more
Free jazz is a movement of 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… read more

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    John Coltrane

    1,093,790 listeners

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    Ornette Coleman

    272,214 listeners

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    John Zorn

    214,816 listeners

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    Sun Ra

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    Thelonious Monk

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    Eric Dolphy

    212,177 listeners

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    Albert Ayler

    98,085 listeners

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    Zu

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    Cecil Taylor

    69,510 listeners

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    Pharoah Sanders

    152,127 listeners

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1 Play track My Favorite Things John Coltrane
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2 Play track Lonely Woman Ornette Coleman
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3 Play track Giant Steps John Coltrane
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4 Play track Congeniality Ornette Coleman
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5 Play track Space Is The Place Sun Ra
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6 Play track Gazzelloni Eric Dolphy
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7 Play track Hat and Beard Eric Dolphy
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8 Play track Iron Man Eric Dolphy
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9 Play track Spirits Albert Ayler
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10 Play track The Creator Has A Master Plan Pharoah Sanders
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Top Albums

  1. Image for 'The Shape of Jazz to Come'

    The Shape of Jazz to Come

    Ornette Coleman 103,777 listeners

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  2. Image for 'A Love Supreme'

    A Love Supreme

    John Coltrane 158,126 listeners

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  3. Image for 'Out to Lunch'

    Out to Lunch

    Eric Dolphy 70,011 listeners

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    Interstellar Space

    John Coltrane 29,660 listeners

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  5. Image for 'Naked City'

    Naked City

    John Zorn 68,926 listeners

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    Free improvisation

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