Free jazz

Free jazz is a movement of jazz music characterized by diminished dependence on formal constraints. Developed in the 1950s and 1960s, it was pioneered by artists such as Ornette Coleman, Cecil Taylor, Albert Ayler, Archie Shepp, Bill Dixon and Paul Bley. Some of the best known examples are the later works of John Coltrane.

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Jazz - Music - 1950s - 1960s - Ornette Coleman - Cecil Taylor - Albert Ayler - Archie Shepp - Bill Dixon - Paul Bley - John Coltrane

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While free jazz is most often associated with the era of its birth, many musicians – including Peter Brotzmann, Cecil Taylor, Mars Williams, Ken Vandermark, and William Parker – have kept the style alive to the present day, continuing its development as jazz idiom.

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Peter Brotzmann - Cecil Taylor - Mars Williams - Ken Vandermark - William Parker

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