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Free Improvisation
- Genre family
- Experimental / Avant-garde
- Starting recordings
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ORIGIN · SOUND · PEOPLE
Meet Free Improvisation
Free Improvisation is a branch of the Experimental / Avant-garde family, with its own performance and recording traditions.
The clearest way to understand Free Improvisation is to hear how its rhythm, timbre and performance language change across artists and recordings.
Begin with Monty Alexander, Martin Drew and Ray Brown.
GENRE FAMILY
Its place in the genre family
Parent genreExperimental / Avant-garde
Current genreFree Improvisation
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ESSENTIAL LISTENING
10 recordingsStart with these recordings
01At the Vortex (Second Set)1998 · Free Improvisation · free improvisationOpen in new tab 02Delaney's Dilemma1991 · Free Improvisation · free improvisationOpen in new tab 03Medley1981 · Free Improvisation · free improvisationOpen in new tab 04Ganz Schön Heiss, Man - Mannheim1986 · Free Improvisation · free improvisationOpen in new tab 05III2024 · Free Improvisation · free improvisationOpen in new tab 06Put Your Little Foot Right Out1991 · Free Improvisation · free improvisationOpen in new tab 07Accopong1981 · Free Improvisation · free improvisationOpen in new tab 08Ganz Schön Heiss, Man - Brig1986 · Free Improvisation · free improvisationOpen in new tab 09Crazy1981 · Free Improvisation · free improvisationOpen in new tab 10Improvisation2014 · Free Improvisation · free improvisationOpen in new tab
KEY ARTISTS
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ESSENTIAL ALBUMS
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