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Free Jazz
- Genre family
- Jazz
- 1970s recordings
- 1
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Meet Free Jazz
Free Jazz is a branch of the Jazz family, with its own performance and recording traditions.
The clearest way to understand Free Jazz is to hear how its rhythm, timbre and performance language change across artists and recordings.
Begin with Peter Brötzmann.
GENRE FAMILY
Its place in the genre family
Parent genreJazz
Current genreFree Jazz
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ESSENTIAL LISTENING
1 recordings1970s starting recordings
KEY ARTISTS
1970s artists
ESSENTIAL ALBUMS
1970s albums
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