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Free Jazz
- Genre family
- Jazz
- 1990s recordings
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ORIGIN · SOUND · PEOPLE
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 Gato Barbieri, Last Exit and Bobby Previte.
GENRE FAMILY
Its place in the genre family
Parent genreJazz
Current genreFree Jazz
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ESSENTIAL LISTENING
10 recordings1990s starting recordings
01500 West 52nd1998 · Free Jazz · free jazzOpen in new tab 02Lizard Eyes1993 · Free Jazz · free jazzOpen in new tab 03A Knight of Ghosts and Shadows1993 · Free Jazz · free jazzOpen in new tab 04Jesus! What Gorgeous Monkeys We Are1993 · Free Jazz · free jazzOpen in new tab 05I Must Confess I'm a Cannibal1993 · Free Jazz · free jazzOpen in new tab 0677 White1998 · Free Jazz · free jazzOpen in new tab 07Eighth between B & C1998 · Free Jazz · free jazzOpen in new tab 08Hamba Khale1991 · Free Jazz · free jazzOpen in new tab 09Hanged Man Are Always Naked1993 · Free Jazz · free jazzOpen in new tab 10Zelao1995 · Free Jazz · free jazzOpen in new tab
KEY ARTISTS
1990s artists
ESSENTIAL ALBUMS
1990s albums
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