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Free Jazz
- Genre family
- Jazz
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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 John Coltrane, Bobby Previte and Wayne Horvitz.
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01500 West 52nd1998 · Free Jazz · free jazzOpen in new tab 02SerenityFree Jazz · free jazzOpen in new tab 0377 White1998 · Free Jazz · free jazzOpen in new tab 04Eighth between B & C1998 · Free Jazz · free jazzOpen in new tab 05Angel of Air1974 · Free Jazz · free jazzOpen in new tab 06Little Girl2013 · Free Jazz · free jazzOpen in new tab 07Free Jazz, Part 1Free Jazz · free jazzOpen in new tab
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