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Free Jazz Events Tonight in New York City
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Free Jazz Events Tonight · New York City
THU 6 AUG
FRI 7 AUG
ANDREW CYRILLE QUARTET
Until 9 Aug
Andrew Cyrille
free jazzexperimental jazzavant-garde
Village Vanguard
Ricky Ford Quartet
Ricky Ford, Barry Altschul, Mark Soskin, Jerome Harris
jazz fusionfree jazzexperimental jazz
Smalls Jazz Club
Ethan Iverson Sextet
Ethan Iverson, Jacob Garchik, Peter Washington, Sam Newsome, Jonathan Finlayson, Kush Abadey
jazzfree jazzexperimental jazz
Jazzcultural
Grex, Carmen Quill, Andy Pitcher
GREX, Luke Stewart, Carmen Quill, Andy Pitcher
experimental jazzavant gardeexperimental
Nublu
Sound profile
An underground, high-energy sound.
energy
85
danceability
5
valence
35
grit
80
organicness
95
commerciality
2
tempo
80
vocality
5
About Free Jazz
Free jazz emerged in the late 1950s as a radical departure from traditional structures, pioneered by figures like Ornette Coleman who sought to dismantle fixed chord progressions and meters. Utilizing standard jazz instrumentation such as saxophone, trumpet, and double bass, the genre prioritizes collective improvisation and extended techniques over conventional melodic development. Its rhythmic characteristics are defined by a fluid sense of pulse or polyrhythmic density rather than a steady beat, resulting in moods that range from spiritually transcendent to intensely chaotic. Semantically linked to avant-garde jazz, it functions as a bridge between post-bop and free improvisation, emphasizing absolute expressive freedom and technical experimentation over mainstream commercial accessibility.
Also known as: The New Thing, Free-form jazz
Parent genre:Jazz
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- Free jazz emerged in the late 1950s as a radical departure from traditional structures, pioneered by figures like Ornette Coleman who sought to dismantle fixed chord progressions and meters. Utilizing standard jazz instrumentation such as saxophone, trumpet, and double bass, the genre prioritizes collective improvisation and extended techniques over conventional melodic development. Its rhythmic characteristics are defined by a fluid sense of pulse or polyrhythmic density rather than a steady be…
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