Experimental Jazz
Experimental jazz is a dynamic and avant-garde genre characterized by unconventional musical structures, extended instrumental techniques, and a blurring of boundaries between composition and improvisation. Emerging in the 1960s, it drew from free jazz, avant-garde, and classical music traditions, with artists pushing the limits of tonality, rhythm, and timbre. The genre's heyday in the 1970s and 1980s saw a proliferation of innovative ensembles and collectives, often featuring non-traditional instrumentation and electronic manipulation. Experimental jazz not only reflected the social and cultural upheaval of the time but also influenced the development of subsequent genres like electronic and ambient music. Its distinctiveness lies in its rejection of traditional jazz tropes, instead embracing dissonance, fragmentation, and sonic experimentation, often incorporating elements of noise, rock, and world music.
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