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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Affirmations (Live At Blue Note New York)
Album - 12 Tracks - Released July 11, 2025

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Aga Czyż
Amir ElSaffar
Andrea Sabatino
Andrew Renfroe
Armel Dupas Trio
Art Roho
Artturi Rönkä
Ben LaMar Gay
Benjamine Leroy Quartet
Billy Hart Quartet
Boyce Justice Griffith
Buster Blanco
Cabuloso Trio
Caili O'Doherty
Cara Myers Trio
Carl Bagge Trio
Chris Gall
Christoph Irniger Pilgrim
Cosmic Ear
Daniel Sommer
Davisax
Dennis Mitcheltree
Elliot Galvin
Ernst
Esthesis Quartet
Felipe Salles
Frank Kimbrough
Giancarlo Schiaffini
Guy Moskovich
Hjorterud Allé
Indra Trio
Irreversible Entanglements
Ishmael Ensemble
Jacob Young
Jamael Dean
James Mollison
Jameszoo
Jazz Concentration Academy
Jazz Fruits Music
Jazzaoquadrado
Jazzy James
Jeff Goldblum
Jim McNeely
Jo-Yu Chen
Jonatan Stirner Trio
Joost Zoeteman
Julius Cuvier
Kannaste4
Karl-Erik Trio
Karo Glazer
Leifur James
LowJaZz
Makaya McCraven
Mama Terra
Markku Ounaskari
Marshall Allen
Marta Fumagalli
Martin Brandqvist Quartet
Matija Strniša
Maxime Leroy Trio
Michael Sarian
Miho Hazama
Milena Casado
Mornington
NYC Jazz Quartett
Nathan Davis
Nick Hempton
Nicolas Giraud
Nicolas Masson
Noah Preminger
Norberg
Nordic Quartet
Pacific Quintet
Robin Verheyen
Rodney Whitaker
Scandinavian Art Ensemble
Sean Imboden
Shake Stew
Stacy Dillard
Stone Alliance
Stéphane Kerecki
Sultan Stevenson
Sun-Mi Hong
Sven-Åke Johansson
Tal Cohen
The Circling Sun
The Manhattan Trio
The Vanguard Trio
Theon Cross
Thomas Rückert Trio
Thommy Andersson
Timo Lassy Trio
Tiss Warren Jazz
Tobias Meinhart
Vibration Black Finger
Vinny Golia
Women In Jazz
Yoni Zelnik
Zeitgeist Freedom Energy Exchange
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Magpie Jazz Trio
Julius Cuvier
Carl Bagge Trio
Norberg
Gottfried Barber Trio
Karl-Erik Trio
Cara Myers Trio
Måns & Dotter
Prism Trio
Hjorterud Allé
NYC Jazz Quartett
Jazzy James
Benjamine Leroy Quartet
Armel Dupas Trio
Loftet
Nubya Garcia
Three Four Trio
DOMi & JD BECK
The Levon Trio
Makaya McCraven
Ishmael Ensemble
The Manhattan Trio
Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah
Maxime Leroy Trio
Urskogen Jazz
Gil Evans
Sarathy Korwar
Stacy Dillard
Hippo Dreams
Jazzaoquadrado
Johnathan Blake
Leifur James
The Bad Plus
Art Roho
Nordic Quartet
MODALiST
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Guy Moskovich
A'Aires
Emergence Quartet
Mornington
Tonbruket
Aquiles Navarro
Dickie Allen
Martin Gjakonovski
New Morning
Fabian Kallerdahl
The Vanguard Trio
The Urban Trio
Jeff Goldblum
Jaimie Branch
Woody Shaw
Bear Garden
David Ake
Geeva Flava
Joonas Tuuri Quartet
Davisax
Speakers Corner Quartet
Koma Saxo
Syf of Talking Knots
Tom Rainey
Goldilocks Trio
The Circling Sun
Ben LaMar Gay
Theon Cross
Clovis Nicolas
James Kitchman
Jamael Dean
Mareike Wiening
Pepper Adams Quintet
Kris Monson
UMO Helsinki Jazz Orchestra
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Billy Martin
Solveig Slettahjell
Tom Skinner
Yoni Zelnik
Jean Kapsa
Milena Casado
Billy Drummond
Stéphane Kerecki
Christophe Marguet
Miho Hazama
Zeitgeist Freedom Energy Exchange
Karl Olandersson
Nick Hempton
Mikkel Nordsø
Art Ensemble Of Chicago
The Gil Evans Orchestra
LowJaZz
Tobias Meinhart
Pernille Bévort
Espen Laub von Lillienskjold
Daniel Sommer
Areni Agbabian
Anthony Braxton
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Chris Gall
Jacob Roved