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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A'Aires
Aga Czyż
Amir ElSaffar
Andrea Sabatino
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
Erik Griswold
Ernst
Esthesis Quartet
Felipe Salles
Frank Kimbrough
Giacomo Ancillotto
Giancarlo Schiaffini
Guy Moskovich
Hjorterud Allé
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
Joona Toivanen 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
Pierre de Bethmann Quartet
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 Manhattan Trio
The Vanguard Trio
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
koufuku bits
Jazz Fruits Music
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
Armel Dupas Trio
Benjamine Leroy Quartet
Loftet
Nubya Garcia
Three Four Trio
DOMi & JD BECK
The Levon Trio
Ishmael Ensemble
The Manhattan Trio
Makaya McCraven
Maxime Leroy Trio
Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah
Urskogen Jazz
Gil Evans
Stacy Dillard
Hippo Dreams
Sarathy Korwar
Jazzaoquadrado
Leifur James
Johnathan Blake
The Bad Plus
Art Roho
Nordic Quartet
MODALiST
koufuku bits
Guy Moskovich
Emergence Quartet
A'Aires
Mornington
Aquiles Navarro
Tonbruket
Dickie Allen
Martin Gjakonovski
The Vanguard Trio
Fabian Kallerdahl
New Morning
The Urban Trio
Jaimie Branch
Jeff Goldblum
Joonas Tuuri Quartet
Bear Garden
Woody Shaw
David Ake
Geeva Flava
Tom Rainey
Speakers Corner Quartet
Koma Saxo
Davisax
Syf of Talking Knots
Theon Cross
Goldilocks Trio
Ben LaMar Gay
UMO Helsinki Jazz Orchestra
James Kitchman
Pepper Adams Quintet
säje
Kris Monson
Mareike Wiening
Jamael Dean
Clovis Nicolas
Yoni Zelnik
Jean Kapsa
Milena Casado
Billy Martin
Stéphane Kerecki
Christophe Marguet
Billy Drummond
Tom Skinner
Solveig Slettahjell
Zeitgeist Freedom Energy Exchange
Art Ensemble Of Chicago
Nick Hempton
Karl Olandersson
Miho Hazama
Mikkel Nordsø
Pernille Bévort
LowJaZz
Tobias Meinhart
The Gil Evans Orchestra
Jeff Hirshfield
Espen Laub von Lillienskjold
Chris Gall
Lotus Trio
Excursions
Bévort 3
Sultan Stevenson
Daniel Sommer