Free Jazz

Free jazz, emerging in the 1960s, rejected traditional jazz structures, embracing experimentation and spontaneity. Characterized by improvisational freedom, unconventional instrumentation, and avant-garde sounds, free jazz often featured extended instrumental techniques, atypical harmonies, and fluid, often chaotic, rhythms. Born from the avant-garde movement, it drew from African-American spiritual and cultural heritage, while also incorporating elements of blues, gospel, and classical music. Notable for its emphasis on collective improvisation and pushing musical boundaries, free jazz was a pivotal force in the jazz avant-garde, influencing subsequent genres like fusion, punk, and noise music. Its cultural significance lay in its radical challenge to traditional notions of music and its role in reflecting the social upheaval of the 1960s.

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Aaron Parks
Ada Rave
Amir ElSaffar
Andreas Werliin
Andrew Gould
Antonio Faraò
Aruán Ortiz
Baltic Jazz Recordings
Baptiste Bailly
Bill Frisell
Bill Parker
Billy Drummond
Bobby Previte
Bubble Wrap Trap
Charles Lloyd
Charles Mingus
Chick Corea
Chris Potter
Clovis Nicolas
Colin Vallon
Dan Rosenboom
Dave Douglas
Elliott Sharp
Etceteral
Fieldwork
François Rabbath
Frode Gjerstad
Heikki Ruokangas
Henry Threadgill
Håkan Broström
I Hold the Lion's Paw
I LIKE TO SLEEP
Jazzaoquadrado
Jim Black
Jim O'Rourke
Joe Morris
Johan Berthling
John Coltrane
John Oswald
John Surman
John Zorn
Jure Pukl
Keiji Haino
Keith Tippett
Kevin Sun
Kirk Knuffke
Laura Jurd
Linda May Han Oh
Lucian Ban
Luigi Grasso
Magda Mayas
Makaya McCraven
Mal Waldron
Marcelo Cabral
Marek Konarski
Marshall Allen
Martin Maretti Andersen
Mat Maneri
Merzbow
Muntu
Nat Birchall
Natural Information Society
Ned Rothenberg
NeoQuartet
Nicolas Masson
Nicole Johänntgen
Niels Vincentz
Okkyung Lee
Orcutt Shelley Miller
Otomo Yoshihide
Patrick Shiroishi
Peggy Lee
Per Thornberg
Peter Bruun
Petter Eldh
Pharoah Sanders
Phil Markowitz
Philipp Schiepek
Rahsaan Roland Kirk
Reuben Lewis
Richard D. Johnson
Ruby Rushton
Selskapet
Shawn Purcell
Sophie Agnel
Stomu Takeishi
Stéphane Kerecki
Sun Ra
Sylvie Courvoisier
The Necks
The Vanguard Trio
Tomasz Stańko
Trey Patton
Trilok Gurtu
Valentin Ceccaldi
Wadada Leo Smith
William Parker
Xavi Castillo
Yoni Zelnik
Širom
John Coltrane
Peggy Lee
McCoy Tyner
Chick Corea
Yusef Lateef
Charles Mingus
Norberg
Pharoah Sanders
Paul Motian
Alice Coltrane
Trey Patton
Hjorterud Allé
Ornette Haynes
Sun Ra
The Source
Mandevilla
Bill Frisell
Colin Oxley
Arthur Taylor Trio
Gary Peacock
Max Roach
Aaron Parks
Henry Albert Trio
Makaya McCraven
Jeremy Pelt
Bill Parker
Kjell Öhman
Bobby Hutcherson
Michel Portal
Jeff Parker
Tadd Norman
Marc Ribot
Charles Lloyd
Marek Konarski
Tompall & The Glaser Brothers
Kacper Krupa
Rahsaan Roland Kirk
Joe Lovano
Miles Davis Quartet
Chris Potter
Rudy Royston
Duke Pearson
Steve Swallow
Roberto Musci
Archie Shepp
Bennie Maupin
Jimmy Giuffre
John Surman
Ryohei Shimoyama
Charlie Rouse
Jasper Somsen
Mal Waldron
Vijay Iyer
Don Cherry
Nels Cline
Ornette Coleman
John Zorn
Bill Laswell
Areski Belkacem
Eric Dolphy
Antonio Faraò
Sun Ra & His Arkestra
Ruby Rushton
Calendar Girl Quartal
Ben Street
Thomas Sejthen Trio
Furio Di Castri
John Klemmer
Paul Bley
Ill Considered
Hans Backenroth
Elvin Jones
The Vanguard Trio
Albert Ayler
Josh Johnson
Giacomo Smith
Bubble Wrap Trap
Kenny Wheeler
Linda May Han Oh
John Clark
Petter Eldh
Anders Kjellberg
Dave Douglas
David Ake
Maurice Louca
Merzbow
Sun Ra Arkestra
Ernst Reijseger
Mike Westbrook Concert Band
Dave Liebman
Uri Caine
Otis Sandsjö
James Brandon Lewis
Anna Butterss
Christian Weber
Andrew Cyrille
Don Byron
The Lounge Lizards
Matthew Shipp
Tom Rainey