Avant-garde jazz
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Avant-garde jazz (also known as avant-jazz) is a style of music and improvisation that combines elements of avant-garde art music and composition with elements of traditional jazz. Avant-jazz overlaps with free jazz, but differs in that free jazz is generally performed with fewer, or no predetermined structure or composition.
Notable avant-jazz musicians
- Art Ensemble of Chicago
- Andrew Hill
- Sam Rivers
- Ornette Coleman
- Don Cherry
- Ed Blackwell
- Charlie Haden
- John Coltrane (later period)
- Eric Dolphy
- Dave Holland
- Joe Harriott
- Medeski, Martin, & Wood
- Evan Parker
- [Laurence Mann]
- Sun Ra
- Pharoah Sanders
- Archie Shepp
- Joe McPhee
- John Zorn
- Cecil Taylor
- Don Pullen
- George Adams
- Albert Ayler
- Don Ayler
See also
| Jazz | Jazz genres |
| Acid jazz - Asian American jazz - Avant-garde jazz - Bebop - Dixieland - Calypso jazz - Chamber jazz - Cool jazz - Creative jazz - Free jazz - Gypsy jazz - Hard bop |
| Jazz blues - Jazz fusion - Jazz rap - Latin jazz - Mini-jazz - Modal jazz - M-Base - Nu jazz - Smooth jazz - Soul jazz - Swing - Trad jazz - West coast jazz |
| Other topics |
| Musicians - Jazz standard - Jazz royalty |
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