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The introduction of this new, avant-garde style influenced many European jazz musicians like the German saxophonist Peter Brötzmann, who is known as one of the first European free jazz musicians. The founders of European free jazz usually came from a classic jazz background and then went over bebop and hard bop into free jazz. Brötzmann began ...
Free jazz, or free form in the early to mid-1970s, [1] is a style of avant-garde jazz or an experimental approach to jazz improvisation that developed in the late 1950s and early 1960s, when musicians attempted to change or break down jazz conventions, such as regular tempos, tones, and chord changes.
Peter Brötzmann (6 March 1941 – 22 June 2023) was a German jazz saxophonist and clarinetist regarded as a central and pioneering figure in European free jazz. [1] Throughout his career, he released over fifty albums as a bandleader.
Live at Crescendo; Live at Last (Maghostut Trio album) Live at the Black Musicians' Conference, 1981; Live at the Pan-African Festival; Live at the Village Vanguard Again! Live at Tonic (Rashied Ali, Louis Belogenis, and Wilber Morris album) Live in Egypt 1; Live in Europe (Rashied Ali Quintet album) Live in New York (Positive Knowledge album)
JMT Records (an acronym of Jazz Music Today) was a German record label founded by Stefan Winter. It was based in Munich , Germany, specialized in contemporary jazz , and operated from 1985 until 1995.
Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with its roots in blues, ragtime, European harmony, African rhythmic rituals, spirituals, hymns, marches, vaudeville song, and dance music.
In the 1960s Schoof started a free jazz band with Alexander von Schlippenbach and Gerd Dudek which became the basis for Manfred Schoof Orchestra. [2] From 1969 to 1971 he was a member of the George Russell Orchestra. [ 2 ]
Balkan jazz is an umbrella term for jazz from different parts of the Balkan peninsula in southeastern Europe. [1] [2] Jazz in the region may incorporate various types of Balkan music, especially folk musics (including "gypsy style" [3]). It has embraced improvisation and originality, much like jazz traditions in the Americas and elsewhere.