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What's the best free jazz these days and in previous days?
by jpcooper 6y ago
What's the best free jazz these days and in previous days?
- SyzygistSix 6y agoLate period John Coltrane (A Love Supreme and after) kind of set the standard. I find his fellow bandmates Pharoah Sanders and Alice Coltrane, interesting as well.
- linguae 6y agoIt might be incorrect for me to call this "free jazz," but since the early 2000s saxophonist Wayne Shorter has played with a band featuring bassist John Patitucci (who was in the Chick Corea Elektric Band), drummer Brian Blade, and pianist Danilo Perez. This band plays in an acoustic style, but it's not in the style of Wayne Shorter's 1960s Blue Note work; instead, it's in a very "free" style of jazz. I'd check out "Without a Net" (2013) and "Emanon" (2018). I had the opportunity to see this band live at the San Francisco Jazz Center twice: once in 2015 and another time in 2017.
- wyclif 6y agoArchie Shepp is also worth exploring.