Re: Jazz on diatonic, was Re: Dying artform

[Jeff Walenta <jeffwalenta@xxxxxxxxx>]

i got this from the all music guide www.allmusic.com 


Free Jazz 
genre: Jazz  
Dixieland and swing stylists improvise melodically,
and bop, cool, and hard bop players follow chord
structures in their solos. Free Jazz was a radical
departure from past styles, for typically after
playing a quick theme, the soloist does not have to
follow any progression or structure and can go in any
unpredictable direction. When Ornette Coleman largely
introduced free jazz to New York audiences (although
Cecil Taylor had preceded him with less publicity),
many bop musicians and fans debated about whether what
was being played would even qualify as music; the
radicals had become conservatives in less than 15
years. Free jazz, which overlaps with the avant garde
(the latter can use arrangements and sometimes fairly
tight frameworks), remains a controversial and mostly
underground style, influencing the modern mainstream
while often being ignored. Having dispensed with many
of the rules as far as pitch, rhythm, and development
are concerned (although it need not be atonal or lack
a steady pulse to be free jazz), the success of a free
jazz performance can be measured by the musicianship
and imagination of the performers, how colorful the
music is, and whether it seems logical or merely
random. ? Scott Yanow 

check out Eric dolphy- Out to lunch 

for the best exsample of what free jazz/free
improvisation is 






- --- the Leones <leone@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> >Listen
> >>  > > i haven't heard much done live beyond blues
> ...i
> >>>  would
> >>>  > love to see what could be done with the
> harmonica
> >>>  in
> >>>  > avant garde/ free jazz
> >>  >
> >>  >
> 
> 
>      Someone please "define" avant garde &/or free
> Jazz............smo-joe
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