Free jazz
<s>Free jazz se javlja krajem 50-tih godina XX. stoljeća i razbija tradicionalni oblik improvizacije.</s><s>Pokret se temeljio na potpuno slobodnoj improvizaciji.</s><s>Glazbenici koji sviraju free jazz stilom odbacuju zadanu melodiju, harmoniju, oblik i ne koriste zadanu građu iz tonaliteta.</s><s>Zvuk je često agresivan, glasan i disonantan.</s>

<s>Prve snimke snimaju grupe Inituition i Digression pod vodstvom Lenny Tristanoa.</s><s>Probijanje stila počinje sredinom pedesetih godina snimkama Ornettea Colemana (Something Else i Tomorrow is the question) i prva dva albuma Cecila Taylora (Jazz advance i Looking ahead).</s><s>Stil postiže najveću slavu kad Ornette Coleman dolazi u New York i izdaje albume "The shape of jazz to come" i "Change of century".</s>

<s>Dva najznačajnija predstavnika su: Ornette Coleman i John Coltrane.</s><s>Drugi glazbenici koji su djelovali su: Sun Ra, Charles Mingus, Jackie McLean, Cecil Taylor, The Jimmy Giuffe Trio, Chico Hamilton.</s>

<s>Od europskih predstavnika ovog pravca treba izdvojiti saksofoniste: Petera Brötzmanna, Evana Parkera, trombonista Connyja Bauera, gitarista Dereka Baileya, pijanista Freda Van Hovea i bubnjara Hana Benninka.</s><s>Treba izdvojiti i one koji su svoje  djelovanje započeli iza željezne zavjese poput: Tomasza Stanka, Zbigniewa Seiferta, te Vjačeslava Ganelina.</s>

<s>Djelomična diskografija 1960. - 1972.</s>

<s>Albert Ayler - Spiritual Unity (1965)
 Art Ensemble of Chicago - A Jackson in Your House (1969)
 Anthony Braxton -  Town Hall 1972 
 Peter Brötzmann - Machine Gun (1968)
 Derek Bailey, Barry Guy, Paul Rutherford - Iskra 1903 (1972)
 John Coltrane -  Ascension (1965)
 Ornette Coleman - Free Jazz: A Collective Improvisation  (1961)
 Don Cherry -  Mu (1&2) (1969)
 Jimmy Giuffre – Free Fall (1963)
 Gunter Hampel: Heartplants (1964)
 Tony Oxley: 4 Compositions for Sextett (1970)
 Michel Portal: Alors (1970)
 Manfred Schoof: Voices (1966)
 Alexander von Schlippenbach: Globe Unity
 Archie Shepp :  Mama Too Tight
 Alan Silva & The Celestrial Communications Orchestra  - Seasons
 Spontaneous Music Ensemble : Oliv (1969)
 Tomasz Stańko - Music for K (1970)
 John Surman - The Trio
 Cecil Taylor- Conquistador (1966)
 Synopsis - Auf der Elbe schwimmt ein rosa Krokodil
 Attila Zoller - The Horizon Beyond</s>

<s>Dodatna literatura 
 
 
  Articles from Jazz & Pop Magazine.</s><s>Reprint of the 1970 edition, New York: World Publishing Co.</s><s>Such, David Glen (1993).</s><s>Avant-Garde Jazz Musicians: Performing "Out There".</s><s>Iowa City: University Of Iowa Press.  (cloth)  (pbk.).</s><s>Szwed, John F. (2000).</s><s>Jazz 101: A Complete Guide to Learning and Loving Jazz.</s><s>New York: Hyperion. .</s><s>Andre Asriel: Jazz - Aspekte und Analysen.</s><s>Berlin 1985 (4. Aufl.) 
 Philippe Carles, Jean-Louis Comolli: Free Jazz, Black Power.</s><s>Wolke, Hofheim 1980 (1971, dt.</s><s>Übers.</s><s>1974.</s><s>Neuauflage 1980)
 Todd S. Jenkins: Free Jazz and Free Improvisation.</s><s>An Encyclopedia.</s><s>Westport (CT), London: Greenwood Press 2004;  (Bd.</s><s>1, A-J), 0-313-33314-9 (Bd.</s><s>2, K-Z)
 Ekkehard Jost: Europas Jazz:1960-80.</s><s>Frankfurt am Main 1987
 Bert Noglik: Improvisierte Musik in der Folge des Free  Jazz: Kontinuum - Beliebigkeit - Stilpluralismus.</s><s>In: Darmstädter Jazzforum 1989, S. 14–22</s>

<s>Vanjske veze 
 "Where Did Our Revolution Go?</s><s>Free Jazz Turns Fifty"  by Ted Gioia, (Jazz.com ).</s><s>The Real Godfathers of Punk by Billy Bob Hargus (July 1996).</s><s>Free Jazz: The Jazz Revolution of the '60s by Robert Levin (June 2006).</s><s>"A new approach to Jazz"</s>

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