Jessika Grindstaff
October 3, 2014
History of Jazz
The Evolution of Free Jazz Free Jazz is a form of jazz that involves collective improvisation without a set chord or rhythm structure. This type of jazz was born during the social, political and civil movements’ era, the sixties. There are many reasons that free jazz was formed, the main one being the limitations in other forms such as bebop, big band and swing. Free jazz was influenced by the works of Cecil Taylor, Ornette Coleman and John Coltrane through their love of free jazz and ability to compose works that were unique in every way. Cecil Taylor is considered by many as the pioneer of free jazz. His style can be identified by his sophisticated polyrhythms, convoluted tone clusters …show more content…
From a young age Coleman knew that standard jazz was something he enjoyed. In middle school he was kicked out of band for improvising during “The Washington Post”, after that he formed his first band with a few friends. Coleman was hear one night playing while traveling with the Silas Green from New Orleans traveling show and began to travel with the Pee Wee Crayton band thus forming his career in music. In 1960 Coleman recorded and released “Free Jazz: A Collective Improvisation” the songs in the album used unconventional styles and rhythms based on those used in bebop and were not as polyrhythmic as those used by artists who caught on the free jazz trend, such as Cecil Taylor. This album faced many trials as many people believed it was not jazz, and generally disliked the album. Because of this album and continued unique sound Ornette Coleman is known as the innovator behind free …show more content…
Coltrane began to experiment with his style in the late fifties but was hindered by his old style recording company, so when his contract was bought out by Impulse Records he was able to continue experimenting. However, it wasn’t until 1965 that Coltrane began to fully embrace the free jazz movement. Coltrane began to champion young free jazz musicians into joining the musical movement and was able to reform Impulse Records from a jazz recording label to a free jazz recording label. Many jazz historians believe Coltrane’s popularity is what made the free jazz genre as popular as it
October 3, 2014
History of Jazz
The Evolution of Free Jazz Free Jazz is a form of jazz that involves collective improvisation without a set chord or rhythm structure. This type of jazz was born during the social, political and civil movements’ era, the sixties. There are many reasons that free jazz was formed, the main one being the limitations in other forms such as bebop, big band and swing. Free jazz was influenced by the works of Cecil Taylor, Ornette Coleman and John Coltrane through their love of free jazz and ability to compose works that were unique in every way. Cecil Taylor is considered by many as the pioneer of free jazz. His style can be identified by his sophisticated polyrhythms, convoluted tone clusters …show more content…
From a young age Coleman knew that standard jazz was something he enjoyed. In middle school he was kicked out of band for improvising during “The Washington Post”, after that he formed his first band with a few friends. Coleman was hear one night playing while traveling with the Silas Green from New Orleans traveling show and began to travel with the Pee Wee Crayton band thus forming his career in music. In 1960 Coleman recorded and released “Free Jazz: A Collective Improvisation” the songs in the album used unconventional styles and rhythms based on those used in bebop and were not as polyrhythmic as those used by artists who caught on the free jazz trend, such as Cecil Taylor. This album faced many trials as many people believed it was not jazz, and generally disliked the album. Because of this album and continued unique sound Ornette Coleman is known as the innovator behind free …show more content…
Coltrane began to experiment with his style in the late fifties but was hindered by his old style recording company, so when his contract was bought out by Impulse Records he was able to continue experimenting. However, it wasn’t until 1965 that Coltrane began to fully embrace the free jazz movement. Coltrane began to champion young free jazz musicians into joining the musical movement and was able to reform Impulse Records from a jazz recording label to a free jazz recording label. Many jazz historians believe Coltrane’s popularity is what made the free jazz genre as popular as it