Articles tagged "free jazz"

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Ornette Coleman: Then and Now

by Sean Murphy

[10.Nov.08] :. When Obama takes office in January of 2009, it will be a half-century since Free Jazz forefather Ornette Coleman dropped the provocatively titled “The Shape of Jazz to Come”. 1959 was a...

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Is Free Jazz really still free?

by John Bohannon

[4.Jun.08] :. This clip taken from a 1981 documentary titled Imagine the Sound is a rare document of one of the avant-garde world’s greatest piano players, Cecil Taylor. Most footage that has been...

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Kieran Hebden and Steve Reid: Tongues

by Tim O'Neil

[19.Mar.07] :. A snapshot of the duo in their full flower, having mastered each others' languages and moved past any lingering reticence.

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Steve Reid Ensemble: Spirits Walk

by Tim O'Neil

[13.Jul.06] :. Spirit Walk is ostensibly credited to the Steve Reid Ensemble, but the disc serves a far more important role as a companion piece to Reid and Hebden's recent collaborations.

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Kieran Hebden & Steve Reid: The Exchange Session Vol. 2

by Jennifer Kelly

[8.Jun.06] :. Who knew that free jazz's funkiest drumming and electronic music's warmest, most organic sounds were twins separated at birth?

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Kieran Hebden & Steve Reid: The Exchange Session Vol. 1

by Scott Hreha

[31.Mar.06] :. Electricity and drum will change your mind? You better believe it.

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