Free jazz
Free jazz is a genre. Free jazz grew out of Jazz, Atonality, progressive jazz, Bebop and Modal Jazz. Its influence carried into Avant-garde Jazz, Jazz fusion, Noise Music, Free Improvisation and Loft Jazz, which took the template somewhere else. The chart currently maps 14 connections around Free jazz. Open any neighbouring band or genre to trace where Free jazz came from and where it led.
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Free jazz connections
Free jazz grew out of Jazz, Atonality, progressive jazz and Bebop, went on to shape Avant-garde Jazz, Jazz fusion, Noise Music and Free Improvisation. 14 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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