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  2. Jazz improvisation - Wikipedia

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    Jazz improvisation is the spontaneous invention of melodic solo lines or accompaniment parts in a performance of jazz music. It is one of the defining elements of jazz. Improvisation is composing on the spot, when a singer or instrumentalist invents melodies and lines over a chord progression played by rhythm section instruments (piano, guitar ...

  3. Free Jazz: A Collective Improvisation - Wikipedia

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    Yahoo! Music. Free Jazz: A Collective Improvisation is an album by the jazz saxophonist and composer Ornette Coleman. It was released through Atlantic Records in September 1961: the fourth of Coleman's six albums for the label. Its title named the then-nascent free jazz movement.

  4. List of free improvising musicians and groups - Wikipedia

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    Simon H. Fell – double bass. Robert Fripp - guitar, mellotron. Fred Frith – guitar, violin. Cor Fuhler – piano, keyolin, synthesizer. Bernhard Gal – electronics. Joel Garten – piano. Charles Gayle – saxophone, piano, bass clarinet. Seppe Gebruers – the first improvised quartertone pianist. Richard Grayson – piano.

  5. Free jazz - Wikipedia

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    Free jazz, or free form in the early to mid-1970s, [ 1] is a style of avant-garde jazz or an experimental approach to jazz improvisation that developed in the late 1950s and early 1960s, when musicians attempted to change or break down jazz conventions, such as regular tempos, tones, and chord changes. Musicians during this period believed that ...

  6. Free improvisation - Wikipedia

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    Free improvisation, as a genre of music, developed primarily in the U.K. as well as the U.S. and Europe in the mid to late 1960s, largely as an outgrowth of free jazz and contemporary classical music. Exponents of free improvised music include saxophonists Evan Parker, Anthony Braxton, Peter Brötzmann, and John Zorn, composer Pauline Oliveros ...

  7. Wes Montgomery - Wikipedia

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    Wes Montgomery. John Leslie " Wes " Montgomery (March 6, 1923 – June 15, 1968) was an American jazz guitarist. [ 1] Montgomery was known for his unusual technique of plucking the strings with the side of his thumb and for his extensive use of octaves, which gave him a distinctive sound.

  8. List of jazz genres - Wikipedia

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    Jazz rap is a fusion subgenre of hip hop music and jazz, developed in the late 1980s and early 1990s. The lyrics are often based on political consciousness, Afrocentrism, and general positivism. 1980s ->. Jazz rock. The term "jazz-rock" (or "jazz/rock") is often used as a synonym for the term "jazz fusion". 1960s ->.

  9. John McLaughlin (musician) - Wikipedia

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    In 2003, he was ranked 49th in Rolling Stone magazine's list of the "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time". [3] In 2009, DownBeat included McLaughlin in its unranked list of "75 Great Guitarists", in the "Modern Jazz Maestros" category. [4] In 2012, Guitar World magazine ranked him 63rd on its top 100 list. [5]