Miles Davis
Theolonius Monk |
"Jazz is freedom. You think about that."—Thelonius Monk
Free Jazz: Free jazz followed cool jazz. It was a different style of jazz music, not focusing on composition ion but on a strange abstract part of jazz involving a lot of improvisation that had not been explored before. It introduced us to famous jazz artists such as reknown pianist John Coltrane. Free Jazz was not as popular as the other types of jazz music when it first emerged. Unlike the other styles it did not follow patterns or melody lines that the ear would usually pick up on. It was in itself an entirely different form of jazz music. This link shows the John Coltrane Quartet who were known for their jree jazz music. When you listen to the piece it is clear that this is a completely different style of playing, for instance the melody line is almost all over the place and difficult to follow unlike music form the Bebop or Cool Jazz eras. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DM5Xa79ndmg&feature=related