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This is a list of musicians and groups who compose and play free music, or free improvisation. In alphabetical order: In alphabetical order: This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.
Free improvisation primarily descends from the Indeterminacy movement and free jazz. Guitarist Derek Bailey contends that free improvisation must have been the earliest musical style, because "mankind's first musical performance couldn't have been anything other than a free improvisation."
This is an A–Z list of jazz tunes which have been covered by multiple jazz artists. It includes the more popular jazz standards, lesser-known or minor standards, and many other songs and compositions which may have entered a jazz musician's or jazz singer's repertoire or be featured in the Real Books, but may not be performed as regularly or as widely as many of the popular standards.
The Grammy Award for Best Jazz Performance has been awarded since 1959. Before 1979 the award title did not specify instrumental performances and was presented for instrumental or vocal performances. Before 1979 the award title did not specify instrumental performances and was presented for instrumental or vocal performances.
In jazz, when one instrumentalist or singer is doing a solo, the other ensemble members play accompaniment parts. While fully written-out accompaniment parts are used in large jazz ensembles, such as big bands, in small groups (e.g., jazz quartet, piano trio, organ trio, etc.), the rhythm section members typically improvise their accompaniment parts, an activity called comping.
Complete Communion is a 1966 album by American jazz composer Don Cherry, his debut as a bandleader and his first release on Blue Note Records.. Each side of the original LP were suites, side-long compositions [2] working with several themes.
Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects Wikidata item; Appearance. ... Jazz songs (18 C, 138 P) Jazz standards (3 C, 38 P) * Jazz compositions by key (21 C)
Bebop or bop is a style of jazz developed in the early to mid-1940s in the United States. The style features compositions characterized by a fast tempo (usually exceeding 200 bpm), complex chord progressions with rapid chord changes and numerous changes of key, instrumental virtuosity, and improvisation based on a combination of harmonic structure, the use of scales, and occasional references ...