Avant-garde jazz

Avant-garde jazz (also known as avant-jazz, experimental jazz, or "new thing")[1][2] is a style of music and improvisation that combines avant-garde art music and composition with jazz.[3] It originated in the early 1950s and developed through to the late 1960s.[4] Originally synonymous with free jazz, much avant-garde jazz was distinct from that style.[5]

  1. ^ Experimentalisms in Practice: Music Perspectives from Latin America. Oxford University Press. 2018. p. 8. ISBN 978-0190842765.
  2. ^ Hyams Ericsson, Marjorie (April 8, 1965). "'Experimentation' in Public: The Artist's Viewpoint". DownBeat. p. 15.
  3. ^ Choice, Harriet (Sep 17, 1971). "'Black Music' or 'Jazz'". Chicago Tribune.
  4. ^ Cook, Richard (2005). Richard Cook's Jazz Encyclopedia. London: Penguin Books. p. 25. ISBN 0-141-00646-3.
  5. ^ Gridley, Mark C.; Long, Barry (n.d.). Grove Dictionary of American Music (second ed.). Oxford University Press. Retrieved 6 March 2016.