TIME - Large Ensembles with long-range Musical Goals

1. Ornette Coleman - Free Jazz (1960)

2. Charles Mingus - The Shoes of the Fisherman's Wife are Some Jive Ass Slippers - What is the meaning of this title? (circa 1970)

1. Miles Davis (a) So What - studio (1959) and live (1965)

2. John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman - (a) Lush Life, (b) India, (c) OM

3. Albert Ayler - For John Coltrane (1966), Witches and Devils

4. Cecil Taylor (a) Double Clutching, (b) May 19, 1966 personnel (liner) Steps

5. Muhal Richard Abrams established the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM) in 1965 out of his Experimental Band. Art Ensemble Of Chicago was its finest flower.

Art Ensemble of Chicago used an abundance of instrumental timbres between members of a small ensemble. Wide dynamic range and varied modes of expression. Example of thinking expressed in August 12, 1969 Reese Part 1 = Reese & The Smooth Ones (LINER). Read two paragraphs [article] "Is jazz... as we know it ... dead?"

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Music 80E: History of "Jazz"
Posted 11/27/02