Alto saxophonist Ornette Coleman's masterpiece, Free Jazz: A Collective Improvisation by the Ornette Coleman Double Quartet, is one of the hinges of jazz evolution. As a musical hinge, Free Jazz, ...

In the continuously evolving history of artistic expression, certain movements emerge that challenge the very foundations of our aesthetic sensibilities. In the early and mid-20th century, ...

Ornette Coleman’s music was never supposed to be easy on the ears. When the alto saxophonist, who died Thursday at age 85, released his first album in 1958, the nine original compositions featured ...

Jazz’s version of the famous—or infamous—1913 Armory show that introduced Americans to modern art came on November 17, 1959, when Ornette Coleman began a run of shows at the Five Spot Cafe in New York ...

This challenging subgenre, including the subset of free jazz, is driven by the fire of spontaneity, and its rules are still being written. Eleven writers, critics and musicians share their favorites.

In November 1976, Lou Reed flew to Los Angeles to headline the Roxy and the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium. At LAX, tenor saxophonist Marty Fogel happened to spot pocket trumpeter Don Cherry, the Los ...

One of the more adventurous and transformative eras in jazz happened amid the societal turbulence of the mid- to late-1960s, and Miles Davis and John Coltrane were leading the way. In his new book ...

Detroit is throwing the world's biggest free jazz party for the 46th time this Labor Day weekend, with four stages at Hart Plaza, Cadillac Square and the Gretchen C. Valade Jazz Center at Wayne ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (VMFA) will continue to host weekly free jazz performances, as Dominion Energy has renewed its sponsorship of the popular Dominion Energy Jazz ...