How to Use free jazz in a Sentence

free jazz

noun
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  • For him, free jazz and metal and rap and hardcore punk were coming from the same funky place.
    — Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 7 Dec. 2021
  • In Anne Marchand’s mixed-media abstractions, the music of the spheres is a sort of free jazz.
    — Washington Post, 24 Sep. 2021
  • The first is thought, by some, to mark the birth of modernism; the second, played live by Brent Griffin Jr. and cronies, ushered in a sub-genre now called free jazz.
    — Lauren Warnecke, Chicago Tribune, 15 July 2024
  • The Biasella Trio will offer a free jazz program from 2 to 3 p.m. June 15.
    — Carol Kovach, cleveland.com, 11 June 2019
  • Yells At Eels has been at it for over 20 years, and the band is not your typical free jazz family band.
    — Jeremy Hallock, Dallas News, 7 May 2020
  • Her quirky scatting in the chorus becomes the repetitive hook, which gives the song a free jazz flair boxed into the structure of pop.
    — Caitlin Kelley, Billboard, 30 Oct. 2017
  • Tenor saxophonist Coltrane moved from a master of bebop to an artist pushing the boundaries of the form with free jazz.
    — USA Today, 22 Feb. 2021
  • There’s also a free jazz-history talk about Coltrane at an Old City coffee shop.
    — Staff Reports, Philly.com, 22 Sep. 2017
  • Another is the free jazz jam from 5 to 8 p.m. at Pilars every Sunday.
    — Stephen Hudak, OrlandoSentinel.com, 13 Oct. 2017
  • The pair would go on to work on other political campaigns and organize free jazz concerts on the South Side through the years.
    — Darcel Rockett, Chicago Tribune, 22 Aug. 2022
  • McCartney, meanwhile, was on a mission to absorb the full spectrum of the 1960s avant-garde, from visual art and short films to free jazz and musique concrète.
    — Dorian Lynskey, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2022
  • Like a free jazz solo, the audience had no real idea where things were going but trusted that the journey would be worth it.
    — Jon Tayler, SI.com, 20 Aug. 2019
  • Fronted by Anastasio, the lead guitarist for the jam band Phish, the band experiments with improv rock and free jazz.
    — The Salt Lake Tribune, 8 Mar. 2022
  • Above us are the elites with their champagne and free jazz; below us, the suppurating underclass.
    — James Parker, The Atlantic, 5 May 2018
  • Coltrane had lately been turning his attention toward what is called, for short, free jazz.
    — Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2021
  • The album is a noisy, sprawling, genre-hopping song cycle steeped in everything from disco to free jazz.
    — Nathaniel Friedman, GQ, 26 Apr. 2018
  • The first festival was a big hit, and the event has steadily grown into the second-largest free jazz festival in Minnesota.
    — Dan Emerson, Twin Cities, 7 Sep. 2019
  • Portland’s biggest free jazz party is gearing up for a weekend of smooth tunes under the historic St. Johns Bridge.
    — oregonlive, 13 July 2022
  • As the fire of free jazz dimmed in the late ’70s and early ’80s, Sanders downshifted to ambient and smooth jazz, slowing his output and fading from public view.
    — Marcus J. Moore, Vulture, 26 Sep. 2022
  • In July, visitors can catch the Midtown Art Walk and free jazz, bluegrass and reggae concerts.
    — Erin E. Williams, Twin Cities, 22 June 2019
  • Taylor was known as one of the pioneers of the free jazz movement, and was seen as a groundbreaking and uncompromising artist.
    — kansascity, 7 Apr. 2018
  • The squeals, bleats and loosening aesthetics of free jazz and rock also contributed to the burgeoning form of music gone wild.
    — Washington Post, 30 Oct. 2021
  • The guitarist and songwriter Wendy Eisenberg was third on the bill, performing in between a loud violinist and a free jazz trio.
    — Washington Post, 13 Nov. 2020
  • The series is the longest running free jazz concert series in America.
    — Kaitlyn Keegan, Hartford Courant, 19 July 2022
  • McGregor’s brother, Ryan, who is the new room’s sound man and production manager, has a passion for free jazz and world music.
    — James Sullivan, BostonGlobe.com, 11 May 2023
  • The countdown is on to Birmingham’s biggest free jazz festival.
    — Shauna Stuart | [email protected], al, 26 Aug. 2023
  • Then everyone settled in to watch a film about confinement and despair set to a frequently menacing score of free jazz.
    — Emily Witt, The New Yorker, 15 Nov. 2021
  • Around this time, Sanders started developing his own playing style, a sound rooted in the emerging free jazz scene but connected to bebop.
    — Marcus J. Moore, Vulture, 26 Sep. 2022
  • There's even a Saturday morning program called Hot Dogs and Jazz, where elementary school kids and their families are treated to free jazz and hot dogs.
    — Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 29 Apr. 2021
  • Kramer credited Sinclair with helping to expand the band’s musical horizons further in the direction of R&B, free jazz and blues.
    — Gary Graff, Billboard, 2 Apr. 2024

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