Where to Start with free jazz
music genre
170 artists
Best free jazz Albums to Start With
free jazz Artists
Otomo Yoshihide
noise music
Tom Harrell
jazz
Albert Mangelsdorff
avant-garde jazz, jazz
Alexander von Schlippenbach
free improvisation, jazz
Mats Gustafsson
jazz
Ravi Coltrane
jazz
Norman Connors
jazz
Alan Silva
European free jazz, experimental big band
Irène Schweizer
free improvisation
Julian Priester
jazz
Charlie Haden
avant-garde jazz, jazz
Chris Potter
jazz
Akira Sakata
jazz
Tomasz Stańko
jazz
Yōsuke Yamashita
jazz, jazz fusion
Jaki Byard
hard bop, jazz
About free jazz
What is free jazz?
music genre
Where should I start with free jazz?
Start with "A Love Supreme" by John Coltrane. It captures what makes free jazz worth exploring.
What are the best free jazz albums?
The free jazz albums worth hearing first: "A Love Supreme" by John Coltrane, "New Thing at Newport" by John Coltrane, "The Cats" by John Coltrane, "Mingus Three" by Charles Mingus and "Newport Rebels" by Charles Mingus.
How many free jazz artists are there?
northsound.fm covers 170 free jazz artists, each with a recommended starting album and listening path.