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Free jazz is a movement of jazz music first developed in the 1950s and 1960s.

Though the music produced by free jazz pioneers varied widely, the common feature was a dissatisfaction with the limitations of bebop, hard bop, and modal jazz, which had developed in the 1940s and ’50s. Each in his or her own way, free jazz musicians attempted to alter, extend, or break down the conventions of jazz, often by discarding hitherto invariable features of jazz, such as fixed chord changes or tempos. While usually considered experimental and avant-garde, it has also oppositely been conceived as an attempt to return jazz to its “primitive,” often religious roots.

Free jazz is most strongly associated with the ’50s innovations of Ornette Coleman and Cecil Taylor and the later works of saxophonist John Coltrane. Other important pioneers included Eric Dolphy, Albert Ayler, Archie Shepp, Bill Dixon, and Sun Ra.

Although today “free jazz” is the generally-used term, many other terms were used to describe the loosely-defined movement, including “avant-garde”, “energy music” and “The New Thing” . Free-jazz players were often said to be playing “outside” or “out” (as opposed to “inside”, that is, conventionally).

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AC/DC	Great Western Forum Los Angeles, United States	9 people attending Add shout
Monday 8 December 2008
AC/DC	Great Western Forum Los Angeles, United States	4 people attending 1 shout
Tuesday 9 December 2008
Power 106 Cali Christmas at Gibson Amphitheatre Kanye West, T.I., LMAFO, Busta Ryhme	Gibson Amphitheatre Los Angeles, United States	3 people attending 1 shout
Wednesday 10 December 2008
Wayne Shorter	Walt Disney Concert Hall Los Angeles, United States	8 people attending Add shout
Thursday 11 December 2008
The Cure at The Tonight Show The Cure	The Tonight Show Los Angeles, United States	2 people attending Add shout
Friday 12 December 2008
The Cure	Last Call with Carson Daly Los Angeles, United States	9 people attending 4 shouts

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