Free funk

Free funk
Free funk
Stylistic origins	Free jazz; avant-garde jazz; jazz fusion; free improvisation; funk; jazz-funk;
Cultural origins	1970s, United States
Typical instruments	Saxophone; guitar; bass guitar; drums;
Derivative forms	M-Base, avant-funk

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Free-funk is a combination of avant-garde jazz with funk music that developed in the 1970s. Leaders of the genre include Ornette Coleman and his Prime Time group,^[1] Ronald Shannon Jackson and his group Decoding Society, Jamaaladeen Tacuma and his group Spectacle and James "Blood" Ulmer. The music has also been quite influential on the M-Base genre.^[2]

References

^ Yanow, Scott (2005). Jazz: a regional exploration. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 232. ISBN 9780313328718. Retrieved 2010-05-23.
^ "Free Funk Genre". Allmusic. Retrieved 2007-06-25.^{[permanent dead link]}

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[1] Yanow, Scott (2005). Jazz: a regional exploration. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 232. ISBN 9780313328718. Retrieved 2010-05-23.

[2] "Free Funk Genre". Allmusic. Retrieved 2007-06-25.^{[permanent dead link]}

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Genres	Avant-funk Brit funk Deep funk Free funk Funk rock Funk metal Funktronica G-funk Go-go Jazz-funk Minneapolis sound Nu-funk Psychedelic funk
Related	Acid jazz Afrobeat List of funk musicians Funk carioca Funk melody Funk paulista Proibidão Rasteirinha Funky house Liquid funk Neurofunk P-Funk Post-disco Rare groove Samba rock Skweee Swamp rock Timba Zamrock

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