Cultural origins 1970s, United States | Derivative forms M-Base | |
Stylistic origins Free jazz
avant-garde jazz
jazz fusion
free improvisation
funk
jazz-funk Typical instruments Saxophone
guitar
bass guitar
drums | ||
Free funk is a term that Allmusic and writer Scott Yanow use to describe 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, Ronald Shannon Jackson and his group Decoding Society, Jamaaladeen Tacuma and his group Spectacle and James "Blood" Ulmer. The music has been quite influential on the M-Base genre, as well.
References
Free funk Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA