free jazz
noun
: free-form jazz marked especially by an abandonment of preset chord progression and a lack of melodic pattern
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Each summer, the Fillmore Jazz Festival—the largest free jazz festival on the West Coast—spills into its surrounding streets.
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Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 22 Jan. 2026
The band performed alongside a loose crew of like-minded acts like Black Country, New Road, Shame and Squid who were experimenting with noise, free jazz and textured art-rock, centered around the Brixton venue the Windmill.
—Los Angeles Times, 12 Jan. 2026
At ease everywhere from flitting free jazz to looser, funkier textures, Allen abides, insistent but never overbearing on a session well worth the wait.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 2 Dec. 2025
The band’s new release, Getting Killed, stages an intense and unpredictable melee between punk and free jazz.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 26 Sep. 2025
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Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 22 Jan. 2026
The band performed alongside a loose crew of like-minded acts like Black Country, New Road, Shame and Squid who were experimenting with noise, free jazz and textured art-rock, centered around the Brixton venue the Windmill.
—Los Angeles Times, 12 Jan. 2026
At ease everywhere from flitting free jazz to looser, funkier textures, Allen abides, insistent but never overbearing on a session well worth the wait.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 2 Dec. 2025
The band’s new release, Getting Killed, stages an intense and unpredictable melee between punk and free jazz.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 26 Sep. 2025
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“Free jazz.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/free%20jazz. Accessed 28 Jan. 2026.
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