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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The band’s new release, Getting Killed, stages an intense and unpredictable melee between punk and free jazz.
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Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 26 Sep. 2025
Most of the acts have, at one point or another, played at Constellation — like Bill Callahan, the singer-songwriter with avant-garde bona fides, and Irreversible Entanglements, the free jazz collective.
—Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 4 Sep. 2025
Blending ecstatic free jazz, Mediterranean influences, and techno beats, the pulsing score, performed live, was written by Shechter and his longtime collaborator Yaron Engler.
—Andrew Gilbert, Mercury News, 3 Sep. 2025
The result is a jarring, eccentric, and unfailingly rich suite of music that ranges from sawing violins and percussive water droplets to free jazz and ambient droning.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 20 Aug. 2025
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Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 26 Sep. 2025
Most of the acts have, at one point or another, played at Constellation — like Bill Callahan, the singer-songwriter with avant-garde bona fides, and Irreversible Entanglements, the free jazz collective.
—Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 4 Sep. 2025
Blending ecstatic free jazz, Mediterranean influences, and techno beats, the pulsing score, performed live, was written by Shechter and his longtime collaborator Yaron Engler.
—Andrew Gilbert, Mercury News, 3 Sep. 2025
The result is a jarring, eccentric, and unfailingly rich suite of music that ranges from sawing violins and percussive water droplets to free jazz and ambient droning.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 20 Aug. 2025
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“Free jazz.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/free%20jazz. Accessed 26 Oct. 2025.
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