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Avant-garde jazz emerged in the 1950s-60s as musicians pushed beyond traditional jazz structures, embracing dissonance, free improvisation, and unconventional techniques. The genre challenges listeners with complex rhythms, extended instrumental methods, and experimental compositions that blur boundaries between jazz, classical, and contemporary music. It reflects cultural movements toward artistic freedom and innovation, often addressing social themes while prioritizing creative expression over commercial accessibility.
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1957 | Sun Ra | Jazz By Sun Ra |
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| 40 | 1958 | Ornette Coleman | Something Else!!!! |
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1959-10 | Ornette Coleman | The Shape of Jazz to Come |
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1960-06 | Ornette Coleman | Change of the Century |
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1961 | Eric Dolphy | Eric Dolphy at the Five Spot |
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| 100 | 1963-07 | Charles Mingus | The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady |
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1964 | Albert Ayler | My Name Is Albert Ayler |
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| 30 | 1964 | Archie Shepp | Four For Trane |
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1965 | John Coltrane | Ascension |
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| 69 | 1965 | Sun Ra | Cosmic Equation |
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| 90 | 1965-01 | John Coltrane | A Love Supreme |
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| 4 | 1966 | Charles Mingus | Right Now: Live At The Jazz Workshop |
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1966 | Herbie Hancock | Empyrean Isles (Expanded Edition) | ||
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1966 | Sun Ra | The Magic City |
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1967 | John Coltrane | Om |
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| 13 | 1967 | Sam Rivers | Contours |
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1968 | Eddie Gale | Eddie Gale’s Ghetto Music |
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| 50 | 1969 | Pharoah Sanders | Karma |
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1969 | Sonny Sharrock | Black Woman |
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| 41 | 1971 | Alice Coltrane | Journey in Satchidananda |
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| 47 | 1971 | Herbie Hancock | Mwandishi |
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| 20 | 1971 | John Coltrane | Sun Ship |
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| 39 | 1971 | Pharoah Sanders | Thembi |
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| 48 | 1971 | Sun Ra | Outer Spaceways Incorporated |
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| 16 | 1971-10-04 | Ornette Coleman | Twins |
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1972 | Charles Mingus | The Great Concert of Charles Mingus |
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| 7 | 1972 | Julius Hemphill | Dogon A.D. |
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| 49 | 1972 | Pharoah Sanders | Black Unity |
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1972 | Max Roach | We Insist!: Freedom Now Suite |
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| 70 | 1973 | Sun Ra | Space Is The Place |
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| 73 | 1974 | Pharoah Sanders | Love In Us All |
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1974 | Miles Davis | Dark Magus |
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1974 | Sun Ra | Supersonic Jazz |
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1975 | Marion Brown | Vista |
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1975 | Komeda Quintet | Astigmatic (Polish Jazz) |
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1976 | George Russell | Electronic Sonata For Souls Loved By Nature |
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| 38 | 1981 | The Lounge Lizards | The Lounge Lizards |
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1985 | Sun Ra | The Night of the Purple Moon | ||
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1986 | Max Roach | We Insist! Max Roach's Freedom Now Suite (Remastered) |
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1986 | Max Roach | We Insist! Max Roach's Freedom Now Suite |
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1986 | Max Roach | We Insist! - Freedom Now Suite |
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1988 | Fire! Orchestra | Enter |
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1989-04-07 | Eric Dolphy | Out There (Rudy Van Gelder Remaster) |
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1991 | Fire! | Testament |
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1991 | Sun Ra | Atlantis |
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| 25 | 1992-12 | Charles Gayle | Repent |
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1996 | John Coltrane | Expression (Expanded Edition) |
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1997 | Naked City | Torture Garden |
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1997-02-19 | Joe Lovano | Trio Tapestry |
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1998-02 | Dave Holland | Conference of the Birds |
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1999-10-05 | Eric Dolphy | The Illinois Concert |
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2001 | Sun Ra | Strange Strings |
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| 71 | 2001-09-25 | John Coltrane | The Olatunji Concert: The Last Live Recording |
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2003 | Sun Ra Arkestra | Sun Ra Arkestra Meets Salah Ragab in Egypt |
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| 65 | 2004-07-27 | Trevor Dunn's Trio-Convulsant | Sister Phantom Owl Fish |
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2004-10-11 | Triosk | 1+3+1 |
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| 19 | 2007-10-24 | Oprachina | The jazz farm |
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2008 | Sun Ra | Sleeping Beauty |
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| 46 | 2008-12-09 | John Zorn | The Crucible |
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| 2 | 2009-07-21 | Sax Ruins | Yawiquo |
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| 82 | 2010-07 | jizue | Bookshelf |
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| 37 | 2010-08-23 | Supersilent | 10 |
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2011 | Eric Dolphy | Out There |
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| 5 | 2011 | Craig Taborn | Avenging Angel |
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2011-02-22 | Colin Stetson | New History Warfare Vol. 2: Judges |
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| 51 | 2011-05-10 | Matana Roberts | Coin Coin Chapter One: Gens de couleur libres |
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2012 | Eric Dolphy | Out To Lunch (The Rudy Van Gelder Edition) |
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| 26 | 2012-11-30 | Jack DeJohnette | Special Edition |
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2013 | Sun Ra | Celestial Love |
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| 57 | 2013-02-05 | Fire! Orchestra | Exit! |
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| 33 | 2013-03-25 | Portico Quartet | Live/Remix |
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2014-04-22 | Sun Ra | Lanquidity (Definitive Edition) |
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2015 | Komara | KOMARA |
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2015-01-16 | Vijay Iyer Trio | Break Stuff |
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2015-04-18 | Sun Ra | Sleeping Beauty (Expanded Edition) |
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2016-02-03 | Ibrahim Maalouf | Red & Black Light |
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2017-04-28 | Colin Stetson | All This I Do for Glory |
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2017-05-05 | Arve Henriksen | Towards Language |
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2017-11-03 | Maciej Obara Quartet | Unloved |
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2018-08-31 | Trygve Seim | Helsinki Songs |
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2018-10-12 | Eli Keszler | Stadium |
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2020-02-07 | Colin Stetson | never were the way she was |
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2020-06-05 | Ambrose Akinmusire | on the tender spot of every calloused moment |
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2020-06-26 | NEPTUNIAN MAXIMALISM | Éons |
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2020-09-23 | Clown Core | Van |
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2021-10-28 | Underworld | DRIFT Episode 1 "DUST" |
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2021-11-12 | ILL CONSIDERED | Liminal Space |
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2022-03-18 | Broadcast | Microtronics - Volumes 1 & 2 |
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2022-04-01 | Niechęć | Unsubscribe |
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2022-04-01 | Niechęć | [self-titled] |
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2022-05-13 | Mary Halvorson | Amaryllis |
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2023 | Damon Locks | New Future City Radio |
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2023-03-31 | London Brew | London Brew |
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2024-04-26 | Thom Yorke | Confidenza (Original Soundtrack) |
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2024-09-06 | Nala Sinephro | Endlessness |
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| 32 | カヒミ・カリィ | Trapeziste |
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| 80 | Patty Waters | Sings |
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| 83 | Bremer/McCoy | Utopia |
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| 31 | The Peter Brötzmann Octet | The Complete Machine Gun Sessions |
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| 34 | Julian Priester Pepo Mtoto | Love, Love |
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