Free music, 1965-1973
 

"free music" moves into "rock music," in Russell's analysis "[f]rom the fringes of jazz [...] by a process of osmosis. Numerous zones of rupture can be identified in the period 1965-73"
 
see for instance the Velvet Underground's use of noise--Lou Reed (according to Russell) has "acknowledge[d] the priority of Cecil Taylor's influence over the squall of amplified guitar noise that followed"
 
the label ESP is "thoroughly representative of this moment of convergence" [...] the "'meeting' between jazz, rock, classical and folk musics is exemplified. The influence of free music is everywhere evident"

> from Bruce Russell's Left-Handed Blows: Writing on Sound 1993-2009 (2009)

> tagged with #improvisation, #jazz, #music,

> created Jan 13, 2025 at 12:43:29 PM


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