Free funk

Free funk
Stylistic origins	Free jazz, funk
Cultural origins	1970s in the United States
Typical instruments	Saxophone, guitar, bass guitar, drums
Derivative forms	M-Base

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,^[1] 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.^[2]

References

↑ Yanow, Scott (2005). Jazz: a regional exploration. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 232. ISBN 9780313328718. Retrieved 2010-05-23.
↑ "Free Funk Genre". Allmusic. Retrieved 2007-06-25.

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