Free funk

Free funk
Stylistic origins
Cultural origins1970s, United States
Typical instruments
Derivative formsM-Base, avant-funk

Free-funk is 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 also been quite influential on the M-Base genre.[2]

  1. ^ Yanow, Scott (2005). Jazz: a regional exploration. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 232. ISBN 9780313328718. Retrieved 2010-05-23.
  2. ^ "Free Funk Genre". Allmusic. Retrieved 2007-06-25.[permanent dead link‍]