Free funk
Music fusion genre which combines funk music with avant-garde jazz
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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]
Stylistic origins
Cultural origins1970s, United States
Typical instruments
Derivative formsM-Base, avant-funk
| Free funk | |
|---|---|
| Stylistic origins | |
| Cultural origins | 1970s, United States |
| Typical instruments | |
| Derivative forms | M-Base, avant-funk |
