http://www.rhapsody.com/charts?cat=artist&category=genre&genreId=52&rws=%2Fjazz%2Favant-garde-jazz%2Fartist-chart.rssTop Avant Garde Jazz Artists on Rhapsody OnlineAvant Garde Jazzen720Fri, 25 Dec 2009 16:52:23 -0800 http://static.realone.com/rotw/images/logo_rhapsody_113x22.gif http://www.rhapsody.com/charts?cat=artist&category=genre&genreId=52&rws=%2Fjazz%2Favant-garde-jazz%2Fartist-chart.rss Top Avant Garde Jazz Artists on Rhapsody Online http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.5912&rws=%2Fjazz%2Favant-garde-jazz%2Fartist-chart.rss Post Bop Thu, 24 Dec 2009 13:15:47 -0800 Top Avant Garde Jazz Artists on Rhapsody Online art.5912 art.5912 John Coltrane art.5912 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.5912&variant=play&rws=%2Fjazz%2Favant-garde-jazz%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.5912&variant=data&rws=%2Fjazz%2Favant-garde-jazz%2Fartist-chart.rss Giant Steps. Coltrane's warp-speed sonic attack on this album was called by the critics but his playing kept evolving. In '61, he solidified the lineup of a new quartet with pianist McCoy Tyner, bassist Jimmy Garrison, and drummer Elvin Jones. Their playing was largely modal, based on the approach Coltrane had learned with Miles Davis. In the years that followed, the group began pushing towards total freedom. At the same time, Coltrane began to tackle more spiritual themes, which one can hear on the two suites A Love Supreme and Meditations. By his untimely death in 1967, Coltrane had moved entirely into free-form improvisation; yet even in his most chaotic playing one senses a higher purpose. John Coltrane was both a deeply spiritual person and a relentless stylistic innovator, who demolished the boundaries of jazz in search of transcendence. - Noah Enelow]]> http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.39956&rws=%2Fjazz%2Favant-garde-jazz%2Fartist-chart.rss Post Bop Fri, 4 Dec 2009 13:20:15 -0800 Top Avant Garde Jazz Artists on Rhapsody Online art.39956 art.39956 Keith Jarrett art.39956 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.39956&variant=play&rws=%2Fjazz%2Favant-garde-jazz%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.39956&variant=data&rws=%2Fjazz%2Favant-garde-jazz%2Fartist-chart.rss Live/Evil (1970) and other recordings opposite Chick Corea. After swearing off the electric piano and organ, Jarrett proceeded to set the jazz world on its ear with his melodically masterful straight-ahead jazz dates and solo performances. In the legendary The Koln Concert (1975), he set the stage for a new breed of jazz that organically developed outside the realm of Bop -- though unfortunately a great number of new age pianists have butchered Jarrett's entrancing, rhythmic style. These days he tours sporadically, performing both classical and jazz music when not suffering from chronic fatigue syndrome. - Noah Enelow]]> http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.37874&rws=%2Fjazz%2Favant-garde-jazz%2Fartist-chart.rss Avant Garde Jazz Wed, 25 Nov 2009 11:50:50 -0800 Top Avant Garde Jazz Artists on Rhapsody Online art.37874 art.37874 Bill Frisell art.37874 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.37874&variant=play&rws=%2Fjazz%2Favant-garde-jazz%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.37874&variant=data&rws=%2Fjazz%2Favant-garde-jazz%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.62112&rws=%2Fjazz%2Favant-garde-jazz%2Fartist-chart.rss Avant Garde Jazz Sun, 13 Dec 2009 10:14:07 -0800 Top Avant Garde Jazz Artists on Rhapsody Online art.62112 art.62112 Charles Mingus art.62112 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.62112&variant=play&rws=%2Fjazz%2Favant-garde-jazz%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.62112&variant=data&rws=%2Fjazz%2Favant-garde-jazz%2Fartist-chart.rss Blues and Roots, Mingus Ah Um, and Mingus, Mingus, Mingus, Mingus, Mingus. He enlisted a big band and recorded a masterpiece of modern music, The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady. He also toured Europe with a quintet, featuring the great Eric Dolphy. In 1977, after a short retirement and before his death, he recorded two more small combo albums, both entitled Changes. A virtuoso bassist and composer, Mingus irrevocably changed the face of jazz.]]> http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.6127&rws=%2Fjazz%2Favant-garde-jazz%2Fartist-chart.rss Cool/West Coast Jazz Thu, 12 Nov 2009 19:09:58 -0800 Top Avant Garde Jazz Artists on Rhapsody Online art.6127 art.6127 Modern Jazz Quartet art.6127 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.6127&variant=play&rws=%2Fjazz%2Favant-garde-jazz%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.6127&variant=data&rws=%2Fjazz%2Favant-garde-jazz%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.4182&rws=%2Fjazz%2Favant-garde-jazz%2Fartist-chart.rss Ethnic Fusion Fri, 2 Oct 2009 11:02:15 -0700 Top Avant Garde Jazz Artists on Rhapsody Online art.4182 art.4182 Bill Douglas art.4182 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.4182&variant=play&rws=%2Fjazz%2Favant-garde-jazz%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.4182&variant=data&rws=%2Fjazz%2Favant-garde-jazz%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.4158&rws=%2Fjazz%2Favant-garde-jazz%2Fartist-chart.rss Avant Garde Jazz Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:13:24 -0800 Top Avant Garde Jazz Artists on Rhapsody Online art.4158 art.4158 John Zorn art.4158 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.4158&variant=play&rws=%2Fjazz%2Favant-garde-jazz%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.4158&variant=data&rws=%2Fjazz%2Favant-garde-jazz%2Fartist-chart.rss Cobra) and hyperactive, slice-and-dice Grindcore (Torture Garden) to near-minimalist Chamber Music (Redbird) and cinematic studio collages (Spillane and The Big Gundown). The New York City native's most identifiable trademarks are his bloodied, high pitch-dwelling alto saxophone playing and, as a composer, his use of rapid, jarring juxtapositions -- in mood, volume, genre, and/or instrumentation. Both qualities featured heavily in his late '80s/early '90s supergroup Naked City, a sort of rock band summation of his work since the late '70s and one of his two most popular projects. The other, his Jewish-jazz quartet Masada, is relatively traditional, featuring Klezmer and Middle Eastern-flavored melodies in an energetic, Post Bop-to-Free Jazz context. Marking a new phase of his career, Zorn has been devoting attention to his classical material, and in doing so ensuring that his listeners will consistently remain on their toes. - Will York]]> http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.3251&rws=%2Fjazz%2Favant-garde-jazz%2Fartist-chart.rss Post Bop Wed, 7 Oct 2009 12:12:50 -0700 Top Avant Garde Jazz Artists on Rhapsody Online art.3251 art.3251 Charlie Haden art.3251 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.3251&variant=play&rws=%2Fjazz%2Favant-garde-jazz%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.3251&variant=data&rws=%2Fjazz%2Favant-garde-jazz%2Fartist-chart.rss Haunted Heart, was Haden's first mainstream hit and reintroduced him as a master of ballads and romantic material. He kept recording with Quartet West while cutting solo sets. In 2008, he recorded Friends & Family: Rambling Boy, a pitch-perfect look back at the folk music of his youth. - Nick Dedina]]> http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.69159&rws=%2Fjazz%2Favant-garde-jazz%2Fartist-chart.rss Free Jazz Wed, 7 Oct 2009 12:12:55 -0700 Top Avant Garde Jazz Artists on Rhapsody Online art.69159 art.69159 Pharoah Sanders art.69159 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.69159&variant=play&rws=%2Fjazz%2Favant-garde-jazz%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.69159&variant=data&rws=%2Fjazz%2Favant-garde-jazz%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.6540&rws=%2Fjazz%2Favant-garde-jazz%2Fartist-chart.rss Post Bop Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:39:06 -0800 Top Avant Garde Jazz Artists on Rhapsody Online art.6540 art.6540 Paul Motian art.6540 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.6540&variant=play&rws=%2Fjazz%2Favant-garde-jazz%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.6540&variant=data&rws=%2Fjazz%2Favant-garde-jazz%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.6360&rws=%2Fjazz%2Favant-garde-jazz%2Fartist-chart.rss Big Band Mon, 21 Dec 2009 09:57:28 -0800 Top Avant Garde Jazz Artists on Rhapsody Online art.6360 art.6360 Stan Kenton art.6360 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.6360&variant=play&rws=%2Fjazz%2Favant-garde-jazz%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.6360&variant=data&rws=%2Fjazz%2Favant-garde-jazz%2Fartist-chart.rss City of Glass remain cutting edge Third Stream works. Kenton's reputation suffered at the hands of latter day critics who complained that his music wasn't "black" enough. Today, people are waking up to the fact that his music was special because it sounded like no one else's. - Nick Dedina]]> http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.6427&rws=%2Fjazz%2Favant-garde-jazz%2Fartist-chart.rss Post Bop Tue, 24 Nov 2009 09:38:13 -0800 Top Avant Garde Jazz Artists on Rhapsody Online art.6427 art.6427 Rahsaan Roland Kirk art.6427 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.6427&variant=play&rws=%2Fjazz%2Favant-garde-jazz%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.6427&variant=data&rws=%2Fjazz%2Favant-garde-jazz%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.5921&rws=%2Fjazz%2Favant-garde-jazz%2Fartist-chart.rss Avant Garde Jazz Sat, 19 Dec 2009 10:51:22 -0800 Top Avant Garde Jazz Artists on Rhapsody Online art.5921 art.5921 Eric Dolphy art.5921 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.5921&variant=play&rws=%2Fjazz%2Favant-garde-jazz%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.5921&variant=data&rws=%2Fjazz%2Favant-garde-jazz%2Fartist-chart.rss Out to Lunch! album. That same year, his sudden death from diabetes shocked the jazz community. Dolphy's unique voice continues to inspire the contemporary avant-garde. - Noah Enelow]]> http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.6595&rws=%2Fjazz%2Favant-garde-jazz%2Fartist-chart.rss Post Bop Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:38:28 -0800 Top Avant Garde Jazz Artists on Rhapsody Online art.6595 art.6595 Bobby Hutcherson art.6595 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.6595&variant=play&rws=%2Fjazz%2Favant-garde-jazz%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.6595&variant=data&rws=%2Fjazz%2Favant-garde-jazz%2Fartist-chart.rss Out to Lunch). Talented in the extreme, he went on to perform with hard and post-bopsters like Herbie Hancock, Grant Green, and McCoy Tyner. His straight-ahead, crowd-pleasing work is just as tasty as his far-out jams. He has a new contract with Verve and enters the new century showing off his ballad mastery.]]> http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.4200&rws=%2Fjazz%2Favant-garde-jazz%2Fartist-chart.rss Ambient Dub Sat, 19 Dec 2009 10:51:45 -0800 Top Avant Garde Jazz Artists on Rhapsody Online art.4200 art.4200 Bill Laswell art.4200 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.4200&variant=play&rws=%2Fjazz%2Favant-garde-jazz%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.4200&variant=data&rws=%2Fjazz%2Favant-garde-jazz%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.10121&rws=%2Fjazz%2Favant-garde-jazz%2Fartist-chart.rss Avant Garde Jazz Fri, 4 Dec 2009 13:19:56 -0800 Top Avant Garde Jazz Artists on Rhapsody Online art.10121 art.10121 Dave Holland art.10121 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.10121&variant=play&rws=%2Fjazz%2Favant-garde-jazz%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.10121&variant=data&rws=%2Fjazz%2Favant-garde-jazz%2Fartist-chart.rss Bitches Brew-era Miles Davis albums and starting the exploratory groups Circle and The Gateway Trio with such peers as Chick Corea, Anthony Braxton and John Abercrombie. As a group leader, Holland recorded primarily for the famed avant-garde jazz ECM label, but he also carries forward the traditions of big band swing and small group bop (in this, he has much in common with drummer Elvin Jones and, especially, fellow bassist/composer/bandleader Charles Mingus). By the late 1990s, Dave Holland was enjoying major public recognition from jazz fans, in the 2000s, he started winning much deserved Grammy awards. The quiet, but obvious joy that Holland conveys while playing music on CD and in concert settings is a big part of his success. His music makes you feel good. - Nick Dedina]]> http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.4723&rws=%2Fjazz%2Favant-garde-jazz%2Fartist-chart.rss Hard Bop Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:39:18 -0800 Top Avant Garde Jazz Artists on Rhapsody Online art.4723 art.4723 Yusef Lateef art.4723 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.4723&variant=play&rws=%2Fjazz%2Favant-garde-jazz%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.4723&variant=data&rws=%2Fjazz%2Favant-garde-jazz%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.42235&rws=%2Fjazz%2Favant-garde-jazz%2Fartist-chart.rss Film Scores Fri, 14 Aug 2009 11:02:46 -0700 Top Avant Garde Jazz Artists on Rhapsody Online art.42235 art.42235 Lalo Schifrin art.42235 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.42235&variant=play&rws=%2Fjazz%2Favant-garde-jazz%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.42235&variant=data&rws=%2Fjazz%2Favant-garde-jazz%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.7010&rws=%2Fjazz%2Favant-garde-jazz%2Fartist-chart.rss Post Bop Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:50:54 -0800 Top Avant Garde Jazz Artists on Rhapsody Online art.7010 art.7010 Charles Lloyd art.7010 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.7010&variant=play&rws=%2Fjazz%2Favant-garde-jazz%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.7010&variant=data&rws=%2Fjazz%2Favant-garde-jazz%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.11779&rws=%2Fjazz%2Favant-garde-jazz%2Fartist-chart.rss Third Stream Wed, 16 Dec 2009 11:55:34 -0800 Top Avant Garde Jazz Artists on Rhapsody Online art.11779 art.11779 Claude Bolling art.11779 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.11779&variant=play&rws=%2Fjazz%2Favant-garde-jazz%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.11779&variant=data&rws=%2Fjazz%2Favant-garde-jazz%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.40943&rws=%2Fjazz%2Favant-garde-jazz%2Fartist-chart.rss Post Bop Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:13:23 -0800 Top Avant Garde Jazz Artists on Rhapsody Online art.40943 art.40943 The Bad Plus art.40943 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.40943&variant=play&rws=%2Fjazz%2Favant-garde-jazz%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.40943&variant=data&rws=%2Fjazz%2Favant-garde-jazz%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.27645&rws=%2Fjazz%2Favant-garde-jazz%2Fartist-chart.rss Post Bop Thu, 3 Dec 2009 22:53:22 -0800 Top Avant Garde Jazz Artists on Rhapsody Online art.27645 art.27645 Jason Moran art.27645 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.27645&variant=play&rws=%2Fjazz%2Favant-garde-jazz%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.27645&variant=data&rws=%2Fjazz%2Favant-garde-jazz%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.38090&rws=%2Fjazz%2Favant-garde-jazz%2Fartist-chart.rss Avant Garde Jazz Thu, 26 Nov 2009 11:27:41 -0800 Top Avant Garde Jazz Artists on Rhapsody Online art.38090 art.38090 Dave Douglas art.38090 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.38090&variant=play&rws=%2Fjazz%2Favant-garde-jazz%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.38090&variant=data&rws=%2Fjazz%2Favant-garde-jazz%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.2691&rws=%2Fjazz%2Favant-garde-jazz%2Fartist-chart.rss Avant Garde Jazz Thu, 8 Oct 2009 11:44:23 -0700 Top Avant Garde Jazz Artists on Rhapsody Online art.2691 art.2691 Jan Garbarek art.2691 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.2691&variant=play&rws=%2Fjazz%2Favant-garde-jazz%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.2691&variant=data&rws=%2Fjazz%2Favant-garde-jazz%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.52700&rws=%2Fjazz%2Favant-garde-jazz%2Fartist-chart.rss Third Stream Tue, 1 Sep 2009 02:38:53 -0700 Top Avant Garde Jazz Artists on Rhapsody Online art.52700 art.52700 Turtle Island String Quartet art.52700 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.52700&variant=play&rws=%2Fjazz%2Favant-garde-jazz%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.52700&variant=data&rws=%2Fjazz%2Favant-garde-jazz%2Fartist-chart.rss On the Town) to the Detroit Symphony Orchestra (A Night in Tunisia, a Week in Detroit). Their calling card and biggest asset, though, has been their ability to make the idea of an improvising, jazz-playing string quartet into a reality, and one that transcends mere novelty status. - Will York]]> http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.2761&rws=%2Fjazz%2Favant-garde-jazz%2Fartist-chart.rss Experimental Fri, 11 Dec 2009 11:40:19 -0800 Top Avant Garde Jazz Artists on Rhapsody Online art.2761 art.2761 Fred Frith art.2761 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.2761&variant=play&rws=%2Fjazz%2Favant-garde-jazz%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.2761&variant=data&rws=%2Fjazz%2Favant-garde-jazz%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.61910&rws=%2Fjazz%2Favant-garde-jazz%2Fartist-chart.rss Avant Garde Jazz Sun, 25 Jan 2009 12:58:35 -0800 Top Avant Garde Jazz Artists on Rhapsody Online art.61910 art.61910 Tin Hat Trio art.61910 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.61910&variant=play&rws=%2Fjazz%2Favant-garde-jazz%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.61910&variant=data&rws=%2Fjazz%2Favant-garde-jazz%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.948&rws=%2Fjazz%2Favant-garde-jazz%2Fartist-chart.rss Avant Garde Jazz Sat, 16 May 2009 12:06:41 -0700 Top Avant Garde Jazz Artists on Rhapsody Online art.948 art.948 Wayne Horvitz art.948 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.948&variant=play&rws=%2Fjazz%2Favant-garde-jazz%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.948&variant=data&rws=%2Fjazz%2Favant-garde-jazz%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.61739&rws=%2Fjazz%2Favant-garde-jazz%2Fartist-chart.rss Cool/West Coast Jazz Sat, 12 Dec 2009 11:17:09 -0800 Top Avant Garde Jazz Artists on Rhapsody Online art.61739 art.61739 Chico Hamilton art.61739 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.61739&variant=play&rws=%2Fjazz%2Favant-garde-jazz%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.61739&variant=data&rws=%2Fjazz%2Favant-garde-jazz%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.4050&rws=%2Fjazz%2Favant-garde-jazz%2Fartist-chart.rss Avant Garde Jazz Sat, 19 Dec 2009 10:51:46 -0800 Top Avant Garde Jazz Artists on Rhapsody Online art.4050 art.4050 Sun Ra art.4050 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.4050&variant=play&rws=%2Fjazz%2Favant-garde-jazz%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.4050&variant=data&rws=%2Fjazz%2Favant-garde-jazz%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.39922&rws=%2Fjazz%2Favant-garde-jazz%2Fartist-chart.rss Post Bop Thu, 12 Nov 2009 19:09:51 -0800 Top Avant Garde Jazz Artists on Rhapsody Online art.39922 art.39922 James Carter art.39922 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.39922&variant=play&rws=%2Fjazz%2Favant-garde-jazz%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.39922&variant=data&rws=%2Fjazz%2Favant-garde-jazz%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.1181&rws=%2Fjazz%2Favant-garde-jazz%2Fartist-chart.rss Free Jazz Thu, 3 Dec 2009 22:53:34 -0800 Top Avant Garde Jazz Artists on Rhapsody Online art.1181 art.1181 Ornette Coleman art.1181 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.1181&variant=play&rws=%2Fjazz%2Favant-garde-jazz%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.1181&variant=data&rws=%2Fjazz%2Favant-garde-jazz%2Fartist-chart.rss Free Jazz consisted of two quartets (each with two horns, bass and drums) improvising together all at once! In 1975, Coleman applied his musical revolution, called harmolodics,to a rock band, founding the group Prime Time. - Noah Enelow]]> http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.6308&rws=%2Fjazz%2Favant-garde-jazz%2Fartist-chart.rss Post Bop Thu, 3 Dec 2009 22:53:22 -0800 Top Avant Garde Jazz Artists on Rhapsody Online art.6308 art.6308 Tony Williams art.6308 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.6308&variant=play&rws=%2Fjazz%2Favant-garde-jazz%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.6308&variant=data&rws=%2Fjazz%2Favant-garde-jazz%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.5467&rws=%2Fjazz%2Favant-garde-jazz%2Fartist-chart.rss Third Stream Fri, 18 Dec 2009 12:08:42 -0800 Top Avant Garde Jazz Artists on Rhapsody Online art.5467 art.5467 Moondog art.5467 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.5467&variant=play&rws=%2Fjazz%2Favant-garde-jazz%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.5467&variant=data&rws=%2Fjazz%2Favant-garde-jazz%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.62014&rws=%2Fjazz%2Favant-garde-jazz%2Fartist-chart.rss Jazz Piano Thu, 2 Jul 2009 13:48:54 -0700 Top Avant Garde Jazz Artists on Rhapsody Online art.62014 art.62014 John Lewis art.62014 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.62014&variant=play&rws=%2Fjazz%2Favant-garde-jazz%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.62014&variant=data&rws=%2Fjazz%2Favant-garde-jazz%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.11998&rws=%2Fjazz%2Favant-garde-jazz%2Fartist-chart.rss Swing Sat, 21 Nov 2009 13:43:16 -0800 Top Avant Garde Jazz Artists on Rhapsody Online art.11998 art.11998 Raymond Scott art.11998 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.11998&variant=play&rws=%2Fjazz%2Favant-garde-jazz%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.11998&variant=data&rws=%2Fjazz%2Favant-garde-jazz%2Fartist-chart.rss Looney Tunes soundtracks. Complex and enormously daunting from a musician's standpoint, the mutated Swing numbers were nonetheless popular in their pre-Looney Tunes day, even if Scott never really fit into the jazz world. Critics chastised his music for being rhythmically stiff and too clever for its own good, citing wordy titles like "Dinner Music for a Pack of Hungry Cannibals" as evidence. Only recently has he been granted a serious revaluation, having been championed by musicians such as clarinetist Don Byron. Coinciding with this rediscovery is a cult-level interest in Scott's later electronic music: his 1963 Soothing Sounds for Baby series was heralded upon its recent reissue as presaging everyone from Ambient pioneer Brian Eno to Krautrock legends Kraftwerk. Manhattan Research, Inc. (2000) gathers more of his earlier synthesizer explorations, from studio experiments to commercial jingles, with results that sound surprisingly in-step with developments in modern-day electronica. - Will York]]> http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.5250&rws=%2Fjazz%2Favant-garde-jazz%2Fartist-chart.rss Free Jazz Sun, 22 Feb 2009 10:57:12 -0800 Top Avant Garde Jazz Artists on Rhapsody Online art.5250 art.5250 The Flying Luttenbachers art.5250 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.5250&variant=play&rws=%2Fjazz%2Favant-garde-jazz%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.5250&variant=data&rws=%2Fjazz%2Favant-garde-jazz%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.68447&rws=%2Fjazz%2Favant-garde-jazz%2Fartist-chart.rss Free Jazz Sat, 27 Jun 2009 13:30:15 -0700 Top Avant Garde Jazz Artists on Rhapsody Online art.68447 art.68447 Roswell Rudd art.68447 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.68447&variant=play&rws=%2Fjazz%2Favant-garde-jazz%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.68447&variant=data&rws=%2Fjazz%2Favant-garde-jazz%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.2893&rws=%2Fjazz%2Favant-garde-jazz%2Fartist-chart.rss Cool Sun, 15 Nov 2009 11:03:43 -0800 Top Avant Garde Jazz Artists on Rhapsody Online art.2893 art.2893 Lennie Tristano art.2893 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.2893&variant=play&rws=%2Fjazz%2Favant-garde-jazz%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.2893&variant=data&rws=%2Fjazz%2Favant-garde-jazz%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.4567&rws=%2Fjazz%2Favant-garde-jazz%2Fartist-chart.rss Avant Garde Jazz Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:50:54 -0800 Top Avant Garde Jazz Artists on Rhapsody Online art.4567 art.4567 Marc Ribot art.4567 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.4567&variant=play&rws=%2Fjazz%2Favant-garde-jazz%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.4567&variant=data&rws=%2Fjazz%2Favant-garde-jazz%2Fartist-chart.rss else's music -- in this case that of Cuba's Arsenio Rodriguez. This unexpectedly popular project highlights the more melodic, less abrasive side of his mongrelized guitar style, a merger of jazz finesse, Punk attitude, and Chuck Berry-inspired rock 'n' roll simplicity with shards of blues, Surf, and Latin music. His past groups have emphasized these elements in varying proportions: Shrek was a noisy, confrontational outfit that combined simple, folk-like melodies with deconstructionist improv rampages; the aptly named Rootless Cosmopolitans came closer to "normal" rock and blues at times, but Ribot's cynical, knowingly off-key vocals and bleeding-amp guitar leads kept things off balance. These projects have their imperfections -- more so than the recent Cuban one -- but when you're dealing with someone who owns up to playing "wrong notes" in his solos, perfection is not to be expected, or even really desired. - Will York]]> http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.4918&rws=%2Fjazz%2Favant-garde-jazz%2Fartist-chart.rss Avant Garde Jazz Thu, 9 Jul 2009 12:13:06 -0700 Top Avant Garde Jazz Artists on Rhapsody Online art.4918 art.4918 David Murray art.4918 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.4918&variant=play&rws=%2Fjazz%2Favant-garde-jazz%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.4918&variant=data&rws=%2Fjazz%2Favant-garde-jazz%2Fartist-chart.rss Ming (1980), with its blend of colorful octet arrangements, down home melodies and raucously free-spirited group improvisation, is a prime example of this convergence and has remained one of the era's more widely hailed recordings. Singling out any one album would be misleading, however. Murray has led more than eighty-five LPs, working variations on his own brand of small combo, inside/outside, never-quite-mainstream jazz and also delving into Big Band, electric Funk, Organ Jazz, and Gospel territories. Some charge that he's spread himself too thin, but his work has been remarkably consistent in terms of both quality and its brash, soul-heavy personality. - Will York]]> http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.3683&rws=%2Fjazz%2Favant-garde-jazz%2Fartist-chart.rss Avant Garde Jazz Thu, 22 Oct 2009 13:23:56 -0700 Top Avant Garde Jazz Artists on Rhapsody Online art.3683 art.3683 Alice Coltrane art.3683 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.3683&variant=play&rws=%2Fjazz%2Favant-garde-jazz%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.3683&variant=data&rws=%2Fjazz%2Favant-garde-jazz%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.2817&rws=%2Fjazz%2Favant-garde-jazz%2Fartist-chart.rss Pop-Jazz Fri, 14 Aug 2009 11:04:08 -0700 Top Avant Garde Jazz Artists on Rhapsody Online art.2817 art.2817 Jacques Loussier art.2817 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.2817&variant=play&rws=%2Fjazz%2Favant-garde-jazz%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.2817&variant=data&rws=%2Fjazz%2Favant-garde-jazz%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.3437&rws=%2Fjazz%2Favant-garde-jazz%2Fartist-chart.rss Avant Garde Jazz Thu, 3 Dec 2009 22:54:24 -0800 Top Avant Garde Jazz Artists on Rhapsody Online art.3437 art.3437 Andrew Hill art.3437 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.3437&variant=play&rws=%2Fjazz%2Favant-garde-jazz%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.3437&variant=data&rws=%2Fjazz%2Favant-garde-jazz%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.43481&rws=%2Fjazz%2Favant-garde-jazz%2Fartist-chart.rss Post Bop Sat, 20 Jun 2009 09:07:17 -0700 Top Avant Garde Jazz Artists on Rhapsody Online art.43481 art.43481 Greg Osby art.43481 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.43481&variant=play&rws=%2Fjazz%2Favant-garde-jazz%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.43481&variant=data&rws=%2Fjazz%2Favant-garde-jazz%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.21303&rws=%2Fjazz%2Favant-garde-jazz%2Fartist-chart.rss Avant Garde Jazz Fri, 19 Jun 2009 09:08:28 -0700 Top Avant Garde Jazz Artists on Rhapsody Online art.21303 art.21303 Olu Dara art.21303 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.21303&variant=play&rws=%2Fjazz%2Favant-garde-jazz%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.21303&variant=data&rws=%2Fjazz%2Favant-garde-jazz%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.20003&rws=%2Fjazz%2Favant-garde-jazz%2Fartist-chart.rss Avant Garde Jazz Wed, 30 Sep 2009 10:30:02 -0700 Top Avant Garde Jazz Artists on Rhapsody Online art.20003 art.20003 Uri Caine art.20003 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.20003&variant=play&rws=%2Fjazz%2Favant-garde-jazz%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.20003&variant=data&rws=%2Fjazz%2Favant-garde-jazz%2Fartist-chart.rss Urlicht/Primal Light, a genre-hopping reinterpretation of Gustav Mahler's music, is the most celebrated (and controversial) example of this. Recorded with an all-star cast including Byron, trumpeter Dave Douglas, drummer Joey Baron and DJ Olive, the album weaves together Hard Bop, Jewish cantorial singing, samples/turntables, tumult-raising improv and stirring ensemble arrangements. Depending on whom you ask, it's either blasphemy, shallow postmodernism or a stroke of genius. In any case, this work paved the way for similar projects, including a double-disc take on J.S. Bach's Goldberg Variations. His straight jazz work is lower profile, but is nevertheless worthy of equal attention. Blue Wail, a trio recording with heavy hitter Ralph Peterson, Jr. on drums, is one strong example of his brand of dissonance-spiked progressive Post Bop. - Will York]]> http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.55628&rws=%2Fjazz%2Favant-garde-jazz%2Fartist-chart.rss Avant Garde Jazz Fri, 15 May 2009 11:40:28 -0700 Top Avant Garde Jazz Artists on Rhapsody Online art.55628 art.55628 Leon Thomas art.55628 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.55628&variant=play&rws=%2Fjazz%2Favant-garde-jazz%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.55628&variant=data&rws=%2Fjazz%2Favant-garde-jazz%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.9912&rws=%2Fjazz%2Favant-garde-jazz%2Fartist-chart.rss Asia Tue, 6 Oct 2009 09:54:11 -0700 Top Avant Garde Jazz Artists on Rhapsody Online art.9912 art.9912 Min Xiao-Fen art.9912 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.9912&variant=play&rws=%2Fjazz%2Favant-garde-jazz%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.9912&variant=data&rws=%2Fjazz%2Favant-garde-jazz%2Fartist-chart.rss Spring, River, Flower, Moon, Night -- serve as the most compelling examples of both her percussive, rapid-fire string attacks and the alternate moments of serenity characteristic of the music. - Will York]]> http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.68548&rws=%2Fjazz%2Favant-garde-jazz%2Fartist-chart.rss Experimental Fri, 14 Aug 2009 11:03:32 -0700 Top Avant Garde Jazz Artists on Rhapsody Online art.68548 art.68548 Eugene Chadbourne art.68548 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.68548&variant=play&rws=%2Fjazz%2Favant-garde-jazz%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.68548&variant=data&rws=%2Fjazz%2Favant-garde-jazz%2Fartist-chart.rss