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Modern Creative

Continuing the tradition of the '50s to '60s free-jazz mode, Modern Creative musicians may incorporate free playing into structured modes -- or play just about anything. Major proponents of modern creative jazz include John Zorn, Henry Kaiser, Eugene Chadbourne, Tim Berne, Bill Frisell, Steve Lacy, Cecil Taylor, Ornette Coleman, and Ray Anderson.

Modern Creative Song Highlights

Icicles Revisited Tim Berne
Tim Berne
The Dry Season Michael Formanek
Michael Formanek
Black Lotus Bill Laswell
Bill Laswell / Sacred System / Sacred Systems
Desert Flower William Parker
Daniel Carter / Will Connell Jr. / Toshinori Kondo / Peter Kuhn / Rozanne Levine / William Parker / Arthur Williams
727 Frank Kimbrough
The Frank Kimbrough Trio
Gone, Just Like a Train Bill Frisell
Bill Frisell
Snakebite Fred Chalenor / Wayne Horvitz / Andy Roth / Timothy Young
Zony Mash
Heavy Mental (for Wayne Krantz) Tim Berne
Tim Berne
The Immaculate Deception
Michael Formanek
Silhouettes (I, II, III) Sam Shepherd
Floating Points
Tall Tales
Makaya McCraven
Come Sunday Duke Ellington
William Parker
Waltz for Lee Frank Kimbrough
Frank Kimbrough / Joe Locke
Terrorists and Movie Stars David Binney
David Binney
Ben's Music Wayne Horvitz
Wayne Horvitz
Boo Ann's Grand Woody Shaw
Woody Shaw
Part I Keith Jarrett
Keith Jarrett
The James Bond Theme John Barry
Naked City
I Don't Wanna Be Kissed (By Anyone But You) Jack Elliott / Harold Spina
Miles Davis
Nothing Ever Was, Anyway Annette Peacock
Paul Bley
Midnight Special Jimmy Smith
Jimmy Smith
Summertime George Gershwin / Ira Gershwin / DuBose Heyward
Miles Davis / Gil Evans / Gil Evans Orchestra
Hand Jive Tony Williams
Miles Davis
Mannerisms Jeff Parker
Jeff Parker
Litha Chick Corea
Stan Getz
Bremen, Pt. 1 Keith Jarrett
Keith Jarrett
Nocturne Yusef Lateef
Yusef Lateef
The Balance Dave Holland
Dave Holland Quintet
I Can't Be Satisfied McKinley Morganfield / Muddy Waters
Bill Frisell
Kujichaglia Roy Brooks
Max Roach
Black Aether
Bill Laswell
Dred Scott: 1857 Wadada Leo Smith
Wadada Leo Smith
Funky AECO The Art Ensemble of Chicago
The Art Ensemble of Chicago
Autumn Parade [Quartet]
Radiance, Pt. 14 Keith Jarrett
Keith Jarrett
Meditations Eric Dolphy / Charles Mingus
Charles Mingus
The Way Up, Pt. 1 Lyle Mays / Pat Metheny
Pat Metheny Group
My Funny Valentine Lorenz Hart / Richard Rodgers
Jack DeJohnette / Keith Jarrett / Gary Peacock
Alfie Burt Bacharach / Hal David
Bill Evans
Captain Marvel Chick Corea
Chick Corea
Bouncin' With Bud Walter Fuller / Bud Powell
Jack DeJohnette / Keith Jarrett / Gary Peacock
Glimmer of Hope Marcin Wasilewski
Joe Lovano / Marcin Wasilewski Trio
Pegasus Wayne Shorter / Monica Sly
Wayne Shorter
Your Coffee is a Disaster Stuart Duncan / Edgar Meyer / Chris Thile
Giant Steps John Coltrane
Archie Shepp
Lassie Lie Near Me Robert Burns / Traditional
Iain Ballamy / June Tabor / Huw Warren
Raindrops David Holland
Dave Holland / David Holland / Barre Phillips
Eronel Hamid Drake / Misha Mengelberg / Thelonious Monk / Ken Vandermark
Misha Mengelberg
Blue Shift Bill Laswell / Pete Namlook
Psychonavigation
The Old Man of the Mountain
Bill Laswell