Avant-garde jazz is a genre that pushes the boundaries of traditional jazz music by incorporating experimental techniques and unconventional sounds. It often features complex rhythms and dissonant harmonies, as well as improvisation and free-form structures. This genre is characterized by its willingness to break away from established norms and explore new sonic territories.
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Popular avant-garde jazz Songs
DJ-Kicks (Motor City Drum Ensemble) [DJ Mix]
2011
The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady
1963
My Name Is Albert Ayler
1963
The Shape Of Jazz To Come
1959
Fly! Fly! Fly! Fly! Fly!
2014
Out To Lunch (The Rudy Van Gelder Edition)
1964
Members Don't Get Weary
1968
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List of avant-garde jazz artists
Here is a list of avant-garde jazz artists on Spotify, ranked based on popularity, who exemplifies the avant-garde jazz genre. You can find out what avant-garde jazz genre sounds like where you can preview artists or sort them the way you want, just click the headers to sort.
# name popularity followers
1
45
155425
2
41
87568
3
47
455580
4
23
2139
5
34
129734
6
16
7953
7
19
15841
8
19
29400
9
15
1734
10
34
76543
11
41
190533
12
14
4483
13
29
10257
14
10
2031
15
32
87072
16
10
2616
17
6
3185
18
9
1834
19
45
186317
20
7
3971
21
28
37144
22
8
1840
23
7
1410
24
6
2236
25
12
1007
26
14
1887
27
4
885
28
23
33330
29
9
2288
30
18
5148
31
23
26577
32
19
2407
33
32
58962
34
14
2311
35
10
2027
36
17
9094
37
15
6290
38
14
9373
39
8
3531
40
25
4380
41
13
8126
42
24
17823
43
20
32212
44
8
1905
45
21
2977
46
8
5584
47
10
4904
48
6
2843
49
9
5038
50
15
12185
51
19
2874
52
9
11341
53
10
3143
54
10
4086
55
6
5103
56
6
3288
57
20
19250
58
5
2508
59
6
1098
60
4
590
61
16
10840
62
6
4032
63
4
2
64
16
6201
65
18
8214
66
16
15053
67
13
7333
68
5
1725
69
12
5644
70
17
11829
71
13
6901
72
13
1951
73
11
3258
74
12
2209
75
6
1365
76
7
946
77
5
1382
78
51
348426
79
29
20159
80
34
96057
81
21
18809
82
20
1039
83
16
3754
84
20
11429
85
35
20082
86
10
1982
87
15
1853
88
25
2637
89
4
1980
90
25
2493
91
21
3278
92
6
693
93
16
20696
94
16
2505
95
11
4567
96
5
472
97
8
969
98
5
982
99
5
276
100
4
1421
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