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Avant-Garde Jazz genre — history, bands and artists
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Geography of Avant-Garde Jazz
Where the artists of the genre come from and where it is on the radio
Landmark albums of Avant-Garde Jazz
Studio albums that listeners most often call this genre
1970Bitches BrewMiles Davis
2021Chaos MagickJohn Zorn & Chaos Magick
1990Torture GardenNaked City
1961Olé ColtraneJohn Coltrane
1974Get Up With ItMiles Davis
1963
The Black Saint and the Sinner LadyCharles Mingus
1964
Out to Lunch!Eric Dolphy
1971
Escalator Over the HillCarla Bley & Paul Haines
2018
Your Queen Is a ReptileSons of Kemet
1971
Journey in SatchidanandaAlice Coltrane featuring Pharoah Sanders
1971Weather ReportWeather Report
New in Avant-Garde Jazz
Albums and singles of the genre released in the last four months
2026All the light in the worldColin Stetson & Brìghde Chaimbeul
2026Elliptical OrbitsSun Ra & His Arkestra
Avant-Garde Jazz by year
How many studio albums of the genre came out each year
Avant-Garde Jazz by country and decade
Bands and artists of the genre from different countries and eras, the best albums of each decade
Artists of Avant-Garde Jazz
The most listened artists of the genre and its subgenres: the bigger the name, the more listeners
Acoustic Ladyland
Alan Skidmore- Alberto Forino
Atomic
Ben Goldberg
Billy Martin- Bobby Previte
Charles Davis
Derek Bailey- Dom Minasi
Edward Vesala- Elvin Jones
Eugene Chadbourne
Free Nelson Mandoomjazz
Gunter Hampel
Han Bennink
Henry Threadgill- James Blood Ulmer
Jeb Bishop
Joey Baron- John Abercrombie
- John Gilmore
John Medeski- John Zorn
Julian Priester
Kenny Wheeler
Larry Willis
Manfred Schoof
Mark Nauseef- Marshall Allen
- Medeski, Martin & Wood
- Naked City
Nels Cline- Nonviolenze
- Paal Nilssen-Love
Pat Patrick- Pekka Sarmanto
- Pharoah Sanders
- Reggie Workman
- Richie Beirach
- Robert Barry
Ronnie Boykins
Rusconi
Sam Rivers- Stefan Rusconi
- Stefano Battaglia
Steve Swallow- Sun Ra
Terry Bozzio- The Sun Ra Arkestra
Trevor Dunn
Ulf Krokfors- Vijay Iyer
Vinny Golia
Zeena Parkins
Сергей Курёхин- 佐藤允彦
- 日野皓正
- 渡辺貞夫
- 菊地雅章
Overview
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Subgenres
Subgenres or what Avant-Garde Jazz is divided into
Origins
Genres from which Avant-Garde Jazz originated
Parent genre
Avant-Garde Jazz is a subgenre, i.e. a narrower direction of these styles
Derived genres
Genres that evolved from Avant-Garde Jazz