How does free form jazz relate to the chance music of John Cage?
Discuss the possible effects of their very different backgrounds on the music of Ornette Coleman and Cecil Taylor.
Cecil Taylor often approaches the piano as a drummer might. The piano is a member of which instrumental family?
Listen to Stan Kenton’s “City of Glass” (Capitol 8 32084). Do you hear any relationship to free jazz or the jazz avant-garde?
Some avant-garde performers specify that they play “emotion”, which is entirely different from playing lines, keys, modes, or rhythms. Discuss the “emotion” you hear in other forms of jazz.
