 Recorded with a double quartet separated into left and right channels, "Free Jazz" brought a more aggressive, cacophonous texture to Coleman's work, and the record's title would provide the name for the nascent free jazz movement.Pianist Cecil Taylor was also exploring the possibilities of avant-garde free jazz.A classically trained pianist, Taylor's main influences included Thelonious Monk and Horace Silver, who prove key to Taylor's later unconventional uses of the piano.