Who was regarded as the first free jazz musician?
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Who was the first jazz musician that exhibited free jazz techniques? Free jazz effectively began with groups led by who?
Lennie Tristano
Ornette Coleman
Free jazz
Who was regarded as the first free jazz musician?
Free jazz Ornette Coleman John Coltrane Albert Ayler Jazz Sun Ra Lennie Tristano European free jazz Jazz fusion Art Tatum
<b>Free jazz</b> is an approach to <b>jazz</b> that developed in the 1960s when <b>musicians</b> 
attempted to ... As result, Sun Ra proved to be one of the <b>first free jazz musicians</b> 
to explore electronic instrumentation, as well as displaying an interest in timbral&nbsp;... Randolph Denard Ornette Coleman (March 9 or 19, 1930 – June 11, 2015) was 
an American <b>jazz</b> saxophonist, violinist, trumpeter, and composer. In the 1960s, 
he was one of the founders of <b>free jazz</b>, a term he invented for ... Some <b>jazz</b> 
<b>musicians</b> called him a fraud, while conductor Leonard Bernstein praised him. John William Coltrane (September 23, 1926 – July 17, 1967) was an American 
<b>jazz</b> saxophonist and composer. Working in the bebop and hard bop idioms <b>early</b> 
in his career, Coltrane helped pioneer the use of modes and was at the forefront 
of <b>free jazz</b>. ... Coltrane championed many young <b>free jazz musicians</b> such as 
Archie Shepp,&nbsp;... Albert Ayler was an American avant-garde <b>jazz</b> saxophonist, singer and 
composer. After <b>early</b> experience playing R&amp;B and bebop, Ayler began recording 
music during the <b>free jazz</b> era of the 1960s ... His innovations have inspired 
subsequent <b>jazz musicians</b>. His trio and quartet records of 1964, such as Spiritual 
Unity and&nbsp;... ... while championing many younger <b>free jazz musicians</b>, notably Archie ... in <b>Jazz</b>
&quot; in Manhattan in 1964, the <b>first free jazz</b> festival. Le Sony&#39;r Ra better known as Sun Ra, was an American <b>jazz</b> composer, 
bandleader, piano and ... of <b>jazz</b>, from ragtime and <b>early</b> New Orleans hot <b>jazz</b>, to 
swing music, bebop, <b>free jazz</b> and fusion. ... Playing for the big bands gave black 
<b>musicians</b> a sense of pride and togetherness, and they were highly <b>regarded</b> in 
the&nbsp;... Leonard Joseph Tristano (March 19, 1919 – November 18, 1978) was an 
American <b>jazz</b> pianist ... Without a drummer, the other <b>musicians</b> also recorded 
the <b>first free</b> improvisations by a group – &quot;Intuition&quot; and &quot;Digression&quot;. ... Tristano is 
<b>regarded</b> as one of the <b>first</b> to teach <b>jazz</b>, particularly improvisation, in a 
structured way. European <b>free jazz</b> is a part of the global <b>free jazz</b> scene with its own 
development and ... As American <b>free jazz musicians</b> continued to play 
throughout Europe, the ... Brötzmann, who is known as one of the <b>first</b> European 
<b>free jazz musicians</b>. <b>Jazz</b> fusion (also known as fusion) is a music genre that developed in the late 
1960s when <b>musicians</b> combined <b>jazz</b> ... The album &quot;mixed <b>free jazz</b> blowing by 
a large ensemble with electronic keyboards and guitar, plus a ... Afro-Cuban <b>jazz</b> 
femerged in the <b>early</b> 1940s with the Cuban <b>musicians</b> Mario Bauza and Frank 
Grillo&nbsp;... Arthur Tatum Jr was an American <b>jazz</b> pianist. Tatum grew up in Toledo, Ohio, 
where he began ... Tatum is widely <b>regarded</b> as one of the greatest <b>jazz</b> pianists. 
... Tatum <b>first</b> attended Jefferson School in Toledo, then moved to the School for 
the ... was of a different order from what most people, from what even <b>musicians</b>, 
had&nbsp;...
Ornette Coleman
Free jazz