With a focus on the years between 1960 and 1980, Thurston Moore provides Stewart Smith with ten entry points into the wild ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Thurston Moore of the Thurston Moore Band performs during Riot Fest at Douglas Park on Sept. 12, 2015, in Chicago. (Amy Harris / ...

One of the more adventurous and transformative eras in jazz happened amid the societal turbulence of the mid- to late-1960s, and Miles Davis and John Coltrane were leading the way. In his new book ...

Two recent releases from the free jazz universe of music celebrate two of the greatest saxophone icons of the 20th century, Archie Shepp and Pharoah Sanders. I was first exposed to free jazz at a ...

The MO Jazz Music Festival, which alights upon Rose Park next weekend, doesn't necessarily offer free jazz of the adventurous, Ornette Coleman variety. But the one-day outdoor affair celebrates jazz, ...

Charlie "Bird" Parker (1920-1955) may have left this earth at the young age of 34, but his contribution to music history was much more than a grace note. Every time a horn player attempts to play it ...

This challenging subgenre, including the subset of free jazz, is driven by the fire of spontaneity, and its rules are still being written. Eleven writers, critics and musicians share their favorites.