Free Improvisation
7,243works
20,914pressings
1955first year
Works per year
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Format by decade
| Format | 1950s | 1960s | 1970s | 1980s | 1990s | 2000s | 2010s | 2020s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vinyl | 74% | 95% | 92% | 67% | 8% | 12% | 22% | 26% |
| CD | · | · | · | 17% | 78% | 59% | 27% | 21% |
| File | · | · | · | · | · | 8% | 33% | 36% |
| Cassette | · | · | 4% | 14% | 10% | 2% | 6% | 7% |
| CDr | · | · | · | · | 3% | 13% | 8% | 6% |
Sounds like
Free JazzAvant-garde JazzExperimentalContemporary JazzAvantgardeAbstractNoiseContemporaryGagakuMusique ConcrèteFusionElectroacousticJazz-RockDrone
Most-pressed works
| Title | Artist | Year | Pressings |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Köln Concert | Keith Jarrett | 1975 | 158 |
| Kulu Sé Mama | John Coltrane | 1967 | 78 |
| Meditations | John Coltrane | 1966 | 74 |
| Inventions And Dimensions | Herbie Hancock | 1964 | 65 |
| Om | John Coltrane | 1967 | 63 |
| La Fiesta | Chick Corea | 1981 | 63 |
| East Broadway Run Down | Sonny Rollins | 1967 | 60 |
| Solo Concerts: Bremen / Lausanne | Keith Jarrett | 1973 | 55 |
| Ascension (Edition II) | John Coltrane | 1966 | 54 |
| Thembi | Pharoah Sanders | 1971 | 51 |
| Mingus Plays Piano (Spontaneous Compositions And Improvisations) | Charles Mingus | 1964 | 50 |
| In Greenwich Village | Albert Ayler | 1967 | 49 |
| Free | Airto Moreira | 1972 | 42 |
| Concerts | Keith Jarrett | 1982 | 42 |
| Bewitched | Andy Summers | 1984 | 42 |
| Lorca | Tim Buckley | 1970 | 37 |
| The Magic Of Ju-Ju | Archie Shepp | 1967 | 34 |
| Staircase | Keith Jarrett | 1977 | 33 |
| Magico | Charlie Haden | 1980 | 33 |
| The Essential Miles Davis | Miles Davis | 2001 | 33 |
| Chappaqua Suite | Ornette Coleman | 1966 | 31 |
| Chance Meeting On A Dissecting Table Of A Sewing Machine And An Umbrella | Nurse With Wound | 1979 | 30 |
| Atavachron | Allan Holdsworth | 1986 | 30 |
| On This Night | Archie Shepp | 1965 | 29 |
| Improvisations Pour Flûte De Pan Et Orgue Vol. 2 | Gheorghe Zamfir | 1978 | 29 |
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