Free Jazz
6,351works
28,518pressings
1957first year
Works per year
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Formats
Format by decade
| Format | 1950s | 1960s | 1970s | 1980s | 1990s | 2000s | 2010s | 2020s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vinyl | 96% | 98% | 95% | 68% | 9% | 13% | 29% | 44% |
| CD | · | · | · | 20% | 81% | 72% | 36% | 27% |
| File | · | · | · | · | · | 4% | 24% | 19% |
| Cassette | · | · | 2% | 10% | 7% | · | 3% | 4% |
| CDr | · | · | · | · | · | 6% | 4% | 3% |
Sounds like
Free ImprovisationAvant-garde JazzContemporary JazzSpiritual JazzModalPost BopFusionAvantgardeJazz-RockExperimentalSpace-AgeHard BopSoul-JazzJazz-Funk
Most-pressed works
| Title | Artist | Year | Pressings |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coltrane | The John Coltrane Quartet | 1962 | 127 |
| Out To Lunch! | Eric Dolphy | 1964 | 127 |
| Weasels Ripped My Flesh | The Mothers | 1970 | 121 |
| Free Jazz | The Ornette Coleman Double Quartet | 1961 | 118 |
| The Shape Of Jazz To Come | Ornette Coleman | 1959 | 116 |
| Africa/Brass | The John Coltrane Quartet | 1961 | 109 |
| Impressions | John Coltrane | 1963 | 108 |
| Expression | John Coltrane | 1967 | 80 |
| Meditations | John Coltrane | 1966 | 74 |
| Change Of The Century | Ornette Coleman | 1960 | 72 |
| The Avant-Garde | John Coltrane | 1966 | 72 |
| Karma | Pharoah Sanders | 1969 | 72 |
| Something Else!!!! | Ornette Coleman | 1958 | 71 |
| Tomorrow Is The Question! | Ornette Coleman | 1959 | 70 |
| Live At The Village Vanguard Again! | John Coltrane | 1966 | 70 |
| At The "Golden Circle" Stockholm (Volume One) | The Ornette Coleman Trio | 1966 | 67 |
| Last Date | Eric Dolphy | 1965 | 66 |
| At The "Golden Circle" Stockholm - Volume Two | The Ornette Coleman Trio | 1966 | 63 |
| Om | John Coltrane | 1967 | 63 |
| Liberation Music Orchestra | Charlie Haden | 1970 | 63 |
| Spiritual Unity | Albert Ayler Trio | 1965 | 62 |
| Town Hall • 1962 | Ornette Coleman | 1965 | 62 |
| Bells | Albert Ayler | 1965 | 61 |
| Song X | Pat Metheny | 1986 | 61 |
| Facing You | Keith Jarrett | 1972 | 60 |
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Built from the Discogs monthly data dumps (CC0), snapshot 2026-09-01. Counts are of catalogued works and pressings, not of listening.