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'Avant-garde jazz' (also known as 'avant-jazz') is a style of music and improvisation that combines elements of avant-garde art music and composition with elements of traditional jazz. Avant-jazz often sounds very similar to free jazz, but differs in that, contrary to the impression it may give that results from a very distinct departure from traditional harmony, it has a predetermined structure over which improvisation may take place or in some cases it may even be completely or partially composed note for note in advance.

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Notable avant-jazz musicians

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Notable avant-jazz musicians

★ George Adams

★ Art Ensemble of Chicago

★ Albert Ayler

★ Derek Bailey

★ Django Bates

★ Ed Blackwell

★ Anthony Braxton

★ Sam Rivers

★ Ornette Coleman

★ Don Cherry

★ Charlie Haden

★ John Coltrane (later period)

★ Eric Dolphy

★ Mike Garson

★ Globe Unity Orchestra

★ Dave Holland

★ Joe Harriott

★ Andrew Hill

★ Theo Jörgensmann

★ Jeanne Lee

★ Joe McPhee

★ Medeski, Martin, & Wood

★ Misha Mengelberg

★ Evan Parker

★ Don Pullen

★ Pharoah Sanders

★ Archie Shepp

★ Sun Ra

★ Cecil Taylor

★ Thee Immortals

★ Arto Tunçboyacıyan (folk-jazz)

★ Alexander von Schlippenbach

★ John Zorn

See also

★ Free jazz

★ European free jazz