Signature Shapes: Avant Garde Jazz WAV
Experience the cutting edge of sound with Shapes – Avant Garde Jazz by artist, composer and musician Charles Goold accompanied by a host of some of the best instrumentalists in the NYC jazz scene. Featuring dissonant chord progressions, freeform improvisations, unconventional rhythms, and experimental textures, this collection captures the bold essence of avant-garde jazz. Perfect for producers seeking to push musical boundaries, the pack includes chaotic horn riffs, abstract drum patterns, offbeat piano lines, and atmospheric soundscapes. Ideal for jazz fusion, experimental genres, and creative sound design, these samples provide limitless possibilities for innovation.”
Avant-garde jazz is a radical, experimental subgenre that emerged in the late 1950s and early 1960s, rooted in the freedom and innovation of bebop and post-bop but pushing the boundaries of conventional jazz structure. It sought to break away from traditional harmonic, rhythmic, and melodic constraints to explore new forms of expression, often through improvisation, unconventional time signatures, and dissonant tonalities.
This release pays homage to Ornette Coleman’s 1959 album The Shape of Jazz to Come, often cited as a landmark in the subgenre. Coleman abandoned traditional harmonic progression and introduced free-form improvisation. John Coltrane, already known as a hard bop artist, entered the avant-garde movement in the 1960s with albums like A Love Supreme and Ascension, embracing spiritual and experimental sounds. Other notable mentions in this “Free Jazz” era are the likes of legends Cecil Taylor and Sun Raa.
Charles Goold is a graduate of The Juilliard School and has become one of New York City’s hardest working musicians. Featured alongside him on this pack is a special assembled band consisting of Mark Lewandowski (Bass), Davis Whitfield (Piano), Ben Soloman (Saxophone), all touting long resumes in New York’s jazz scene. This pack was recorded at The Bunker Studio in Brooklyn NY, a flagship studio in the jazz community with session engineering by Nolan Thies.
Whether you’re aiming for chaotic improvisation or minimalist abstraction, these avant-garde jazz elements will elevate your production to new artistic heights.
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