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Fire Music

A history of the free jazz revolution.

7.0(1)20211h 28m2

Although the free jazz movement of the 1960s and '70s was much maligned in some jazz circles, its pioneers - brilliant talents like Ornette Coleman, Cecil Taylor, Sun Ra, Albert Ayler, and John Coltrane - are today acknowledged as central to the evolution of jazz as America's most innovative art form. FIRE MUSIC showcases the architects of a movement whose radical brand of improvisation pushed harmonic and rhythmic boundaries, and produced landmark albums like Coleman's Free Jazz: A Collective Inspiration and Coltrane's Ascension. A rich trove of archival footage conjures the 1960s jazz scene along with incisive reflections by critic Gary Giddins and a number of the movement's key players.

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Language
English
  • jazz
  • instrumental jazz
  • free jazz
  • avant garde
  • avant garde jazz

Behind the camera

Director

Tom Surgal

Writers

Tom Surgal

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • PremiereSource: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5317302/releaseinfo?ref_=tt_dt_rdat (56th New York Film Festival)10 Sept 2021

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Fire Music was released on 10 September 2021.

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