Loft jazz
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| - | '''Loft jazz''' (or the '''loft scene''' or '''loft era''') was a cultural phenomenon that occurred in [[New York City]] during the mid-1970s. [[Gary Giddins]] described it as follows: "[A] new coterie of avant-garde musicians took much of the jazz world by surprise... [T]hey interpreted the idea of freedom as the capacity to choose between all the realms of jazz, mixing and matching them not only with each other, but with old and new pop, R&B and rock, classical music and world music... [S]eemingly overnight new venues - in many instances, apartments or lofts (hence the phrase 'loft jazz') - opened shop to present their wares." | + | '''Loft jazz''' (or the '''loft scene''' or '''loft era''') was a cultural phenomenon that occurred in [[New York City]] during the mid-1970s. |
| Coinciding with this activity was an influx of musicians from outside New York. Newcomers from Chicago included a group associated with the [[Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians|AACM]]; these included [[Muhal Richard Abrams]], [[Anthony Braxton]], [[Kalaparusha Maurice McIntyre]], [[Lester Bowie]], [[Amina Claudine Myers]], [[Henry Threadgill]], [[Steve McCall (drummer)|Steve McCall]], [[Fred Hopkins]], [[Chico Freeman]], [[Malachi Thompson]], and [[George E. Lewis]]. Various members of the [[Black Artists Group]] came from St. Louis, including [[Charles "Bobo" Shaw]], [[Baikida Carroll]], [[Oliver Lake]], [[Julius Hemphill]], [[Hamiet Bluiett]], [[J. D. Parran]], and [[Joseph Bowie]]. Members of [[Horace Tapscott]]'s [[Union of God's Musicians and Artists Ascension|UGMAA]], such as [[Arthur Blythe]], [[David Murray (saxophonist)|David Murray]], and [[Butch Morris]], arrived from California. All of these, plus many local musicians, participated in the loft scene to some degree. | Coinciding with this activity was an influx of musicians from outside New York. Newcomers from Chicago included a group associated with the [[Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians|AACM]]; these included [[Muhal Richard Abrams]], [[Anthony Braxton]], [[Kalaparusha Maurice McIntyre]], [[Lester Bowie]], [[Amina Claudine Myers]], [[Henry Threadgill]], [[Steve McCall (drummer)|Steve McCall]], [[Fred Hopkins]], [[Chico Freeman]], [[Malachi Thompson]], and [[George E. Lewis]]. Various members of the [[Black Artists Group]] came from St. Louis, including [[Charles "Bobo" Shaw]], [[Baikida Carroll]], [[Oliver Lake]], [[Julius Hemphill]], [[Hamiet Bluiett]], [[J. D. Parran]], and [[Joseph Bowie]]. Members of [[Horace Tapscott]]'s [[Union of God's Musicians and Artists Ascension|UGMAA]], such as [[Arthur Blythe]], [[David Murray (saxophonist)|David Murray]], and [[Butch Morris]], arrived from California. All of these, plus many local musicians, participated in the loft scene to some degree. | ||
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Loft jazz (or the loft scene or loft era) was a cultural phenomenon that occurred in New York City during the mid-1970s.
Coinciding with this activity was an influx of musicians from outside New York. Newcomers from Chicago included a group associated with the AACM; these included Muhal Richard Abrams, Anthony Braxton, Kalaparusha Maurice McIntyre, Lester Bowie, Amina Claudine Myers, Henry Threadgill, Steve McCall, Fred Hopkins, Chico Freeman, Malachi Thompson, and George E. Lewis. Various members of the Black Artists Group came from St. Louis, including Charles "Bobo" Shaw, Baikida Carroll, Oliver Lake, Julius Hemphill, Hamiet Bluiett, J. D. Parran, and Joseph Bowie. Members of Horace Tapscott's UGMAA, such as Arthur Blythe, David Murray, and Butch Morris, arrived from California. All of these, plus many local musicians, participated in the loft scene to some degree.
