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> Everything is twisting and tilting, and somehow the goal is almost to make it the most daring move (after all syncopation is about that) that keeps the rotation going

haha, this is an appropriate description about playing from free jazz pioneers like John Coltrane and Ornette Coleman

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I've tried Coleman in every way but he just pushes it too far. Coltrane is entirely a different thing.

Late Coltrane is as out there as the most out that of Coleman's work. Ascension and Science Fiction are both going to be tough sells to people without some familiarity with free jazz.

likewise Lonely Woman by Coleman, at least to my ears, fits in alongside more “normal” jazz, except maybe for the plastic sax tone

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