In December 1960, alto saxophonist Ornette Coleman released the album “Free Jazz”.

A bold comparison with the future punk movement is possible if we consider the fact that many musicians had an aversion to instrumental discipline.
However, there was no insurmountable gulf between these two worlds of musical interpretation.

Each group develops its own musical material, while reinterpreting standards.

Pianist Herbie Hancock, heir to Horace Silver‘s funk, and musical director of Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers orchestra, reinvents a musical style and gives Miles Davis’ quintet its finest pages.

He is one of the most important and influential jazz musicians of his generation, blending elements of soul, funk, rock and disco with jazz.