PLAYLIST Progressive Jazz

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Ahead of their concert in Dublin tomorrow night, we put our heads together with Phil Robson and Julian Siegel from seminal British progressive jazz band PARTISANS to create a PLAYLIST, giving a flavour of prog-jazz from early days to contemporary acts. A good introduction for those unfamiliar with the genre, or a nice selction (we hope you agree!) for the fusion converted.

Progressive Jazz is a term coined by Stan Kenton to refer to a type of experimental and somewhat dissonant big-band jazz music of the 1950s. The music was characterized by complex, loud, and brassy voicings with arrangements -- often titled "fugue" or "elegy" -- that convey an association with art music.

progressive jazz

noun
1. an experimental, nonmelodic, and often free-flowing style of modernjazz, especially in the form of highly dissonant, rhythmically complexorchestral arrangements.
Compare bop1, cool jazz, hard bop, modern jazz.