Free funk

Free funk developed in the 1970s as a combination of Avant-garde jazz with funk music. Leaders of the genre include Ornette Coleman and his Prime Time group, Ronald Shannon Jackson, Jamaaladeen Tacuma and James "Blood" Ulmer. The music has been quite influential on the M-Base genre, as well.
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