Collectives and lofts (BAG, loft jazz)

Movement · 1968-late 1970s · New York, St. Louis · Avant-garde and collectives

Black Artists Group of St. Louis (1968-72), New York loft jazz since 1972 (Studio Rivbea, Ali's Alley). A Chicago, St. Louis, Los Angeles, New York network.

Where it comes from

• Free jazz
• AACM

Artists

• Carla Bley (1936–2023, piano, organ, composition)
• Sam Rivers (1923–2011, tenor and soprano saxophones, bass clarinet, flute, piano)
• Sunny Murray (1936–2017, drums)
• Henry Threadgill (1944, viola, tenor and baritone saxophones, flutes, clarinet, percussion)

Tracks to start with

• Rainbows — Sam Rivers (1976)
• Dogon A.D. — Julius Hemphill (1972)

Sources

• EN : Loft jazz

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