The read
It runs a compact 1h 28m.
Synopsis
Although the free jazz movement of the 1960s and '70s was much maligned in some jazz circles, its pioneers - brilliant talents like Ornette Coleman, Cecil Taylor, Sun Ra, Albert Ayler, and John Coltrane - are today acknowledged as central to the evolution of jazz as America's most innovative art form. FIRE MUSIC showcases the architects of a movement whose radical brand of improvisation pushed harmonic and rhythmic boundaries, and produced landmark albums like Coleman's Free Jazz: A Collective Inspiration and Coltrane's Ascension. A rich trove of archival footage conjures the 1960s jazz scene along with incisive reflections by critic Gary Giddins and a number of the movement's key players.
Ratings
IMDb7.5/10
Rotten Tomatoes100%
Metacritic85/100
1 audience votes
Key crew
- Tom SurgalWriter
- Tom SurgalDirector
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Themes
jazzinstrumental jazzfree jazzavant gardeavant garde jazz