Curated OER
Jazz in America
Students explore Free Jazz and Fusion by answering questions and listening to music.
Stanford University
Comparison of Free Jazz to 20th Century Classical Music
A very indepth examination of free jazz. Site contains music theory and specific illustrated examples.
Other
Down Beat: Albert Ayler
A detailed article containing the following sections: biography, discography, photos, and news articles about Albert Ayler.
Other
Down Beat: Cecil Taylor
A detailed site containing information in the following sections: photos, biography, and archived news articles about avant-garde pianist/composer Cecil Taylor.
Other
Down Beat: John Coltrane
Biographical information, photos, and a discography of jazz great John Coltrane, whose work in the 1960s included excursions into free jazz.
Other
Jazz Institute of Chicago: Homepage
This resource from the Jazz Institute of Chicago focuses on the Chicago jazz scene but contains many unique and interesting articles that are relevant to all jazz.
Other
European Free Improvisation Pages
A site about the European free improvisation scene. Contains articles, mp3's bibliography and videos.
Library of Congress
Loc: Photographs From the Age of Jazz
This William P. Gottlieb Collection from the Library of Congress contains over 1600 photographs of celebrated jazz artists and documents the jazz scene from 1938 to 1948.
Other
Jazz Improvisation Primer/ Free Improvisation
A look at what makes free jazz musically unique. Contains specific examples of free rhythm and tonality.
Other
All About Jazz
Has reviews, interviews, and articles. Of special interest is the jazz time-line.
Other
Oculus Magazine: Free Jazz
A short description of the free jazz movement, and a timeline of important movements in jazz.
Other
606 Club: Jazz Styles
This site provides a definition of the various types of jazz styles. A short definition of free jazz is provided close to the end of the page, along with several other forms, such as be-bop, west coast, hard-bop and mainstream.