“As the birthplace of great innovators like
Billie Holiday, Lee Morgan, Trudy Pitts,
McCoy Tyner,
’Philly Joe’ Jones, James Mtume,
the Heath Brothers, and
Bobby Timmons and home to
John Coltrane,
Dizzy Gillespie,
Archie Shepp, and others, Philadelphia’s contributions to jazz are well known. Despite the notoriety that Philly’s bebop, hard-bop, and organ trio sound has enjoyed throughout the decades, the city’s free-jazz and avant-garde contingent has been less well-documented.In the 1960s, Philadelphia-born musicians like bassist
Henry Grimes and drummer
Rashied Ali played in some legendary ensembles led by progressive jazz giants like
Albert Ayler and Coltrane. ...”
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