Jazz and The Avant Garde

Jazz and the Avant Garde - A two-part docuseries on the birth and evolution of the free jazz movement in American jazz. This series is based on the book written by Conny Murray, the younger brother of free jazz drummer Sunny Murray, who witnessed the movement first-hand and provides an in-depth account. 

This series is unique because the author correlates earlier periods of jazz with the philosophies and motivations behind the free jazz movement in the US and Europe. 

The series begins with Part One - the New Wave Innovators (John Coltrane, Eric Dolphy and Pharaoh Sanders - 72 minutes), while Part Two features - the Free Jazz Innovators (Cecil Taylor, Sunny Murray, Ornette Coleman, Don Cherry, Albert Ayler and Archie Shepp).