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New Thing
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Proper noun
New Thing 1
Free jazz music, as associated with the black civil rights movement.
en 2002 Yuval Taylor The Future of Jazz 178 I'm not sure if I understand Greg properly, but he seems to be arguing that the avant-garde is the "property" of black musicians, a "Black Thang," while somehow conflating "the New Thing" with all areas of free jazz.
en 2008 Guerino Mazzola; Paul B. Cherlin Flow, Gesture, and Spaces in Free Jazz But where could the relocation of the free jazz movement take place, and how has this transfer action of the new thing been articulated by its protagonists?
en 2015 Philippe Carles; Jean-Louis Comolli Free Jazz/Black Power The emergence of free jazz has only emphasized the issue of (white) commercial domination over jazz. Everything about the New Thing clashed with the habits of jazz lovers;
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