Fre-Formation

Freeform in the U.K.

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SAMMY STEIN,
Sammy Stein

Sammy Stein

Columnist since 2012

I was first introduced to jazz at Camden Jazz Festival and have loved it ever since.

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Published: August 16, 2012

Freeform playing is not going away and is growing again in the UK. A Evan Parker comments, "It is an amazingly strong and diverse scene that seems to thrive on adversity. The cultural authorities have been ignoring it for the past twenty years, and hoping it would die of starvation; but they have not reckoned with the determination of people to follow their hearts."

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