New Thing

proper noun

Free jazz music, as associated with the black civil rights movement.

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proper nounthe New Thing
  1. Free jazz music, as associated with the black civil rights movement.

    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?

    2008, Guerino Mazzola, Paul B. Cherlin, Flow, Gesture, and Spaces in Free Jazz
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    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.

    2002, Yuval Taylor, The Future of Jazz, page 178

    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; […]

    2015, Philippe Carles, Jean-Louis Comolli, Free Jazz/Black Power
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APA

New Thing. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/New%20Thing

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“New Thing.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/New%20Thing. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “New Thing,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/New%20Thing.

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