Not to derail the thread, but an album that I almost inevitably bring up in conversations about free jazz is Trey Anastasio's [from Phish] Surrender to the Air, which was released in 96'. It's an 11 musician ensemble that was pretty much modeled after Sun Ra's flavor of big ensemble free jazz (Michael Ray, the trumpet player for Sun Ra's Arkestra is one of the members of the STTA ensemble). I like it because it takes the free jazz style and incorporates more contemporary, rock-like instrumentation. It's definitely worth hunting around for if it interests you. Searching Youtube turned up nada, so happy hunting.
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