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M-Base (short for "macro-basic array of structured extemporization") is a concept of how to create modern music. Music is an Art form in which the medium is Sound organized in Time. It reached its peak in the mid-to-late-80s and early 90s. It was also a word used to reference a collective of musicians, poets and dancers in this same time period who were associated with the movement. M-Base is often seen as a kind of jazz, but, strictly speaking, this is not entirely accurate, and the participants do not view M-Base in this manner. Jazz is an American Musical art form which originated in the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States

M-Base is built on the innovations of Charlie Parker, John Coltrane, along with many other spontaneous composers. Musical Improvisation is the creative activity of immediate Musical composition, which combines performance with communication of emotions and instrumental It is also influenced by the rhythmic innovations of many of the groups led by singer James Brown, as well as having direct roots in West African Music and West African cultural and philosophical ideas. James Joseph Brown Jr (May 3 1933 – December 25 2006 commonly referred to as "The Godfather of Soul" the "King of Funk" and "The The music of Africa is as vast and varied as the continent's many regions, nations and Ethnic groups Although there is no distinctly pan-African West Africa or Western Africa is the Westernmost Region of the African Continent. One of its most noticeable musical traits is the innovative use of overlapping rhythmic cycles of various lengths inside of which the participants improvise, giving the music an unpredictable form. Other characteristics are curvilinear melodic elements, non-standard harmonic structures coupled with a mastery of improvisation based on these forms, resulting in a decidedly non-western cultural and philosophical bent.

Some of the main exponents of this concept in the 1980s – 1990s were saxophonist Steve Coleman (whose present style is an extension of these ideas), saxophonist Greg Osby, vocalist Cassandra Wilson, trombonist Robin Eubanks, and saxophonist Gary Thomas, who are all still active in music performing and recording. Steve Coleman, born, is an American Saxophone player Spontaneous composer, Composer and band leader Greg Osby (born 3 August 1960) is an American Jazz Saxophonist who plays mainly in the Free jazz, Free funk Cassandra Wilson (born December 4, 1955) is an American Jazz musician vocalist songwriter and producer from Jackson Mississippi. Robin Eubanks (b October 25, 1955 in Philadelphia Pennsylvania) is an American Jazz slide trombonist. Gary Thomas (born June 10, 1961) is an American Jazz saxophonist from Baltimore Maryland. Their more recent performances, especially Coleman’s, still demonstrate a debt to M-Base. Additionally, many newer musicians in the spontaneous composition arena – along with various artists in other areas utilizing spontaneous creation in poetry, dance, and popular forms like Hip-Hop – are also heavily influenced by the M-Base conception. Musical Improvisation is the creative activity of immediate Musical composition, which combines performance with communication of emotions and instrumental Musical Improvisation is the creative activity of immediate Musical composition, which combines performance with communication of emotions and instrumental Hip hop is a cultural movement which developed in New York City in the 1970s primarily among African Americans and Latinos.

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