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Il termine '''M-Base''' è usato in diversi modi. Negli [[anni '80]], un collettivo di giovani musicisti [[afroamericani]] tra cui [[Steve Coleman]], [[Graham Haynes]], [[Cassandra Wilson]], [[Geri Allen]], [[Robin Eubanks]] e [[Greg Osby]] emerse a [[Brooklyn]] con un suono nuovo di zecca e idee specifiche sull'espressione creativa. Usando un termine coniato da Steve Coleman, hanno chiamato queste idee "M-Base-concept" ("Concetto M-Base"), abbreviazione di "'''M'''acro-'''B'''asic '''A'''rray of '''S'''tructured '''E'''xtemporization" ("array macro-base di improvvisazione strutturata") e la critica ha usato questo termine per classificare la musica di questo panorama musicale come uno stile jazz.<ref>"... la parola [M-Base] si era diffusa. Ma si si era diffusa in associazione con la musica, e così divenne per loro uno stile musicale." ([[Steve Coleman]], intervistato da Julian Joseph per [[BBC Radio 3]] Jazz Legends, 2001)</ref> Ma Coleman ha sottolineato che "M-Base" non denota uno stile musicale ma un modo di ''pensare alla creazione di musica''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://m-base.com/mbase_explanation.html|title=Steve Coleman|publisher=M-base.com|access-date=25 November 2014|language=en}}</ref> Coleman rifiuta anche la parola "jazz" come etichetta per la sua musica e la tradizione musicale rappresentata da musicisti come [[John Coltrane]], [[Charlie Parker]], [[Louis Armstrong]], ecc. Tuttavia, i musicisti del movimento ''M-Base'', che comprendeva anche ballerini e poeti, cercavano linguaggi musicali creativi comuni, quindi le loro prime registrazioni mostrano molte somiglianze che riflettono le loro idee comuni, le esperienze di lavoro insieme e il loro background culturale simile. Per etichettare questo tipo di musica, i critici jazz hanno stabilito la parola "M-Base" come uno stile jazz in mancanza di un termine migliore, distorcendone il significato originale.<ref>{{en}}e.g.cita libro|opera=The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz, London|città=Londra/New York |anno=2001, |p. =739|lingua=en}}</ref>

== Musica associata al termine "M-Base" ==

In the year 1991 a significant number of M-Base participants labelled as "M-Base Collective" recorded the CD ''Anatomy of a Groove''. Most of them previously contributed to CDs by alto-saxophonist Steve Coleman whose creativity has been a pivotal factor in that movement,<ref>{{en}}Coleman è stato chiamato "il capo" per esempio in [[Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians|The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz]], Londra/ New York 2001, p. 739</ref> although he refused to be called its leader or founder. Coleman and his friend Greg Osby, who plays alto saxophone in a related style, together led the group "Strata Institute" which recorded two CDs (the second with tenor saxophonist Von Freeman as a further leader). Under the name of Osby, a number of CDs with a specific character have been released starting in 1987 which also coined the perception of "M-Base" jazz. Tenor saxophonist and flutist Gary Thomas admittedly didn't take part in the M-Base initiative, but joined them, and there were similarities in his way of playing. He can be heard on recordings of Coleman und Osby and his own CDs are also labelled as "M-Base-style". All three saxophonists contributed to the CD ''Jump World'' by singer Cassandra Wilson.

Pianist [[Andrew Hill]] said about Greg Osby: "He has an incredible sense of rhythm and harmonic accuracy, and picks the right notes with a precision that isn't common to people with his technical versatility. He's developed into a fully rounded artist who can play various styles extremely well – better than most."<ref>{{en}}Citato in note di copertina del CD "The Invisible Hand" di Greg Osby</ref> Greg Osby said about [[Gary Thomas]]: "He's extremely intelligent and has a capacity for absorption that exceeds that of most people that I know […] He has his own compositional and improvisational method that is peerless in my opinion. He's my favourite tenor saxophone player on the contemporary scene."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gregosby.com/interviews5.html|title=Interviewed by Fred Jung, April 11, 2000|work=Greg Osby - Jazz Saxophonist|access-date=25 November 2014|language=en}}</ref> Clarinettist and composer Don Byron called Steve Coleman "an exceptional personality of American music history."<ref>Christian Broecking, Der Marsalis-Faktor, 1995, p. 120</ref>

Antecedents to M-Base were identified by jazz critic Bill Milkowski as the [[Miles Davis]]-led band featured on recordings like 1975's ''[[Agharta (album)|Agharta]]''; he noted the combination of [[Sonny Fortune]]'s acerbic saxophone lines atop the syncopated [[Groove|grooves]] performed by the rhythm section of drummer [[Al Foster]], bassist [[Michael Henderson (musicista)|Michael Henderson]], and rhythm guitarist [[Reggie Lucas]].<ref>{{citecita booklibro|editor1-lastcuratore1=Frank Alkyer|editor1-first=Frank|editor2-lastcuratore2=Ed Enright|editor2-first=Ed|editor3-lastcuratore3=Jason Koransky|editor3-first=Jason|yearanno=2007|titletitolo=The Miles Davis Reader|publishereditore=Hal Leonard Corporation|isbn=978-1-4234-3076-6|pagep=[https://archive.org/details/downbeathalloffa00fran/page/307 307]|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/downbeathalloffa00fran/page/307|languagelingua=en}}</ref>

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