New Thing

English

Proper noun

the New Thing

1. Free jazz music, as associated with the black civil rights movement.
   • 2002, Yuval Taylor, The Future of Jazz, page 178:

     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.

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

     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?

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

     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; […]