<P> The term `` M - Base '' is used in several ways . In the 1980s , a loose collective of young African - American musicians including Steve Coleman , Graham Haynes , Cassandra Wilson , Geri Allen , Robin Eubanks , and Greg Osby emerged in Brooklyn with a new sound and specific ideas about creative expression . Using a term coined by Steve Coleman , they called these ideas `` M - Base - concept '' ( short for `` macro-basic array of structured extemporization '' ) and critics have used this term to categorize this scene 's music as a jazz style . But Coleman stressed `` M - Base '' does n't denote a musical style but a way of thinking about creating music . As famous musicians did in the past , he also refuses the word `` jazz '' as a label for his music and the music tradition represented by musicians like John Coltrane , Charlie Parker , Louis Armstrong , etc . However , the musicians of the M - Base movement , which also included dancers and poets , strived for common creative musical languages , so their early recordings show a lot of similarities reflecting their common ideas , the experiences of working together , and their similar cultural background . To label this kind of music , jazz critics have established the word `` M - Base '' as a jazz style for lack of a better term , distorting its original meaning . </P>
<P> The term `` M - Base '' is used in several ways . In the 1980s , a loose collective of young African - American musicians including Steve Coleman , Graham Haynes , Cassandra Wilson , Geri Allen , Robin Eubanks , and Greg Osby emerged in Brooklyn with a new sound and specific ideas about creative expression . Using a term coined by Steve Coleman , they called these ideas `` M - Base - concept '' ( short for `` macro-basic array of structured extemporization '' ) and critics have used this term to categorize this scene 's music as a jazz style . But Coleman stressed `` M - Base '' does n't denote a musical style but a way of thinking about creating music . As famous musicians did in the past , he also refuses the word `` jazz '' as a label for his music and the music tradition represented by musicians like John Coltrane , Charlie Parker , Louis Armstrong , etc . However , the musicians of the M - Base movement , which also included dancers and poets , strived for common creative musical languages , so their early recordings show a lot of similarities reflecting their common ideas , the experiences of working together , and their similar cultural background . To label this kind of music , jazz critics have established the word `` M - Base '' as a jazz style for lack of a better term , distorting its original meaning . </P>
m-base is a musical collective that was started in the 1980s by
m-base is a musical collective that was started in the 1980s by
a loose collective of young African - American musicians including Steve Coleman , Graham Haynes , Cassandra Wilson , Geri Allen , Robin Eubanks , and Greg Osby
a loose collective of young African - American musicians including Steve Coleman , Graham Haynes , Cassandra Wilson , Geri Allen , Robin Eubanks , and Greg Osby