Editing Jazz (section)

===M-Base===
{{Main| M-Base}}
[[File:Steve Coleman 1611.JPG|thumb|Steve Coleman in Paris, July 2004]]
The [[M-Base]] movement started in the 1980s, when a loose collective of young African-American musicians in New York which included [[Steve Coleman]], [[Greg Osby]], and [[Gary Thomas (musician)|Gary Thomas]] developed a complex but grooving<ref>"... circular and highly complex polymetric patterns which preserve their danceable character of popular Funk-rhythms despite their internal complexity and asymmetries ..." (Musicologist and musician Ekkehard Jost, ''Sozialgeschichte des Jazz'', 2003, p. 377).</ref> sound.

In the 1990s, most M-Base participants turned to more conventional music, but Coleman, the most active participant, continued developing his music in accordance with the M-Base concept.<ref name="allaboutjazz.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/musician.php?id=5820|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100805045312/http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/musician.php?id=5820|archive-date=August 5, 2010|title=All About Jazz|access-date=March 13, 2011}}</ref>

Coleman's audience decreased, but his music and concepts influenced many musicians, according to pianist Vijay Iver and critic Ben Ratlifff of ''The New York Times''.<ref name="Blumenfeld">{{cite web|last1=Blumenfeld|first1=Larry|title=A Saxophonist's Reverberant Sound|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748703302604575294532527380178|website=The Wall Street Journal|access-date= January 14, 2018|date= June 11, 2010|quote=It's hard to overstate [Coleman's] influence. He's affected more than one generation, as much as anyone since John Coltrane ... It's not just that you can connect the dots by playing seven or 11 beats. What sits behind his influence is this global perspective on music and life. He has a point of view of what he does and why he does it.}}</ref><ref name="Undead">{{cite news|last1=Ratliff|first1=Ben|title=Undead Jazzfest Roams the West Village|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/15/arts/music/15undead.html?_r=1|website=The New York Times|access-date= January 14, 2018|date= June 14, 2010|quote=His recombinant ideas about rhythm and form and his eagerness to mentor musicians and build a new vernacular have had a profound effect on American jazz.}}</ref>

M-Base changed from a movement of a loose collective of young musicians to a kind of informal Coleman "school",<ref>{{cite web|author=Michael J. West|url=http://jazztimes.com/articles/26044-steve-coleman-vital-information|title=Jazz Articles: Steve Coleman: Vital Information|website=[[JazzTimes]]|date=June 2, 2010|access-date=June 5, 2011}}</ref> with a much advanced but already originally implied concept.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.m-base.com/mbase_explanation.html|title=What Is M-Base?|website=M-base.com|access-date=June 5, 2011}}</ref> Steve Coleman's music and [[M-Base]] concept gained recognition as "next logical step" after Charlie Parker, John Coltrane, and Ornette Coleman.<ref>In 2014 drummer Billy Hart said that "Coleman has quietly influenced the whole jazz musical world", and is the "next logical step" after Charlie Parker, John Coltrane, and Ornette Coleman. (Source: Kristin E. Holmes, ''Genius grant saxman Steve Coleman redefining jazz'', October 9, 2014, ''Philly.com'', Philadelphia Media Network) Already in 2010 pianist Vijay Iyer (who was chosen as "Jazz Musician of the Year 2010" by the Jazz Journalists Association) said: "To me, Steve [Coleman] is as important as [John] Coltrane. He has contributed an equal amount to the history of the music. He deserves to be placed in the pantheon of pioneering artists." (Source: Larry Blumenfeld, ''A Saxophonist's Reverberant Sound'', June 11, 2010, ''The Wall Street Journal'') In September 2014, Coleman was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship (a.k.a. "Genius Grant") for "redefining the vocabulary and vernaculars of contemporary music". (Source: Kristin E. Holmes, ''Genius grant saxman Steve Coleman redefining jazz'', October 9, 2014, ''Philly.com'', Philadelphia Media Network).</ref>