07-12-2011, 15:39
Well eventually I think you'd get bored. As challenging as it may sound, playing over chord changes becomes second nature after a while, and then somewhat repetative. Really really good musicians decide that they need music that's even more engaging and challenging, so they do away with chord changes all together... What Avant Garde players are really doing is making their own harmony while they play the song- so instead of there being an existing set of chords that they all play (and improvise) over- everybody plays somewhat together and listens to each other to from a harmonic landscape. That's about as good at music as people have gotten so far. I can't really imagine where Avant Garde Jazz could go from here- but I'll wait to see 
