"[5] The scene was reviewed and documented by Giddins, Peter Occhiogrosso[6] of the SoHo Weekly News, Leroi Jones,[7] Robert Palmer,[8] and Stanley Crouch.
Various members of the Black Artists Group came from St. Louis, including Charles "Bobo" Shaw, Baikida Carroll, Oliver Lake, Julius Hemphill, Hamiet Bluiett, J. D. Parran, and Joseph Bowie.
[10] Immediate predecessors to the loft scene were the establishment in the late 1960s of Ornette Coleman's Artist House, where he hosted musicians and dancers, and James DuBoise's Studio We.
According to Scott Deveaux and Gary Giddins, "A critical byword of the Loft Era was 'eclecticism,' used to signal an enlightened approach to all styles of music.
"[15] Few loft jazz musicians played continuously atonal or arhythmic music in the style of Coltrane's legendary albums Ascension and Om.