List of free improvising musicians and groups

This is a list of musicians and groups who compose and play free music, or free improvisation. In alphabetical order:

Musicians Susan Alcorn – pedal steel guitar Jason Alder – clarinet, bass clarinet, contrabass clarinet Thomas Ankersmit – saxophone, synthesizer Albert Ayler – saxophone Richard Barrett – electronics, sampler Derek Bailey – guitar Conny Bauer – trombone Burkhard Beins – percussion Han Bennink – percussion Steve Beresford – piano Jean-Jacques Birge – synthesizer Jeb Bishop – trombone Anthony Braxton – saxophones John Wolf Brennan – piano, prepared piano, melodica, pipe organ Olie Brice – double bass Peter Brötzmann – saxophone, tárogató Tony Buck – percussion John Butcher – saxophone Captain Beefheart – saxophone, clarinet, voice Kent Carter – double bass Graham Clark – violin Ornette Coleman – saxophone Tom Cora – cello, bass guitar, drums Lol Coxhill – saxophone Marilyn Crispell – piano Stephen Crowe – guitar, electric guitar Alvin Curran - electronics Chris Cutler – percussion Tobias Delius – saxophone Poulomi Desai - modified sitars and electronics Christy Doran – guitar Mark Dresser – double bass Kevin Drumm – guitar, synthesizer Paul Dunmall – saxophone Ellery Eskelin – tenor saxophone Karlheinz Essl – electronics Julia Feldman – voice Simon H. Fell – double bass Robert Fripp - guitar, mellotron Fred Frith – guitar, violin Cor Fuhler – piano, keyolin, synthesizer Bernhard Gal – electronics Joel Garten – piano Charles Gayle – saxophone, piano, bass clarinet Seppe Gebruers – the first improvised quartertone pianist Richard Grayson – piano Mats Gustafsson – saxophone, flutophone Barry Guy – double bass Keiji Haino – guitar, voice Hans Hassler - accordion Gerry Hemingway – drums Zach Hill – drums Killick Erik Hinds – h'arpeggione Tim Hodgkinson – saxophone Theo Joergensmann – basset clarinet Ryan Jones – electric bass Henry Kaiser – guitar Leonel Kaplan – trumpet Basil Kirchin – drums Peter Kowald – double bass Savina Yannatou – voice Caroline Kraabel – saxophone Steve Lacy – saxophone Kathryn Ladano – bass clarinet Yuri Landman – string instruments Jeanne Lee – voice Thomas Lehn – synthesizer George E. Lewis – trombone, electronics Joelle Leandre – double bass, vocals Fred Lonberg-Holm – cello Paul Lovens – drums Paul Lytton – drums Frederik Magle – organ Radu Malfatti – trombone Joe Maneri – saxophone, clarinet Mario Mariani – piano, objects Elio Martusciello – computer, guitar Mattin Guerino Mazzola – piano Misha Mengelberg – piano, toys Phil Minton – voice Louis Moholo – drums Gabriela Montero – piano Michael Moore – saxophone, clarinet, bass clarinet Thurston Moore – guitar Butch Morris – cornet, conductor Jamie Muir – percussion Stephen Nachmanovitch – violin, electric violin, viola Lauren Newton - voice Maggie Nicols – voice Mary Oliver – violin, viola Tony Oxley – percussion Sonia Paço-Rocchia – bassoon, found and invented instruments, live electronics Evan Parker – saxophones William Parker – double bass Mike Patton – voice, piano, synthesizer Barre Phillips – double bass Andreas Paolo Perger – guitar Pierre Pincemaille – organ Eddie Prevost – percussion, drums Sun RaSun Ra Allaboutjazz.com 31 December 2022 — Keyboards, piano, minimoog Randy Raine-Reusch – zheng, khaen, sho, kayageum, ichigenkin Lee Ranaldo – guitar Marc Rebillet — electronics, keyboards, voice Hans Reichel – guitar, daxophone Ernst Reijseger – cello Omar Rodriguez-Lopez – guitar Keith Rowe – guitar John Russell – guitar Paul Rutherford – trombone Frederic Rzewski Carlos Sandoval – gloves with sensors Giancarlo Schiaffini – trombone Alexander von Schlippenbach – piano Steven Schoenberg – piano Irene Schweizer – piano Matthew Shipp – piano Gary Smith – guitar John Stevens – percussion, trumpet György Szabados – piano Cecil Taylor – piano Benedict Taylor – viola Pat Thomas – piano, keyboards John Tilbury – piano Keith Tippett – piano Julie Tippetts – voice Tommy Vig – vibraphone, drums Bernard Vitet – trumpet Voice Crack – electronics Philipp Wachsmann – violin John Bruce Wallace – electric guitar Jane Wang (composer and musician) – double bass Trevor Watts – saxophone Kenny Wheeler – trumpet Wolter Wierbos – trombone Wu Fei - guzheng Otomo Yoshihide – guitar, turntable Reynaldo Young – guitar, electronics Carlos Zingaro – violin, electronics John Zorn – saxophone Frank Zappa – Guitar Jerry Garcia – Guitar, Face Stealer Bob Weir – Guitar Phil Lesh – Bass Guitar Bill Kreutzmann – Drums Mickey Hart – Drums, Percussion Ron "Pigpen" McKernan – Hammond organ, Harmonica Keith Godchaux – Piano Trey Anastasio – Guitar, Face Melter Mike Gordon – Bass Guitar Page McConnell – Piano, Keyboards Jon Fishman – Drums

Groups A Band AMM Borbetomagus Brotherhood of Breath EOTO Feminist Improvising Group Fred Frith Trio Goose Grateful Dead Gruppo di Improvvisazione Nuova Consonanza Henry Cow Henry Now Islak Köpek King Crimson Last Exit M.I.M.E.O. Massacre MATH Maybe Monday Mujician Musica Elettronica Viva The Necks nmperign Phish poire z Scatter Shaking Ray Levis Skeleton Crew Smegma Splatter Trio Spontaneous Music Ensemble Storm & Stress Supersilent Triangulation Un Drame Musical Instantane Wolf Eyes Zoochosis Zoviet France Pandemonium

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