List of Free Improvising Musicians and Groups
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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:
Groups
Individual musicians
- Susan Alcorn - pedal steel guitarist
- Thomas Ankersmit - saxophone and synthesizer
- Richard Barrett - electronics, sampler
- Derek Bailey - guitar
- Conny Bauer - trombone
- Burkhard Beins - percussion
- Samm Bennett - percussion and electronics
- Han Bennink - percussion
- Steve Beresford - piano, various other instruments
- Jean-Jacques Birgé - synthesizer, various other instruments
- Jeb Bishop - trombone
- Anthony Braxton - saxophones
- John Wolf Brennan - piano, prepared piano, melodica, pipe organ
- Peter Brötzmann - saxophone, taragato
- Tony Buck - percussion
- John Butcher - saxophone
- Captain Beefheart - saxophone, clarinet, voice
- Kent Carter - double bass
- Graham Clark - violin
- Tom Cora - cello, electric bass, drums
- Lol Coxhill - saxophone
- Marilyn Crispell - piano
- Stephen Crowe (composer)- Guitar, electric guitar
- Chris Cutler - percussion, electrification
- Tobias Delius - saxophone
- Christy Doran - guitar
- Mark Dresser - double bass
- Kevin Drumm - guitar and synthesizer
- Paul Dunmall - saxophone
- Ellery Eskelin - tenor saxophone
- Karlheinz Essl - electronics
- Julia Feldman - voice
- Simon Fell - double bass
- Milo Fine - percussion, piano, clarinets http://milofine.com
- Fred Frith - guitar, violin
- Cor Fuhler - piano, keyolin, synthesizer
- Bernhard Gal - electronics
- Joel Garten - piano
- Charles Gayle - saxophone, piano, bass clarinet
- Richard Grayson - piano
- Mats Gustafsson - saxophone, fluteophone
- Barry Guy - double bass
- Keiji Haino - guitar, voice
- Gerry Hemingway - drums
- Katt Hernandez - violin
- Zach Hill - drums
- Killick Erik Hinds - h'arpeggione
- Tim Hodgkinson - saxophone
- Matt Ingalls - clarinet, electronics
- Keith Jarrett - piano
- Theo Jörgensmann - basset clarinet
- 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 - experimental self built string instruments
- Jeanne Lee - voice
- Thomas Lehn - synthesizer
- George Lewis - trombone, electronics
- Joëlle Léandre - double bass, vocals
- Fred Lonberg-Holm - cello
- Mark Alban Lotz - flutes, electronics
- Paul Lovens - drums
- Paul Lytton - drums
- Frederik Magle - organ
- Radu Malfatti - trombone
- Joe Maneri - saxophone and clarinet
- Mario Mariani - piano, objects
- Elio Martusciello - computer, guitar
- Mattin - computer feedback, concepts, audience, voice
- Guerino Mazzola - piano
- Misha Mengelberg - piano, toys
- Hugh Metcalfe - violin, guitar, drums
- Phil Minton - voice
- Louis Moholo - drums
- Gabriela Montero - piano
- Michael Moore - saxophone, clarinet, bass clarinet
- Thurston Moore - guitar
- Butch Morris - cornet player and conductor
- Jamie Muir - percussion
- Stephen Nachmanovitch - violin, viola, electric violin
- Toshimaru Nakamura
- Maggie Nicols - voice
- Mary Oliver - violin, viola
- Tony Oxley - percussion
- Evan Parker - saxophones
- William Parker - double bass
- Mike Patton - voice, piano, synthesizer, toys
- Barre Phillips - double bass
- Andreas Paolo Perger - guitar
- Eddie Prévost - percussion, drums
- Randy Raine-Reusch - zheng, khaen, sho, kayageum, ichigenkin, and other world instruments
- Lee Ranaldo - guitar
- Hans Reichel - guitar, daxophone
- Ernst Reijseger - cello
- Guilherme Rodrigues - cello, trumpet
- Omar Rodríguez-López - guitar
- Keith Rowe - guitar
- John Russell - acoustic guitar
- Paul Rutherford - trombone
- Frederic Rzewski
- Carlos Sandoval - Gloves with sensors
- Giancarlo Schiaffini - trombone
- Alexander von Schlippenbach - piano
- Steven Schoenberg - piano
- Irène Schweizer - piano
- Matthew Shipp - piano
- Damon J. Smith (Rafa Selase) - piano
- Gary Smith - guitar
- John Stevens - percussion and trumpet
- Taku Sugimoto - guitar and cello
- György Szabados - piano
- Cecil Taylor - piano
- Benedict Taylor - viola
- John Tilbury - piano
- Keith Tippett - piano
- Julie Tippetts - voice
- Tommy Vig - vibraphone, drums, chimes
- Bernard Vitet - trumpet, various other instruments
- Voice Crack - electronics
- Philipp Wachsmann - violin
- John Bruce Wallace - electric guitar
- Jane Wang - double bass
- Trevor Watts - saxophone
- Kenny Wheeler - trumpet
- Wolter Wierbos - trombone
- Otomo Yoshihide - guitar and turntable
- Reynaldo Young - guitar, electronics
- Carlos Zingaro - violin and electronics
- John Zorn - saxophone
- Frank Zappa - Guitar-Composer
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