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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
Richard Barrett - electronics, sampler
Derek Bailey - guitar^[1]
Conny Bauer - trombone
Burkhard Beins - percussion
Samm Bennett - percussion, electronics
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
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, bass guitar, drums
Lol Coxhill - saxophone
Marilyn Crispell - piano
Stephen Crowe - guitar, electric guitar
Chris Cutler - percussion
Tobias Delius - saxophone
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
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
Zach Hill - drums
Killick Erik Hinds - h'arpeggione
Tim Hodgkinson - saxophone
Matt Ingalls - clarinet, electronics
Keith Jarrett - piano
Theo Joergensmann - 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 - string instruments
Jeanne Lee - voice
Thomas Lehn - synthesizer
George 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, larinet
Mario Mariani - piano, objects
Elio Martusciello - computer, guitar
Mattin
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, conductor
Jamie Muir - percussion
Stephen Nachmanovitch - violin, electric violin, viola
Toshimaru Nakamura
Maggie Nicols - voice
Mary Oliver - violin, viola
Tony Oxley - percussion
Evan Parker - saxophones
William Parker - double bass
Mike Patton - voice, piano, synthesizer
Barre Phillips - double bass
Andreas Paolo Perger - guitar
Eddie Prevost - percussion, drums
Randy Raine-Reusch - zheng, khaen, sho, kayageum, ichigenkin
Lee Ranaldo - guitar
Hans Reichel - guitar, daxophone^[1]
Ernst Reijseger - cello
Guilherme Rodrigues - cello, trumpet
Omar Rodriguez-Lopez - guitar
Keith Rowe - guitar^[1]
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
Damon J. Smith (Rafa Selase) - piano
Gary Smith - guitar
John Stevens - percussion, trumpet
Taku Sugimoto - guitar, cello
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 - double bass
Trevor Watts - saxophone
Kenny Wheeler - trumpet
Wolter Wierbos - trombone
Otomo Yoshihide - guitar, turntable
Reynaldo Young - guitar, electronics
Carlos Zingaro - violin, electronics
John Zorn - saxophone
Frank Zappa - guitar

Groups

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Berendt, Joachim-Ernst; Huesmann, Gunther (2009). The Jazz Book: From Ragtime to the 21st Century (7 ed.). Chicago, Illinois: Lawrence Hill Books. p. 433. ISBN 978-1-55652820-0.

[Berendt-1] Berendt, Joachim-Ernst; Huesmann, Gunther (2009). The Jazz Book: From Ragtime to the 21st Century (7 ed.). Chicago, Illinois: Lawrence Hill Books. p. 433. ISBN 978-1-55652820-0.

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