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

The A Band AMM Borbetomagus The Brotherhood of Breath EOTO Feminist Improvising Group Henry Cow King Crimson Last Exit (1980s group) MATH M.I.M.E.O. Massacre Maybe Monday Mujician Musica Elettronica Viva nmperign (a duo consisting of soprano saxophonist Bhob Rainey and trumpeter Greg Kelley)

poire z – electronics Red Square San Agustin Shaking Ray Levis Skeleton Crew Spontaneous Music Ensemble Supersilent Triangulation – Irish-Swiss-French improv group with Christy Doran, John Wolf Brennan, Patrice Héral and Bruno Amstad Un Drame Musical Instantané and precursor Birgé Gorgé Shiroc Vitamin S – A free improvisation collective Wolf Eyes Zoochosis Zoviet France

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 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 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 Fred Frith – guitar, violin Cor Fuhler – piano, keyolin, synthesizer Bernhard Gal – electronics Joel Garten – piano Charles Gayle – saxophone, piano, bass clarinet 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 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

Fred Lonberg-Holm – cello 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 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 Irène Schweizer – piano Matthew Shipp – 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

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