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:

*The A Band
*Susan Alcorn - pedal steel guitarist
*Maarten Altena - Double Bass
*Martine Altenburger - Cello
*AMM
*Thomas Ankersmit - Saxophone and Synthesizer
*Linda Gale Aubry - Harp, Synthesizer, Electronics
*Ab Baars - Tenor Saxophone, Clarinet
*Derek Bailey - Guitar
*Conny Bauer - Trombone
*Burkhard Beins - Percussion
*Samm Bennett - Percussion and Electronics
*Han Bennink - Percussion
*Steve Beresford - Piano, various other instruments
*Birdyak (Bob Cobbing and Hugh Metcalfe duo)
*Raleigh Booze - Electronics, various other instruments
*Borbetomagus
*Gail Brand - trombone
*Anthony Braxton - saxophones
*Ian Brighton - Guitar
*The Brotherhood of Breath
*Peter Brötzmann - Saxophone, Taragato
*Michele Buirette
*John Butcher - Saxophone
*Michael Bullock - Double Bass, Electronics, Video
*Captain Beefheart - Saxophone, Clarinet
*Rüdiger Carl - Accordion
*Kent Carter - Double Bass
*Cat's Craddle
*Genevieve Cabannes
*Charity Chan - Piano, Extended technique
*Guenther Christmann - Trombone, Cello
*Graham Clark (violinist)
*Company
*Tom Cora - Cello, electric bass, drums
*Lol Coxhill - Saxophone
*Marilyn Crispell - Piano
*Chris Cutler - Percussion
*Wilbert de Joode - Double Bass
*Tobias Delius - Saxophone
*Les Diaboliques
*[e-mail]
*Michel Doneda - Saxophone
*Axel Dörner - Trumpet
*Mark Dresser - Double Bass
*Kevin Drumm - Guitar and Synthesizer
*Paul Dunmall - Saxophone
*Phil Durrant - Electronics, Violin
*Karlheinz Essl - Electronics
*European Women's Improvising Group
*Julia Feldman - voice
*Simon Fell - Double bass
*The Feminist Improvising Group
*Michael Fischer - Saxophone
*Colin Fisher - Tenor Saxophone
*G F Fitzgerald - Guitar
*Lori Freedman - clarinets
*Fred Frith - Guitar, Violin
*Patrick Frye III - Harpsichord, Piano, Synthesizer
*Cor Fuhler - Piano, Keyolin, Synthesizer
*Bernhard Gal - Electronics
*Joel Garten - Piano
*Charles Gayle - Saxophone, Piano, Bass Clarinet
*Ernst Glerum - Double Bass
*Georg Gräwe - Piano
*Mats Gustafsson - Saxophone, Fluteophone
*Barry Guy - Double Bass
*Keiji Haino - Guitar, Voice
*Robin Hayward - Tuba
*Thomas Heberer - Trumpet
*Gerry Hemingway - drums
*Ig Henneman - Viola
*Katt Hernandez - Violin
*Wiek Hijmans - Guitar
*Killick Erik Hinds - H'arpeggione
*Tim Hodgkinson - Saxophone
*Tristan Honsinger - Cello
*Michael Hoshall - Keyboards
*Francois Houle - Clarinet
*Fred Van Hove - Piano
*Iskra 1903 (trio led by Paul Rutherford, with Barry Guy and either Derek Bailey or Philipp Wachsmann)
*Theo Jörgensmann - Bassett-clarinet
*Leonel Kaplan - Trumpet
*Styles J. Kauphmann - Clarinet, Violin, Voice
*Michael Keith - Guitar
*Peter Kowald - Double Bass
*Caroline Kraabel - Saxophone
*Steve Lacy - Saxophone
*Kathryn Ladano - Bass Clarinet
*Last Exit (1980s group)
*Lê Quan Ninh - Percussion
*Joëlle Léandre - Double Bass, Voice
*Jeanne Lee - Voice
*Peggy Lee - Cello
*Thomas Lehn - Synthesizer
*George Lewis-Trombone and electronics
*Fred Lonberg-Holm - Cello
*Paul Lovens - drums
*Paul Lytton - drums
*MATH
*MEV
*M.I.M.E.O.
*Maybe Monday - Fred Frith, Miya Masaoka and Larry Ochs
*Radu Malfatti - Trombone
*Joe Maneri - Saxophone and Clarinet
*Matt Maneri - Violin
*Massacre - trio of Fred Frith, Bill Laswell and Fred Maher (Fred Maher later replaced by Charles Hayward)
*Matt Matheson - Electronics, various other instruments
*Shawn Meehan - Percussion
*Misha Mengelberg - Piano, toys
*Robert Menzel - saxophones, Flute and Bass Clarinet
*Hugh Metcalfe - Violin, Guitar, drums
*Phil Minton - Voice
*Modisti (Belma Martin & Pedro Lopez)- Dúo by Voice & Electroacoustics instruments
*Louis Moholo - drums
*Michael Moore - Saxophone, Clarinet, Bass Clarinet
*Thurston Moore - Guitar
*Butch Morris - Cornet and conductor
*Mouthus
*Jamie Muir - Percussion
*Torsten Muller - Double Bass
*Mujician
*Toshimaru Nakamura
*New Phonic Art
*nmperign- Duo of soprano saxophonist Bhob Rainey and trumpeter Greg Kelley
*Tom Nicholson - Guitar
*Maggie Nicols - Voice
*The NOW Orchestra - Saxophone, Acoustic Bass, Trombone, Trumpet, Voice, Electric Guitar, and drums
*Mary Oliver - Violin, Viola
*Tony Oxley - Percussion
*Evan Parker - Saxophone
*William Parker - Double Bass
*People Band
*Barre Phillips - Double Bass
*Pied de Poule
*poire z - Electronics
*Lee Ranaldo
*Red Square
*Hans Reichel - Guitar, Daxophone
*Ernst Reijseger - Cello
*Ernesto Rodrigues - Violin, Viola
*Guilherme Rodrigues - Cello, Trumpet
*Keith Rowe - Guitar
* [http://www.audiosemantics.de/ Olaf Rupp] - Guitar
*Paul Rutherford - Trombone
*Frederic Rzewski
*San Agustin
*Alexander von Schlippenbach - Piano
*Irène Schweizer - Piano
*Shaking Ray Levis
*Matthew Shipp - Piano
*The Sisterhood of Spit
*Skeleton Crew - Fred Frith and Tom Cora (and Zeena Parkins later)
*Gary Smith - Guitar
*Grant Smith - drums, percussion
*Roger Smith - Guitar
*Spontaneous Music Ensemble
*Howie Stelzer - Electronics
*John Stevens - Percussion and Trumpet
*Taku Sugimoto - Guitar and Cello
*Supersilent
*Cecil Taylor - Piano
*Trevor Taylor - Percussion
*Keith Tippett - Piano
*Julie Tippetts - Voice
*Taku Unami - Laptop and Banjo
*Mariette Rouppe van der Voort - Flute, Saxophone
*Peter van Bergen - Saxophone
*Dylan Van der Schyff - drums
*Vapori del Cuore
*Nikos Veliotis - Cello
*Voice Crack - Electronics
*Voice Over Noise - Laptops, Electronics
*Jean-Paul Vivini - Guitar
*Philipp Wachsmann - Violin
*Jane Wang - Double bass
*Trevor Watts - Saxophone
*Veryan Weston - Piano
*Kenny Wheeler - Trumpet
*Alan Wilkinson - Trombone
*Joe Williamson - Double Bass
*Wired
*Wolter Wierbos - Trombone
*Chris Worden - Voice, Guitar, various other instruments
*Jack Wright - Saxophone
*Otomo Yoshihide - Guitar and Turntable
*Reynaldo Young - Guitar, Electronics
*Wolf Eyes - Guitar, drums, vocals
*Carlos Zingaro - Violin and Electronics
*Zoochosis
*John Zorn - Saxophone
*Glasgow Improvisers Orchestra
*Mehmet Gencler - Fretless Guitar

See also

*Creative Sources Recordings
*Erstwhile Records
*Free jazz
*Musics (magazine)
*Incus Records
*Improvised Music from Japan
*List of experimental musicians