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:
- a.k.a. VOCE - Looping Voice, Electronics
- Maarten Altena- Double Bass
- AMM
- Thomas Ankersmit- Saxophone and Synthesizer
- John Aziz - Piano
- Derek Bailey- Guitar
- Conny Bauer- Trombone
- Anthony Braxton- Saxophone
- Burkhard Beins- Percussion
- Samm Bennett- Percussion and Electronics
- Han Bennink- Percussion
- Steve Beresford- piano, other instruments
- Birdyak (Bob Cobbing and Hugh Metcalfe duo)
- Raleigh Booze - Electronics, various other instruments
- Borbetomagus
- Ian Brighton- Guitar
- The Brotherhood of Breath
- John Butcher- Saxophone
- Calling Signals
- Captain Beefheart - Saxophone, Clarinet
- Company
- Tom Cora - Cello
- Lol Coxhill- Saxophone
- Guenther Christmann-Trombone, Cello
- Chris Cutler - Percussion
- Dartington Trio (trio of Keith & Julie Tippett and Paul Dunmall)
- Tobias Delius - Saxophone
- diatribes - drums, sax, laptop
- Michael Doneda- Saxohpone
- Axel Dörner- Trumpet
- Kelly Roberti - Bassist, composer, arranger, educator.
- Kevin Drumm- Guitar and Synthesizer
- Paul Dunmall- Saxophone
- Phil Durrant- Electronics, Violin
- The Feminist Improvising Group
- Michael Fischer- Saxophone
- G F Fitzgerald- Guitar
- Fred Frith- Guitar
- Barry Guy- Double bass
- Joel Garten - Piano
- Mats Gustafsson- Saxophone
- Keiji Haino - Guitar,voice
- Robin Hayward- Tuba
- Katt Hernandez- Violin
- Tim Hodgkinson - Saxophone
- Tristan Honsinger- Cello
- Michael Hoshall- Keyboards
- Fred Van Hove - Piano
- Iskra 1903 (trio of Barry Guy, Derek Bailey and Paul Rutherford)
- Peter Kowald- double bass
- Steve Lacy- Saxophone
- Last Exit (1980's group)
- Joëlle Léandre - Double bass, voice
- Thomas Lehn- Synthesizer
- George Lewis-Trombone and electronics. Invented Voyager, interactive
- Modisti (Belma Martin & Pedro Lopez)- Dúo by voice & Electroacoustics instruments interpretation vampirization & design
- Paul Lovens- Drums
- Paul Lytton- Drums
- Joeseph Gabirel Esther Maneri- Saxohpone and Clarinet
- Massacre - trio of Fred Frith, Bill Laswell and Fred Maher (Fred Maher later replaced by Charles Hayward)
- Matt Matheson - Electronics, various other instruments
- Robert Menzel - Saxophones, Flute and bass clarinet
- Misha Mengelberg- Piano, toys
- Hugh Metcalfe - Violin, Guitar, Drums
- M.I.M.E.O.
- Phil Minton- Voice
- Louis Moholo- Drums
- Butch Morris- cornet and conductor
- nmperign- Duo of soprano saxophonist Bhob Rainey and trumpeter Greg Kelley
- Toshimaru Nakamura
- Tom Nicholson- Guitar
- La Quan Nin- Percussion
- New Phonic Art
- Shawn Meehan- Percussion
- MEV
- Mujician
- Jamie Muir- Percussion
- Tony Oxley- Percussion
- Maggie Nicols- Voice
- Evan Parker- Saxophone
- People Band
- poire z- Electronics
- Radar Favourites
- Red Balune
- Red Square
- Hans Reichel- Guitar
- Ernesto Rodrigues- Violin, Viola
- Guilherme Rodrigues- Cello, Trumpet
- Keith Rowe- Guitar
- Olaf Rupp- Guitar
- San Agustin
- Shaking Ray Levis
- The Sisterhood of Spit
- Frederic Rzewski
- Skeleton Crew - Fred Frith and Tom Cora (and Zeena Parkins later)
- Gary Smith - guitar
- Roger Smith- Guitar
- Spontaneous Music Ensemble
- Howie Stelzer- Electronics
- John Stevens- Percussion and trumpet
- Supersilent
- Keith Tippett- Piano
- Julie Tippett (sometimes Tippetts)- voice
- Trevor Taylor- Percussion
- Voice Crack- Electronics
- Philipp Wachsmann- Violin
- Trevor Watts- Saxophone
- Veryan Weston - Piano
- Kenny Wheeler- Trumpet
- Alan Wilkinson- Trombone
- Joe Williamson - double bass
- Wired
- Chris Worden - voice, guitar, various other instruments
- Jack Wright- Saxohpone
- Otomo Yoshihide- Guitar and Turntable
- John Zorn- Saxophone
- Taku Sugimoto- Guitar and violoncello
- Taku Unami- Laptop and Banjo
- Carlos Zingaro - violin and electronics
- Zoochosis