Free jazz musicians
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Adam O’Farrill
American jazz trumpeter
1
Ahmed Abdullah
jazz musician
2
Akira Sakata
Japanese jazz saxophonist, actor, researcher (1945-)
3
Amina Claudine Myers
American musician
4
Art Ensemble of Chicago
American avant-garde group
5
Arthur Doyle
American musician
6
Bill Pierce
American musician
7
Birdman
American rapper
8
Black Flag
American hardcore punk band
9
Borbetomagus
American free jazz / noise group
10
Burton Greene
American musician
11
Caboto
Italian band
12
Centipede
British musical group
13
Charles Mingus
American jazz double bassist, composer and bandleader
14
Charlie Haden
American jazz double bassist
15
Chico Hamilton
American musician
16
Chris Abrahams
Australian musician
17
Chris Potter
American musician
18
Dewey Redman
American saxophonist
19
Don Cherry
American jazz trumpeter
20
Eric Lewis
American jazz pianist
21
Evan Parker
English saxophonist
22
Gary Peacock
American double-bassist
23
Gil Evans
American pianist
24
Hamid Drake
American musician
25
Harry Pepl
Austrian composer
26
Ingebrigt Håker Flaten
jazz musician
27
Jack DeJohnette
American jazz drummer, pianist, and composer
28
Jair-Rôhm Parker Wells
American musician
29
James Newton Howard
American composer, conductor, and music producer
30
Jay Hoggard
American musician
31
Jazz Composer's Orchestra
American jazz group
32
Jim Baker
American improvisational pianist
33
Jimmy Giuffre
American clarinet and saxophone player
34
Joe Maneri
American composer, jazz musician and microtonal innovator
35
John Butcher
English tenor and soprano saxophone player
36
John Coltrane
American jazz saxophonist
37
Joris Dudli
Swiss drummer
38
Julian Priester
American jazz trombonist
39
Kahil El'Zabar
American musician
40
Kaoru Abe
Japanese saxophonist (1949-1978)
41
Kazutoki Umezu
Japanese saxophone, clarinetist, composer (1949-)
42
Kei Akagi
Japanese jazz pianist (1953-)
43
Kenta Tsugami
Japanese jazz saxophonist, composer and arranger (1965-)
44
Linda Sharrock
American singer
45
Makanda Ken McIntyre
American jazz musician and composer
46
Mani Neumeier
German rock musician, free jazz-drummer artist, and frontman
47
Mary Lou Williams
American jazz pianist, arranger, and composer
48
Masahiko Togashi
Japanese jazz percussionist and drummer (1940-2007)
49
Masayuki Takayanagi
Japanese jazz guitarist (1932-1991)
50
Mat Maneri
American composer, improviser and jazz violin and viola player
51
Mats Gustafsson
Swedish musician
52
Matt Garrison
American musician
53
Mette Rasmussen
54
Mick Goodrick
American musician
55
Mike Nock
New Zealand born musician residing in Australia.
56
Muhal Richard Abrams
American musician
57
Neneh Cherry
Swedish singer-songwriter
58
Norman Connors
American musician
59
Otomo Yoshihide
Japanese composer, guitarist (1959-)
60
Paal Nilssen-Love
Norwegian musician
61
Pascal Niggenkemper
German bassist
62
Paul Motian
American jazz drummer, percussionist, and composer
63
Pharoah Sanders
American jazz saxophonist
64
Phil Wachsmann
Ugandan musician
65
Randy Peterson
American musician
66
Ravi Coltrane
American jazz saxophonist (born 1965)
67
Ray Drummond
American musician
68
Rent Romus
American musician
69
Sabu Toyozumi
Japanese jazz drummer, erhu player (1943-)
70
Seiichi Nakamura
Japanese saxophonist, teacher (1947-)
71
Sergey Kuryokhin
Russian musician (1954–1996)
72
Sharon Freeman
American musician
73
Sonny Fortune
American saxophonist
74
Sonya Kitchell
singer, songwriter
75
Spontaneous Music Ensemble
76
Suga Dairo
Japanese jazz pianist (1974-)
77
Sun Ra
American jazz composer and bandleader (1914-1993)
78
Takeo Moriyama
Japanese drummer (1945-)
79
Tom Harrell
American composer, arranger, jazz trumpeter and flugelhornist
80
Tomasz Stańko
Polish trumpeter, composer and improviser
81
Toshimaru Nakamura
Japanese musician
82
Valentina Ponomaryova
Russian singer
83
Warren Smith
American musician
84
Weather Report
American jazz fusion band of the 1970s and early 1980s
85
William Parker
American jazz musician
86
Willie Jones, III
American drummer
87
Yōsuke Yamashita
Japanese jazz pianist, composer, author (1942-)