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Damon Smith
Damon Smith
musical artist
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Wadada Leo Smith
Wadada Leo Smith
American jazz trumpeter and composer
2
Nels Cline
Nels Cline
American guitarist and composer
3
Vinny Golia
Vinny Golia
American musician
4
Weasel Walter
Weasel Walter
American composer
5
Derek Bailey
Derek Bailey
British guitarist
6
Tim Perkis
Tim Perkis
American musician
7
Ned Rothenberg
Ned Rothenberg
American composer
8
Gerry Hemingway
Gerry Hemingway
American drummer
9
Pheeroan akLaff
Pheeroan akLaff
American jazz drummer
10
Mark Dresser
Mark Dresser
American musician
11
Chris Brown
Chris Brown
American composer, pianist and electronic musician
12
Ava Mendoza
Ava Mendoza
American musician
13
John Tchicai
John Tchicai
Danish free jazz saxophonist
14
Skúli Sverrisson
Skúli Sverrisson
Icelandic musician
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John Lindberg
John Lindberg
American musician
16
Susie Ibarra
Susie Ibarra
American musician
17
Steve Smith
Steve Smith
American drummer
18
Fred Frith
Fred Frith
English musician, composer and improvisor
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Curtis Hasselbring
Curtis Hasselbring
American musician
20
David Lindley
David Lindley
American musician
21
Eugene Chadbourne
Eugene Chadbourne
American musician and music critic
22
Liberty Ellman
Liberty Ellman
American musician
23
Marilyn Crispell
Marilyn Crispell
American pianist
24
John Russell
John Russell
English guitarist
25
Michael Manring
Michael Manring
American musician
26
Marc Ribot
Marc Ribot
American musician
27
John Butcher
John Butcher
English tenor and soprano saxophone player
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Mike Keneally
Mike Keneally
American musician
29
Joëlle Léandre
Joëlle Léandre
French double bassist, vocalist and composer
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Miya Masaoka
Miya Masaoka
American composer
31
Tom Cora
Tom Cora
American cellist and composer
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Erik Friedlander
Erik Friedlander
American musician
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Roger Miller
Roger Miller
American musician and vocalist
34
Cyro Baptista
Cyro Baptista
Brazilian musician
35
Scott Amendola
Scott Amendola
musician
36
Alvin Curran
Alvin Curran
American musician and composer
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Peter Kowald
Peter Kowald
German free jazz double bassist and tubist
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Anthony Davis
Anthony Davis
American pianist and composer
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John Oswald
John Oswald
Canadian composer
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Duck Baker
Duck Baker
American guitarist
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James Emery
James Emery
American musician
42
Hans Reichel
Hans Reichel
German improvisational guitarist, experimental luthier, inventor, and type designer
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The Flying Luttenbachers
The Flying Luttenbachers
band that plays noise rock
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Gerald Cleaver
Gerald Cleaver
American musician
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Malachi Favors
Malachi Favors
American bassist
46
Evan Parker
Evan Parker
English saxophonist
47
George Lewis
George Lewis
composer, electronic performer, installation artist, trombone player, and scholar
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Robert Dick
Robert Dick
American flutist and composer
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Freddie Roulette
Freddie Roulette
American Chicago blues and electric blues guitarist
50
Lukas Ligeti
Lukas Ligeti
composer
51
Marcus Rojas
Marcus Rojas
American musician
52
Ras Michael
Ras Michael
Jamaican musician
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Bobby Previte
Bobby Previte
American drummer
54
Vijay Iyer
Vijay Iyer
American jazz musician
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Elliott Sharp
Elliott Sharp
American musician
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Larry Coryell
Larry Coryell
American guitarist
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Tim Dahl
Tim Dahl
musician
58
Bob Moses
Bob Moses
American musician
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John Zorn
John Zorn
American composer, saxophonist and bandleader
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Adam Rogers
Adam Rogers
American musician
61
Chris Cutler
Chris Cutler
English percussionist, composer, lyricist and music theorist
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Mary Halvorson
Mary Halvorson
US avant-garde jazz guitarist
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Ronald Shannon Jackson
Ronald Shannon Jackson
American drummer
Henry Kaiser
American guitarist, film director, and scientific diver

Henry Kaiser

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American guitarist, film director, and scientific diver

Henry Kaiser (born September 19, 1952) is an American guitarist and composer, known as an idiosyncratic soloist, a sideman, an ethnomusicologist, and a film score composer. Recording and performing prolifically in many styles of music, Kaiser is a fixture on the San Francisco Bay Area music scene. He is considered a member of the "second generation" of American free improvisers. He is married to Canadian artist Brandy Gale. He is the son of Henry J. Kaiser Jr. and the grandson of industrialist Henry J. Kaiser.