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Free Jazz

155 profiles tagged Free Jazz, A-Z.

Aaron Stewart Tenor saxophone Aki Takase Piano Akira Sakata Alto Saxophone Albert Ayler Tenor saxophone ✦ 1936–1970 Albert Beger Tenor saxophone Aldo Romano Drums Alexandra Grimal Tenor Alice Coltrane Piano ✦ 1937–2007 Allan Chase Alto and soprano saxophone (also baritone on later recordings) Andrew Cyrille Drums Anthony Braxton Saxophones (sopranino through contrabass) Archie Shepp Tenor Saxophone Ariel Bart Chromatic harmonica Art Ensemble of Chicago Asaf Shchori Double bass Asaf Sirkis Drums Assaf Hakimi Double bass Assif Tsahar Tenor saxophone Aviran Ben Naim Piano Ben Street Double bass Bill Dixon Trumpet ✦ 1925–2010 Bill McHenry Tenor saxophone Billy Higgins Drums ✦ 1936–2001 Bob Stewart Tuba (early credits also on trumpet and flugelhorn) Bruce Arnold Guitar Carlos Ward Alto saxophone ✦ 1940–2026 Cecil McBee Double bass Cecil Taylor Piano ✦ 1929–2018 Chad Taylor Drums Charles Gayle Tenor saxophone ✦ 1939–2023 Charlie Haden Double bass ✦ 1937–2014 Chico Freeman Tenor saxophone Chris Tordini Double bass Christopher Hoffman Cello Cooper-Moore Piano Craig Taborn Piano Dave Holland Double bass Dave Phillips Double bass David Murray Tenor Saxophone Dewey Redman Tenor saxophone ✦ 1931–2006 Don Cherry Cornet ✦ 1936–1995 Ehran Elisha Drums Elvin Jones Drums ✦ 1927–2004 Enrico Rava Trumpet Eric Dolphy Alto Saxophone ✦ 1928–1964 Eric Revis Double bass Erik Friedlander Cello Ernesto Rodrigues Viola Eyal Netzer Tenor saxophone Eyal Talmudi Tenor saxophone Franco D'Andrea Piano Frank Lowe Tenor saxophone ✦ 1943–2003 Frank Wright Tenor Saxophone ✦ 1935–1990 Fred Hersch Piano Furio Di Castri Double bass Gabriel Meyer Bass Gary Peacock Double bass ✦ 1935–2020 Gato Barbieri Tenor saxophone ✦ 1932–2016 George Adams Tenor saxophone ✦ 1940–1992 George Garzone Tenor saxophone Gerald Cleaver Drums Gerry Hemingway Drums Gianluigi Trovesi Clarinet Giorgio Gaslini Piano ✦ 1929–2014 Greg Murphy Piano Hagai Fershtman Drums Haim Peskoff Drums Hamid Drake Drums Harold Rubin Clarinet ✦ 1932–2020 Henry Grimes Double bass ✦ 1935–2020 Henry Threadgill Alto saxophone Hōzan Yamamoto Shakuhachi (bamboo flute) ✦ 1937–2014 Ido Bukelman Electric guitar Isao Suzuki Double bass ✦ 1933–2022 James Blood Ulmer Electric guitar ✦ 1940–2026 James Carter Tenor James Newton Flute Jimmy Garrison Double bass ✦ 1934–1976 Joanne Brackeen Piano Joe Gallant Bass (upright and electric) Joëlle Léandre Double bass John Coltrane Tenor saxophone ✦ 1926–1967 John Zorn Alto saxophone Jongkuk Kim Drums Joris Teepe Double bass Julius Hemphill Alto saxophone ✦ 1938–1995 Kazutoki Umezu Alto saxophone Keith Jarrett Piano Kenny Wessel Guitar Kris Davis Piano Lee Konitz Alto saxophone (also soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone, clarinet, voice) ✦ 1927–2020 Leroy Jenkins Violin ✦ 1932–2007 Louis Belogenis Tenor Saxophone Mal Waldron Piano ✦ 1925–2002 Marc Ribot Guitar Masabumi Kikuchi Piano ✦ 1939–2015 Masahiko Satoh Piano Masahiko Togashi Drums ✦ 1940–2007 Massimo Urbani Alto saxophone (tenor saxophone early on) ✦ 1957–1993 Mat Maneri Violin Max Roach Drums ✦ 1924–2007 Maya Dunietz Piano Mehdi Chaib Tenor saxophone Michael Blake Tenor saxophone Michiyo Yagi Koto (13, 17, 18 and 21-string) Milena Jančurić Flute Milton Michaeli Piano Muhal Richard Abrams Piano ✦ 1930–2017 Muhammad Ali (drummer) Drums Nadav Masel Double bass Natsuki Tamura Trumpet Nitzan Birnbaum Drums Ofer Bymel Drums Oliver Lake Alto saxophone Ornette Coleman Alto saxophone ✦ 1930–2015 Otomo Yoshihide Guitar Paolo Damiani Cello Pat Metheny Guitar Paul Bley Piano ✦ 1932–2016 Paul Motian Drums ✦ 1931–2011 Perry Robinson Clarinet ✦ 1938–2018 Peter Kowald Double bass ✦ 1944–2002 Phalanx Pharoah Sanders Tenor saxophone ✦ 1940–2022 Pino Minafra Trumpet Prima Materia Rashied Ali Drums ✦ 1933–2009 Reggie Workman Double bass Roscoe Mitchell Saxophones (soprano, alto, tenor, baritone, bass, sopranino) Roswell Rudd Trombone ✦ 1935–2017 Sam Rivers Tenor saxophone ✦ 1923–2011 Satoko Fujii Piano Shay Hazan Double bass Sirone Double bass ✦ 1940–2009 Slava Ganelin Piano Steve Lacy Soprano saxophone ✦ 1934–2004 Steve Peskoff Guitar Sun Ra Piano ✦ 1914–1993 Sunny Murray Drums ✦ 1936–2017 Takeo Moriyama Drums Terumasa Hino Trumpet Toshinori Kondo Trumpet (acoustic and electric/amplified) ✦ 1948–2020 Tyshawn Sorey Drums Underground Spiritual Game Wadada Leo Smith Trumpet Wilber Morris Double bass ✦ 1937–2002 William Parker Double bass Yaron Herman Piano Yiftach Kadan Guitar Yitzhak Yedid Piano Yoav Zohar Drums Yoni Kretzmer Tenor saxophone Yoni Silver Bass clarinet Yosuke Yamashita Piano Ziv Taubenfeld Bass clarinet
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