Here is List of Free Jazz artists



These Free Jazz artists will be your reference to know the performance of this genre and how Jazz music is getting more developed more than ever before. The artists incorporate a lot of more freedom than other genres

From the United States:

  • Anthony Braxton
  • Django Reinhardt
  • Lennie Tristano
  • Ornette Coleman
  • Cecil Taylor
  • Charles Mingus
  • Jackie McLean
  • Jimmy Giuffre Trio( Jimmy Giuffre, Paul Bley, Steve Swallow)
  • Eric Dolfphy
  • John Coltrane
  • Chico Hamilton
  • Joe Harriot
  • Derek Bailey
  • Evan Parker
  • Max Roach
  • Archie Shepp
  • William Byrd
  • William "Billy" Taylor
  • David S Ware
  • Matthew Shipp
  • William Parker
  • Joe Morris
  • Matana Roberts
  • Chad Taylor
  • John Zorn
  • Madeski Martin and Wood
  • Assif Tsahar
  • Tom Abbs
  • Kenny Earnest
  • Dawkins
  • Karl E. H. Seigfried
  • Ken Vandermark
  • Hamid Drake
  • Tanner
  • Miles Davis
  • Cecil Taylor
  • John Klemmer
  • Keith Jarrett
  • Chick Corea
  • Pharoah Sanders
  • McCoy Tyner
  • Alice Coltrane
  • Wayne Shorter
  • Don Cherry
  • John Zorn
  • Henry Kaiaser
  • Eugene Chadbourne
  • Tim Berne
  • Bill Frisell
  • Steve Lacy


Vocalist:

  • Jeanne Lee
  • Sheila Jordan
  • Linda Sharrock
  • Patty Waters

Artists who are from Europe:

  • Joe Harriot
  • Peter Brotzmann
  • Evan Parker
  • Conny Bauer
  • Derek Bailey
  • Fred Van Hove
  • Han Bennink
  • Tomasz Stanko
  • Zbigniew Seifert
  • Vladimir Chekasin
  • Vyacheslav Ganelin
  • Vladimir Tarasov


Artists who are from Japan:

  • Masayuki Takayanagi
  • Kaoru Abe



From other part of the world

  • Ivo Perlman (Brazil)
  • Gato Barbieri (Argentina)