Avant Garde Jazz Artists & the Gear They Use

Allan Holdsworth

Guitarist · Level 42

Bill Frisell

Guitarist · The Bill Frisell Band

Pat Metheny

Guitarist, Bassist · Pat Metheny Group

Nels Cline

Guitarist · Wilco

Marc Ribot

Guitarist · Asmodeus

Jeff Parker

Guitarist, Composer · Dailey & Vincent

Tom Waits

Singer, Guitarist · Roy Orbison And Friends

Trevor Dunn

Bassist · Melvins

Joe Pass

Guitarist · Joe Pass & John Pisano

Mary Halvorson

Guitarist · Ches Smith & These Arches

John Abercrombie

Guitarist · John Abercrombie Quartet

Fred Frith

Guitarist, Composer · Henry Cow

Sonny Rollins

Saxophonist · Pat Metheny & Sonny Rollins Trio

Steve Swallow

Bassist, Composer · Gary Burton Quartet

Henry Kaiser

Guitarist · French, Frith, Kaiser and Thompson

Terje Rypdal

Guitarist, Keyboardist

Chick Corea

Keyboardist · GRP All-Star Big Band

Sun Ra

Keyboardist, Composer · Sun Ra & His Arkestra

John Coltrane

Saxophonist · John Coltrane Quartet

Yamataka Eye

Singer, Music Producer · Boredoms

Billy Martin

Guitarist · Good Charlotte

Derek Bailey

Guitarist · Arcana

Emmett Kelly

Guitarist · Ty Segall and The Freedom Band

Elvin Jones

Drummer · John Coltrane Quartet

Stian Westerhus

Guitarist · Ulver

Wayne Shorter

Composer, Saxophonist · Weather Report

Sonny Sharrock

Guitarist, Music Producer · Last Exit

clown core

Singer, Guitarist

Attila Zoller

Composer

Terry Bozzio

Drummer · The Mothers of Invention

Tigran Hamasyan

Keyboardist · Jazz-Iz-Christ

Charles Mingus

Bassist, Keyboardist · Joni Mitchell (band)

Max Roach

Drummer · Charlie Parker Quintet

Alice Coltrane

Keyboardist, Composer · Carlos Santana & Alice Coltrane

Eugene Chadbourne

Singer, Guitarist

Ornette Coleman

Saxophonist · Pat Metheny & Ornette Coleman

Don Pullen

Keyboardist, Music Producer · Don Pullen & The African-Brazilian Connection

Ches Smith

Drummer, Composer · Xiu Xiu

Hermeto Pascoal

Singer

John Medeski

Keyboardist · Medeski Martin & Wood

James Blood Ulmer

Guitarist, Music Producer · Third Rail

Sergey Kuryokhin

Keyboardist, Composer

Wadada Leo Smith

Bassist, Music Producer · Wadada Leo Smith's Golden Quartet

George Adams

Singer, Music Producer · The Charles Mingus Quintet

渡辺貞夫

Music Producer, Saxophonist

Arild Andersen

Bassist, Music Producer

David Fiuczynski

Guitarist

Keith Jarrett

Keyboardist, Music Producer · Keith Jarrett, Gary Peacock, Jack DeJohnette

Michel Berckmans

Singer, Keyboardist · Univers Zéro

Paul Bley

Keyboardist, Music Producer

Louis Sclavis

Music Producer · Brötzmann Clarinet Project

Michael Mantler

Music Producer, Audio Engineer

Drew Gress

Bassist, Composer · Mary Halvorson Quartet

Pharoah Sanders

Saxophonist · Elvin Jones McCoy Tyner Quintet

Joshua Abrams

Bassist, Music Producer · The Roots

Christian Genet

Bassist · Univers Zéro

Peter Brötzmann

Singer, Saxophonist · Brötzmann Chicago Octet

Nicolas Dechêne

Guitarist, Bassist · Univers Zéro

Jeff Gauthier

Music Producer · Alex Cline Ensemble

Kit Downes

Keyboardist, Music Producer

Kurt Budé

Univers Zéro

Mark Dresser

Bassist, Composer · The Jeff Kaiser Ockodektet

Grachan Moncur III

Trombonist · Archie Shepp Quintet

Anthony Braxton

Drummer, Keyboardist · Challenge

Marshall Allen

Surrender to the Air

Shelly Manne

Drummer, Music Producer

Elson Nascimento

Drummer · The Sun Ra Arkestra

Michel Delory

Guitarist, Music Producer · Univers Zéro

Amina Claudine Myers

Singer, Keyboardist · Lester Bowie’s New York Organ Ensemble

Rollo Radford

The Sun Ra Arkestra

Mikel Avery

Drummer · Natural Information Society

Kyle Wright

Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey

Ari Brown

Keyboardist · Lester Bowie Ensemble

Fontella Bass

Singer · Lester Bowie Ensemble

Chris Schlarb

Guitarist, Music Producer

Joe Henderson

Saxophonist · Echoes of an Era

Dirk Descheemaeker

Univers Zéro

Norberto Lobo

Guitarist · Natural Information Society

Stan Getz

Saxophonist · Stan Getz Quartet

DJ Spooky

Music Producer · Free Kitten

Dave Burrell

Keyboardist, Music Producer · Archie Shepp Quartet

Andrew Borger

Composer · Preston School of Industry

Brad Jones

Guitarist · The Jazz Passengers

Ben Goldberg

Composer, Music Producer · Graham Connah Group

Ed Blackwell

Drummer · David Murray Quartet

Cecil McBee

Bassist, Drummer · The Bob Thiele Collective

Ken Vandermark

Music Producer · Spaceways Incorporated

Marion Brown

Drummer · The Archie Shepp Septet

Pat Patrick

Singer, Drummer · The Sun Ra Arkestra

Greg Cohen

Bassist, Music Producer · Bar Kokhba Sextet

Jason Adasiewicz

Natural Information Society

Nick Mazzarella

Music Producer · Natural Information Society

Ned Rothenberg

Drummer, Music Producer

Joshua Raymer

Drummer · Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey

Hayes Burnett

Bassist, Drummer · The Sun Ra Arkestra

Ray Anderson

Singer, Music Producer · The Bob Thiele Collective