Avant Garde Jazz Artists & the Gear They Use

Pat Metheny

Guitarist, Bassist · Pat Metheny Group

Allan Holdsworth

Guitarist · Level 42

Nels Cline

Guitarist · Wilco

Bill Frisell

Guitarist · The Bill Frisell Band

Marc Ribot

Guitarist · Asmodeus

Trevor Dunn

Bassist · Melvins

Jeff Parker

Guitarist, Composer · Dailey & Vincent

Tom Waits

Singer, Guitarist · Roy Orbison And Friends

Joe Pass

Guitarist · Joe Pass & John Pisano

John Abercrombie

Guitarist · John Abercrombie Quartet

Mary Halvorson

Guitarist · Ches Smith & These Arches

Fred Frith

Guitarist, Composer · Henry Cow

Emmett Kelly

Guitarist · Ty Segall and The Freedom Band

Steve Swallow

Bassist, Composer · Gary Burton Quartet

Chick Corea

Keyboardist · Return to Forever

Sun Ra

Keyboardist, Composer · Sun Ra & His Arkestra

Sonny Rollins

Saxophonist · Thelonious Monk Quartet

Terje Rypdal

Guitarist, Keyboardist

Sonny Sharrock

Guitarist, Music Producer · Last Exit

John Coltrane

Saxophonist · John Coltrane Quartet

Derek Bailey

Guitarist · Arcana

Stian Westerhus

Guitarist · Ulver

Wayne Shorter

Composer, Saxophonist · Weather Report

Yamataka Eye

Singer, Music Producer · Boredoms

Billy Martin

Guitarist · Good Charlotte

Alice Coltrane

Keyboardist, Composer · Carlos Santana & Alice Coltrane

Henry Kaiser

Guitarist · French, Frith, Kaiser and Thompson

Tigran Hamasyan

Keyboardist · Jazz-Iz-Christ

Elvin Jones

Drummer · John Coltrane Quartet

Charles Mingus

Bassist, Keyboardist · Joni Mitchell (band)

Max Roach

Drummer · Charlie Parker Quintet

Terry Bozzio

Drummer · Missing Persons

DJ Spooky

Music Producer · Free Kitten

John Medeski

Keyboardist · Surrender to the Air

Eugene Chadbourne

Singer, Guitarist

Keith Jarrett

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

Ornette Coleman

Saxophonist · Pat Metheny & Ornette Coleman

Bobby Previte

Drummer, Music Producer · Beta Popes

James Blood Ulmer

Guitarist, Music Producer · Third Rail

Don Pullen

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

Anthony Braxton

Saxophonist · Challenge

Arild Andersen

Bassist, Music Producer

Colin Stetson

Music Producer · Arcade Fire

Albert Ayler

Composer, Saxophonist · Albert Ayler Trio

Paul Bley

Keyboardist, Music Producer

渡辺貞夫

Music Producer, Saxophonist

David Fiuczynski

Guitarist

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Singer, Guitarist

Michael Mantler

Music Producer, Audio Engineer

Louis Sclavis

Music Producer · Brötzmann Clarinet Project

Drew Gress

Bassist, Composer · Mary Halvorson Quartet

Arve Henriksen

Singer, Music Producer · Food

George Adams

Singer, Music Producer · The Charles Mingus Quintet

Wadada Leo Smith

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

Michel Berckmans

Singer, Keyboardist · Univers Zéro

Ches Smith

Drummer, Composer · Xiu Xiu

Joshua Abrams

Bassist, Music Producer · The Roots

Grachan Moncur III

Trombonist · Archie Shepp Quintet

Dave Burrell

Keyboardist, Music Producer · Archie Shepp Quartet

Joe Henderson

Saxophonist · Echoes of an Era

Attila Zoller

Composer

Andrew Borger

Composer · Preston School of Industry

Elson Nascimento

Drummer · The Sun Ra Arkestra

Rollo Radford

The Sun Ra Arkestra

Shelly Manne

Drummer, Music Producer

Marshall Allen

Surrender to the Air

Amina Claudine Myers

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

Mark Dresser

Bassist, Composer · The Jeff Kaiser Ockodektet

Norberto Lobo

Guitarist · Natural Information Society

Mikel Avery

Drummer · Natural Information Society

Jeff Gauthier

Music Producer · Alex Cline Ensemble

Dirk Descheemaeker

Univers Zéro

Michel Delory

Guitarist, Music Producer · Univers Zéro

Nicolas Dechêne

Guitarist, Bassist · Univers Zéro

Mark Wingfield

Guitarist, Composer

Kurt Budé

Univers Zéro

Peter Brötzmann

Singer, Saxophonist · Brötzmann Chicago Octet

Sergey Kuryokhin

Keyboardist, Composer

Kyle Wright

Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey

Ari Brown

Keyboardist · Lester Bowie Ensemble

Arto Tunçboyacıyan

Singer, Drummer · System of a Down

John Zorn

Music Producer, Saxophonist · Painkiller

Chris Schlarb

Guitarist, Music Producer

Kit Downes

Keyboardist, Music Producer

吉田達也

Drummer, Music Producer · Sun Kich

Philip Wilson

Drummer · The Paul Butterfield Blues Band

Shane Endsley

Music Producer · Kneebody

Christopher Tordini

Bassist · Becca Stevens Band

Christian Lillinger

Drummer, Music Producer

Hermeto Pascoal

Singer

George Haslam

Music Producer, Saxophonist

Fire!

Music Producer

Ken Wessel

Guitarist

Joachim Kühn

Keyboardist, Music Producer

Sylvie Courvoisier

Keyboardist, Music Producer

Whit Dickey

Drummer, Music Producer