Avant Garde Jazz Artists & the Gear They Use

Jeff Harshbarger

Bassist · Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey

Mark Southerland

GAV7D

Dove McHargue

Guitarist · Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey

Matt Leland

Singer · Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey

Sylvie Courvoisier

Keyboardist, Music Producer

Tony Buck

Drummer, Music Producer · The Necks

Archie Shepp

Keyboardist, Music Producer · Archie Shepp Quartet

Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen

Composer

Ken Wessel

Guitarist

Ben Boye

Keyboardist · Ty Segall and The Freedom Band

Christopher Tordini

Bassist · Becca Stevens Band

Philip Wilson

Drummer · The Paul Butterfield Blues Band

Danny Ray Thompson

Singer, Bassist · Black Heat

Colin Stetson

Music Producer · Arcade Fire

Audun Kleive

Drummer, Music Producer

Eric Dolphy

The Charles Mingus Quartet

Shane Endsley

Music Producer · Kneebody

John Zorn

Music Producer, Saxophonist · Weird Little Boy

Oliver Lake

Singer, Music Producer

Chris Abrahams

Keyboardist, Music Producer · The Necks

Cecil McBee

Bassist, Drummer · The Bob Thiele Collective

Nasheet Waits

Drummer · Stanley Cowell Trio

Arto Tunçboyacıyan

Singer, Drummer · System of a Down

Bobby Previte

Drummer, Music Producer · Beta Popes

Wayne Horvitz

Keyboardist, Music Producer · Varmint

Paal Nilssen-Love

Drummer, Music Producer · Scorch Trio

Evan Parker

Singer, Saxophonist · Evan Parker Electro-Acoustic Ensemble

Barry Guy

Bassist, Composer · Evan Parker Electro-Acoustic Ensemble

Louis Moholo

Drummer, Music Producer · Louis Moholo/Evan Parker/Pule Pheto/Gibo Pheto/Barry Guy Quintet

Han Bennink

Drummer · The Peter Brötzmann Octet

Jan Garbarek

Composer, Music Producer

Ned Rothenberg

Drummer, Music Producer

Ken Vandermark

Music Producer · Spaceways Incorporated

Michael Zerang

Drummer · Brötzmann Chicago Octet

Julian Priester

Drummer · The Herbie Hancock Sextet

Billy Hart

Drummer, Music Producer · The Herbie Hancock Sextet

Ray Anderson

Singer, Music Producer · The Bob Thiele Collective

Henry Threadgill

Drummer · Material

John Surman

Keyboardist, Music Producer · The Ripple Effect

Michael Cain

Keyboardist, Composer · Jack DeJohnette's Special Edition

Gary Peacock

Bassist · Keith Jarrett, Gary Peacock, Jack DeJohnette

Paul Motian

Drummer, Composer · Keith Jarrett Trio

Carla Bley

Keyboardist, Music Producer · The Big Guns

Ed Blackwell

Drummer · David Murray Quartet

Roy Haynes

Drummer, Music Producer · David Murray Quartet

Ambrose Akinmusire

Keyboardist, Music Producer · Blue Note All‐Stars

Sunny Murray

Drummer · Albert Ayler Trio

Ben Goldberg

Composer, Music Producer · Graham Connah Group

Grant Calvin Weston

Drummer · Dying Ground

Greg Cohen

Bassist, Music Producer · Bar Kokhba Sextet

Lester Bowie

Drummer, Music Producer · Lester Bowie Ensemble

Bruce Ackley

Rova Saxophone Quartet

Andrew Cyrille

Singer, Drummer · The Bob Thiele Collective

Thomas Morgan

Guitarist, Bassist

Arve Henriksen

Singer, Music Producer · Food

Amirtha Kidambi

Singer, Music Producer · Mary Halvorson’s Code Girl

Roscoe Mitchell

Drummer, Music Producer · Roscoe Mitchell Trio

Stephan Crump

Bassist · Vijay Iyer Trio

Vijay Iyer

Keyboardist, Music Producer · Vijay Iyer Trio

Ralph Alessi

Music Producer · Uri Caine Ensemble

David Binney

Keyboardist, Music Producer · Uri Caine Ensemble

Michael Formanek

Bassist, Music Producer · Uri Caine Ensemble

吉田達也

Drummer, Music Producer · Sun Kich

Jason Adasiewicz

Rob Mazurek Quintet

Rob Mazurek

Music Producer · Brokeback

Frank Rosaly

Drummer · Joshua Abrams Quartet

Lisa Alvarado

Natural Information Society

Benjamin Lamar Gay

Natural Information Society

Nick Mazzarella

Music Producer · Natural Information Society

Jason Stein

Natural Information Society

Tomeka Reid

Mike Reed’s Loose Assembly

Jason Ajemian

Singer, Bassist · Who Cares How Long You Sink

Tony Malaby

Music Producer · Ches Smith & These Arches

Tim Berne

Music Producer · Ches Smith & These Arches

Vinny Golia

Music Producer · The Vinny Golia Large Ensemble

Roy Eldridge

Singer, Keyboardist · All Star Big Band

Gary Burton

Composer, Music Producer · Gary Burton Quintet

Kenny Wheeler

Kenny Wheeler Quintet

Joachim Kühn

Keyboardist, Music Producer

Pat Patrick

Singer, Drummer · The Sun Ra Arkestra

Hatty Randolph

Singer · The Sun Ra Arkestra

Lucious Randolph

The Sun Ra Arkestra

David Liebman

Saxophonist

Ronnie Boykins

Bassist · The Sun Ra Arkestra

Art Jenkins

Singer · The Sun Ra Arkestra

Fire!

Music Producer

Hayes Burnett

Bassist, Drummer · The Sun Ra Arkestra

Tyrone Hill

Singer · The Sun Ra Arkestra

Earl "Buster" Smith

Drummer · The Sun Ra Arkestra

Don Mumford

Drummer · The Sun Ra Arkestra

George Haslam

Music Producer, Saxophonist

Marion Brown

Drummer · The Archie Shepp Septet

Damon Choice

The Sun Ra Arkestra

John Goldsmith

Drummer · The Sun Ra Arkestra

Bob Cunningham

Singer, Bassist · The Sun Ra Arkestra

Tomas Fujiwara

Drummer, Music Producer · Thumbscrew