Avant Garde Artists & the Gear They Use

Michael Wertmüller

Drummer · Full Blast

Ronald Shannon Jackson

Drummer, Music Producer · Last Exit

Daniel Carter

Keyboardist · Hamid Drake & Bindu

Lawrence D. "Butch" Morris

Music Producer · Fool Proof

Ned Rothenberg

Drummer, Music Producer

Fifi Rong

Singer, Music Producer

Gene Lake

Drummer, Music Producer · Henry Threadgill Very Very Circus

Stomu Takeishi

Bassist · Henry Threadgill & Make a Move

Tony Cedras

Singer, Keyboardist · Henry Threadgill & Make a Move

Carla Bley

Keyboardist, Music Producer · The Big Guns

Ferdinand Richard

Guitarist · Gestalt et Jive

Knut Remond

Drummer, Keyboardist · 16-17

Alex Buess

Music Producer · Phantom City

Guy Licata

Drummer · Method of Defiance

Santi Debriano

Bassist, Music Producer · The Bob Thiele Collective

D.D. Jackson

Keyboardist, Composer · David Murray Quartet

Sunny Murray

Drummer · Albert Ayler Trio

Ed Blackwell

Drummer · David Murray Quartet

Kahil El’Zabar

Drummer, Music Producer · David Murray Quartet

Roy Haynes

Drummer, Music Producer · David Murray Quartet

Fred Hopkins

Bassist, Drummer · David Murray Quartet

Kirk Lightsey

Keyboardist · David Murray Quartet

Félicia Atkinson

Singer, Music Producer

Kelly Roberty

Bassist · David Murray Quartet

Simon Berz

Drummer, Keyboardist

Greg Isabelle

Drummer · Big Dumb Face

Franck Vigroux

Composer, Music Producer

Jesse Appelhans

White Wizzard

Alex Cline

Singer, Drummer · Alex Cline Ensemble

Francis Moze

Bassist · Magma

Cameron Ralston

Bassist · Fight the Big Bull

Mike Pride

Drummer, Composer · Three-Layer Cake

Brandon Seabrook

Guitarist · Three-Layer Cake

Eulalie Ruynat

Etron Fou Leloublan

Joey Baron

Drummer, Keyboardist · Naked City

Kenny Wollesen

Drummer, Keyboardist · Trevor Dunn's Trio-Convulsant

Tom Cora

Bassist, Music Producer · Curlew

Greg Cohen

Bassist, Music Producer · Bar Kokhba Sextet

Mark Feldman

Music Producer · Uri Caine Ensemble

Coste Apetrea

Guitarist · Samla Mammas Manna

Natsuki Tamura

Music Producer · Larry Ochs Sax & Drumming Core

Andrew Voigt

Rova Saxophone Quartet

Bruce Ackley

Rova Saxophone Quartet

Jon Raskin

Rova Saxophone Quartet

David Coulter

Singer, Bassist · Joe Strummer and the Astro-Physicians

Collin Walcott

Drummer, Music Producer · Paul Winter Consort

Johnny Evans

Saxophonist · The Twisted Brown Trucker

Bill Brovold

Guitarist · Larval

Noël Akchoté

Guitarist, Music Producer

Dave Kerman

Drummer, Music Producer · Present

Jeannot Gillis

Univers Zéro

Josh Blair

Drummer · Orthrelm

Ted Milton

Blurt

Chris Vine

Guitarist, Bassist · Blurt

Jon Wygens

Singer, Guitarist · Blurt

Jerry Joseph

Singer · Stockholm Syndrome

Reggie Pace

Trombonist · No BS! Brass

Bryan Hooten

Composer · No BS! Brass

Graham Lambkin

Music Producer

J.C. Kuhl

Composer · Fight the Big Bull

Bob Miller

Drummer, Composer · Fight the Big Bull

Anna Webber

Music Producer · Eave

Helen Wiggin

Drummer · The Shaggs

Hilmar Jensson

Guitarist · MadLove

David Rosenboom

Keyboardist, Composer · The Theatre of Eternal Music

Marcus Schmickler

Drummer, Music Producer · MIMEO

Jordan Glenn

Drummer · Cavity Fang

Roscoe Mitchell

Drummer, Music Producer · Roscoe Mitchell Trio

Gerald Cleaver

Drummer, Music Producer · Roscoe Mitchell Trio

Jason Hoopes

Bassist · Fred Frith Trio

Stephan Crump

Bassist · Vijay Iyer Trio

Rob Kleiner

Keyboardist, Music Producer · Tub Ring

Simon Hawemann

Guitarist · Nightmarer

Jim Black

Drummer · Uri Caine Ensemble

Michael Formanek

Bassist, Music Producer · Uri Caine Ensemble

Tom Watson

Singer, Guitarist · The Red Krayola

Jason Adasiewicz

Rob Mazurek Quintet

Rob Mazurek

Music Producer · Brokeback

Jason Stein

Natural Information Society

Tomeka Reid

Mike Reed’s Loose Assembly

Jeremiah Cymerman

Keyboardist, Music Producer

Brandan Kearney

Guitarist, Bassist · Colonel Truth And The Berkeley Street Gurus

Pete Bassman

Bassist · Spacemen 3

Clayton Counts

Bull of Heaven

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

Marijus Aleksa

Drummer, Music Producer

Pat Patrick

Singer, Drummer · The Sun Ra Arkestra

Phil Franklin

Guitarist, Drummer · Faxed Head

Graph Head

Bassist · Faxed Head

Clinton “Bär” McKinnon

Drummer, Keyboardist · Umlaut

Eric Holland

Milk Cult

John Gilmore

Singer, Drummer · The Sun Ra Arkestra

Joe Fitzgerald

Bassist · Human Feel

Mick Rossi

Keyboardist, Composer · Philip Glass Ensemble