Free Improvisation Artists & the Gear They Use

John Petrucci

Guitarist, Composer · Dream Theater

Thurston Moore

Singer, Guitarist · Sonic Youth

Buckethead

Guitarist, Bassist · Guns N' Roses

Robert Fripp

Guitarist, Keyboardist · King Crimson

Adrian Belew

Composer, Guitarist · Nine Inch Nails

Nels Cline

Guitarist · Wilco

Marc Ribot

Guitarist · Asmodeus

Tony Levin

Bassist · King Crimson

Merzbow

Composer, Music Producer · Kikuri

Greg Lake

Singer, Guitarist · King Crimson

Trey Anastasio

Guitarist · Phish

Jim O'Rourke

Singer, Guitarist · Sonic Youth

John Wetton

Singer, Guitarist · King Crimson

Oren Ambarchi

Guitarist · Sunn O)))

Mary Halvorson

Guitarist · Ches Smith & These Arches

Ben Monder

Guitarist · Theo Bleckmann and Ben Monder

Gavin Harrison

Drummer · King Crimson

Fred Frith

Guitarist, Composer · Henry Cow

Bill Rieflin

Drummer, Keyboardist · Swans

Henry Kaiser

Guitarist · French, Frith, Kaiser and Thompson

Bill Bruford

Drummer · King Crimson

Bill Orcutt

Guitarist · Harry Pussy

Bill Laswell

Bassist, Music Producer · Praxis

Sir Richard Bishop

Guitarist, Composer · Sun City Girls

Sun Ra

Keyboardist, Composer · Sun Ra & His Arkestra

Stephen Magnusson

Guitarist · MAGNET

Massimo Pupillo

Bassist · Original Silence

Yamataka Eye

Singer, Music Producer · Boredoms

Trey Gunn

Guitarist, Bassist · King Crimson

Boz Burrell

Singer, Bassist · King Crimson

Derek Bailey

Guitarist · Arcana

Mick Harris

Drummer, Composer · Napalm Death

Kawabata Makoto

Guitarist, Music Producer · Mainliner

Pat Mastelotto

Drummer · King Crimson

Glenn Kotche

Drummer · Wilco

Jakko Jakszyk

Singer, Guitarist · King Crimson

Sachiko M

Singer, Music Producer · GROUND-ZERO

Philip Jeck

Keyboardist, DJ

Conny Plank

Music Producer · Neu!

Loren MazzaCane Connors

Guitarist, Music Producer

Jon Hassell

Music Producer · The Theatre of Eternal Music

Elliott Sharp

Guitarist, Composer · Mofungo

Kevin Drumm

Guitarist, Composer

Laraaji

Music Producer · Divination

Mayo Thompson

Guitarist, Music Producer · Pere Ubu

Mel Collins

Keyboardist, Saxophonist · King Crimson

Asahito Nanjo

Singer, Bassist · High Rise

John Greaves

Bassist, Composer · Henry Cow

Michael Giles

Drummer · King Crimson

Charles Gocher

Singer, Drummer · Sun City Girls

Lasse Marhaug

Composer, Music Producer

Ian McDonald

Singer, Guitarist · King Crimson

Alvarius B

Bassist, Composer · Sun City Girls

Eugene Chadbourne

Singer, Guitarist

Yuka Honda

Keyboardist, Music Producer · The Plastic Ono Band

Ornette Coleman

Saxophonist · Pat Metheny & Ornette Coleman

Ennio Morricone

Composer · Gruppo di Improvvisazione Nuova Consonanza

James Blood Ulmer

Guitarist, Music Producer · Third Rail

Hans Reichel

Guitarist, Composer · Tone Dogs

Jeremy Stacey

Drummer · King Crimson

Ches Smith

Drummer, Composer · Xiu Xiu

Peter Giles

Bassist · King Crimson

Ikue Mori

Composer · Electric Masada

Sergey Kuryokhin

Keyboardist, Composer

Don Pullen

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

Don Dietrich

Borbetomagus

Julien Desprez

Guitarist

Nate Wooley

Singer, Music Producer · The Bureau Of Atomic Tourism

Tendon Levey

Singer, Guitarist

Lucy Railton

Composer, Music Producer

David Cross

Keyboardist, Composer · King Crimson

Simon Nabatov

Keyboardist, Music Producer

Christopher Dell

Composer · Dell + Flügel

Wadada Leo Smith

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

Jamie Muir

Drummer · King Crimson

Frank Gratkowski

Music Producer

Louis Sclavis

Music Producer · Brötzmann Clarinet Project

Tatsuya Yoshida

Drummer · High Rise

Marc Ducret

Guitarist · The Bureau Of Atomic Tourism

Rafael Toral

Music Producer · MIMEO

Anthony Braxton

Drummer, Keyboardist · Challenge

Tom Carter

Badgerlore

Anla Courtis

Music Producer · Reynols

Rollo Radford

The Sun Ra Arkestra

Murray Favro

Guitarist · Nihilist Spasm Band

Peter Brötzmann

Singer, Saxophonist · Brötzmann Chicago Octet

Helena Espvall

Espers

Elson Nascimento

Drummer · The Sun Ra Arkestra

Phil Durrant

MIMEO

François Corneloup

Music Producer

Max Eastley

The 49 Americans

John Russell

Guitarist · Strings With Evan Parker

Kit Downes

Keyboardist, Music Producer

Jeff Gauthier

Music Producer · Alex Cline Ensemble

Buschi Niebergall

Bassist · The Peter Brötzmann Octet

Marshall Allen

Surrender to the Air