- male, deceased (2005)
- Derek Bailey was an English avant-garde guitarist and leading figure in the free improvisation movement.
- male, 65 years old
- Evan Shaw Parker (born 5 April 1944 in Bristol) is a British free-improvising saxophone player from the European free jazz scene.
- male, 64 years old
- Anthony Braxton (born June 4, 1945 in Chicago) is an American composer, saxophonist, clarinettist, flautist, and pianist. He has created a large...
- male, deceased (1993)
- Sun Ra (Born Herman Poole Blount; legal name Le Sony'r Ra; born May 22, 1914 in Birmingham, Alabama, died May 30, 1993 in Birmingham, Alabama) was...
- male, 60 years old
- Fred Frith (born February 17, 1949) is an English multi-instrumentalist, composer and improvisor. Probably best-known for his guitar work, Frith...
- male, 55 years old
- John Butcher (born 1954 in Brighton, England) is an English tenor and soprano saxophone player who has lived in London since the late 1970s. He...
- male, 69 years old
- Keith Rowe (born March 16, 1940 in Plymouth, England) is an English free improvisation guitarist and painter. Rowe is a founding member of AMM in...
- male, deceased (1932) (Montreal, Canada)
- Pianist Paul Bley has a rare ability to carefully yet playfully balance many musical elements: structure and freedom, gentle lyricism and intricate...
- male, 67 years old
- Ishmael Wadada Leo Smith (18 December 1941 in Leland, Mississippi) is a trumpeter and composer working primarily in the fields of avant-garde jazz...
- male, 67 years old
- Han Bennink (born April 17, 1942) is a Dutch jazz drummer, percussionist and multi-instrumentalist. Bennink was born in Zaandam, the son of a...
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