Dizzy Gillespie

Dizzy Gillespie

male, deceased
John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie (October 21 1917 - January 6 1993) was an American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, singer, and composer. He was born in...
Amy Denio

Amy Denio

female
Amy Denio (b. June 9, 1961) is a Seattle (USA)-based multi-instrumental composer of soundtracks for modern dance, film and theater, as well as a...
Loren Mazzacane Connors

Loren Mazzacane Connors

male
Loren MazzaCane Connors (born October 21, 1949) is an American experimental musician who has recorded and performed under several different names:...
Jerome Noetinger

Jerome Noetinger

male
Jerome Noetinger is an improviser and composer of electroacoustic music based in Grenoble, France. He also runs the record label and record...
Frances-Marie Uitti

Frances-Marie Uitti

female
Composer-improviser-cellist Frances-Marie Uitti is renowned performer of contemporary music and is also famous for her extended technique using two...
Greg Proops

Greg Proops

male
Gregory Everett Proops (born October 3, 1959) is an American actor and stand-up comedian, and works largely in Europe as a comic and improviser.
Jean Langlais

Jean Langlais

male, deceased
Jean Langlais (15 February, 1907 - 8 May, 1991) was a French composer of modern classical music, organist, and improviser.
Thomas Ankersmit

Thomas Ankersmit

male
Thomas Ankersmit (born 1979, Leiden, the Netherlands) is a musician and installation artist based in Berlin and Amsterdam. Initially an improvising...
Todd Reynolds

Todd Reynolds

male
Todd Reynolds is an American violinist, composer, and conductor well-known for his work with amplified violin and electronics. A student of Jascha...