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Free Improvisation genre — history, bands and artists
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Geography of Free Improvisation
Where the artists of the genre come from and where it is on the radio
Landmark albums of Free Improvisation
Studio albums that listeners most often call this genre
1994The Art of MemoryJohn Zorn & Fred Frith
2009
55 CadillacAndrew W.K.
1997
Music and DanceDerek Bailey
1981SpeechlessFred Frith
2014Fred Frith / Michel DonedaFred Frith, Michel Doneda
1991Null & Fred FrithNull & Fred Frith
New in Free Improvisation
Albums and singles of the genre released in the last four months
2026on holdingclaire rousay
2026hotel roomclaire rousay & Martyna Basta
2026Elliptical OrbitsSun Ra & His Arkestra
Free Improvisation by year
How many studio albums of the genre came out each year
Free Improvisation by country and decade
Bands and artists of the genre from different countries and eras, the best albums of each decade
Artists of Free Improvisation
The most listened artists of the genre and its subgenres: the bigger the name, the more listeners
- Barney McAll
- Barre Phillips
- Ben LaMar Gay
- Bruno Angelini
- Christopher Dell
- claire rousay
- David Moss
- Denman Maroney
- Derek Bailey
- Dhafer Youssef
- François Couturier
- Fred Frith
- Gail Brand
- Gerald Cleaver
- Harmen Fraanje
- Henry Cow
- Ikue Mori
- Irène Schweizer
- Jimmy Giuffre
- John Russell
- Jon Balke
- Julie Driscoll
- Keith Rowe
- Keith Tippett
Kenny Wheeler- Lauren Newton
- Louis Sclavis
- Marc Ribot
- Markus Reuter
- Markus Stockhausen
- Martin Küchen
- Michel Godard
- Mike Cooper
- Mircea Tiberian
- Misha Mengelberg
Nels Cline- Nova Scotia
- Paul Lytton
- Paul Rogers
- Peter Brötzmann
- Sidsel Endresen
- Siegfried Kessler
- Steve Beresford
- Sun Ra
- Sylvie Courvoisier
- The Red Krayola
- The Sun Ra Arkestra
- Thomas Strønen
- Thurston Moore
- Tomas Fujiwara
- Tony Marsh
- Tony Oxley
- Trygve Seim
- Vijay Iyer
- Vincent Courtois
- Weltraum
Yuka Honda
Сергей Курёхин- 坂田明
- 近藤等則
Overview
Genre relations
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Subgenres
Subgenres or what Free Improvisation is divided into
Origins
Genres from which Free Improvisation originated
Parent genre
Free Improvisation is a subgenre, i.e. a narrower direction of these styles
Derived genres
Genres that evolved from Free Improvisation