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Top artists of free improvisation genre

Sun Ra
Archie Shepp
Dave Holland
Marilyn Crispell
Jon Hassell
Marc Ribot
Ornette Coleman
Albert Ayler
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List of free improvisation artists

Here is a list of free improvisation artists on Spotify, ranked based on popularity, who exemplifies the free improvisation genre. You can find out what free improvisation genre sounds like where you can preview artists or sort them the way you want, just click the headers to sort.

                                                                                                                                                                                                       
namepopularity instrumentalnessdanceabilityenergyacousticnessHappinesstempofollowers
1. Sun Ra
48 23 54 43 67 52 98 119,334
2. Archie Shepp
47 34 39 39 56 37 115 31,844
3. Dave Holland
45 81 41 21 78 31 126 20,005
4. Marilyn Crispell
42 40 36 8 95 9 98 2,685
5. Jon Hassell
41 77 31 31 72 20 95 27,212
6. Marc Ribot
41 59 61 40 63 52 107 26,368
7. Ornette Coleman
40 23 55 29 33 45 102 90,736
8. Albert Ayler
38 27 38 50 56 49 111 23,963
9. Don Cherry
38 41 38 49 62 40 115 33,007
10. Eric Dolphy
38 40 47 51 67 39 105 62,987
11. Nels Cline
37 72 32 32 77 17 111 17,725
12. Paul Bley
34 80 41 6 97 23 102 11,047
13. Sun Ra Arkestra
33 45 49 49 49 41 115 18,042
14. Jimmy Giuffre
32 64 47 5 97 34 104 6,100
15. Andrew Hill
32 27 44 42 73 50 112 17,916
16. Art Ensemble Of Chicago
31 36 46 46 32 45 113 22,396
17. Iannis Xenakis
30 68 41 32 57 25 103 22,465
18. Loren Connors
29 73 36 5 96 12 96 5,877
19. William Parker
28 56 56 50 32 56 112 6,534
20. Craig Taborn
28 60 46 42 52 31 109 7,174
21. Dave Douglas
28 71 42 23 86 36 114 9,710
22. Rob Mazurek
28 0 0 0 0 0 0 2,665
23. Sonny Sharrock
27 54 32 59 34 34 100 9,730
24. Pauline Oliveros
27 45 23 19 63 5 100 17,671
25. Carl Stone
26 18 31 70 38 35 103 5,638
26. Sam Rivers
26 10 45 39 61 44 111 11,517
27. David Murray
25 36 51 52 51 61 110 7,869
28. John Zorn
25 35 47 36 48 28 118 50,505
29. Cecil Taylor
25 27 38 36 84 39 95 21,210
30. Anthony Braxton
25 47 47 31 82 51 96 18,387
31. Matthew Shipp
25 68 51 40 87 37 95 5,267
32. Ghédalia Tazartès
25 0 0 0 0 0 0 2,186
33. Andrew Cyrille
24 20 40 18 73 24 109 2,840
34. Bobby Previte
24 55 48 46 21 32 130 1,738
35. Fred Frith
24 60 35 43 59 23 92 9,340
36. Dewey Redman
23 54 42 21 47 29 120 3,114
37. David Toop
23 49 38 31 59 19 110 4,671
38. Aki Takahashi
23 77 38 2 97 15 78 1,330
39. Matana Roberts
23 37 41 45 65 35 112 10,660
40. Okkyung Lee
23 81 49 15 90 18 107 4,264
41. Wadada Leo Smith
23 36 42 16 73 24 133 7,987
42. Harry Partch
22 47 46 23 81 18 99 8,161
43. Alvin Curran
22 88 29 25 93 14 102 1,946
44. Marion Brown
22 39 37 34 71 28 113 4,467
45. Oren Ambarchi
22 69 34 24 62 13 90 11,651
46. Robert Ashley
21 5 54 27 72 35 114 4,402
47. Bill Orcutt
21 85 34 41 83 26 126 5,802
48. Steve Lacy
21 20 50 22 71 42 113 6,747
49. Mary Halvorson
21 61 45 38 72 33 118 9,144
50. John Tilbury
21 92 47 2 97 25 126 815
51. Ran Blake
21 48 48 9 97 22 130 1,524
52. Pierre Schaeffer
20 57 45 40 88 14 84 9,205
53. Elliott Sharp
20 77 40 55 87 27 93 3,091
54. Eli Keszler
20 85 45 27 39 23 123 6,810
55. Henry Kaiser
19 71 38 17 87 26 104 2,259
56. Evan Parker
19 26 46 36 73 24 91 4,860
57. Luc Ferrari
19 29 33 33 72 10 105 6,950
58. Chicago Underground Quartet
19 73 37 40 56 33 118 3,401
59. Rudresh Mahanthappa
19 30 50 47 32 53 109 6,037
60. Barre Phillips
19 67 35 21 69 30 111 2,675
61. Alvin Lucier
19 60 21 13 73 5 97 5,806
62. Aki Takase
18 51 46 29 78 47 101 1,575
63. Cornelius Cardew
18 79 37 20 90 17 115 1,991
64. Peter Brötzmann
18 68 37 33 61 37 100 8,496
65. James Blood Ulmer
18 32 51 74 5 59 125 5,212
66. Derek Bailey
18 41 43 44 58 21 99 6,329
67. Roscoe Mitchell
17 37 34 32 52 30 93 7,210
68. Bernard Parmegiani
17 84 24 43 65 8 102 6,754
69. Charlemagne Palestine
16 74 14 19 64 3 100 5,098
70. Supersilent
16 73 21 27 61 7 113 5,081
71. Nicole Mitchell
16 15 29 33 59 15 94 2,875
72. Ingrid Laubrock
16 53 42 16 93 16 91 1,076
73. Grachan Moncur III
16 33 48 39 69 22 116 3,327
74. Henry Threadgill
16 46 41 51 35 47 106 5,799
75. Susie Ibarra
15 56 48 33 70 28 111 950
76. Mats Gustafsson
15 69 31 55 45 13 115 3,343
77. Macie Stewart
15 0 0 0 0 0 0 77
78. Ivo Perelman
15 54 52 34 96 47 91 1,317
79. Joe Mcphee
15 26 37 58 45 34 104 3,228
80. Ellen Fullman
15 71 19 8 69 6 102 2,226
81. Zeena Parkins
15 55 36 24 82 8 107 2,344
82. David Tudor
14 34 56 20 77 20 120 3,558
83. Muhal Richard Abrams
14 40 33 35 67 28 108 3,411
84. Barry Guy
14 42 29 10 90 14 90 1,086
85. Oliver Lake
13 38 47 32 64 46 108 1,312
86. Tim Berne
13 64 34 47 49 26 106 3,059
87. James Tenney
13 70 30 20 94 11 106 1,742
88. Alexander von Schlippenbach
13 89 45 8 98 36 89 1,778
89. Matthew Shipp Trio
13 86 43 32 70 33 118 987
90. Phill Niblock
12 90 10 12 68 3 83 4,116
91. Henry Flynt
12 66 39 39 82 32 105 2,901
92. Ken Vandermark
12 63 42 59 21 35 104 3,164
93. Joëlle Léandre
11 80 37 16 81 16 107 1,051
94. Ellery Eskelin
11 53 46 42 55 35 104 1,350
95. Bob Ostertag
11 48 51 50 45 19 139 543
96. The Peter Brötzmann Octet
11 67 29 67 27 14 94 1,865
97. Christian Marclay
11 30 38 73 61 22 104 1,606
98. Mark Dresser
10 64 39 29 61 28 123 704
99. Last Exit
10 69 33 81 12 19 126 2,885
100. Bill Dixon
10 73 31 24 82 17 94 1,836