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Top artists of free jazz genre

John Coltrane
Charles Mingus
Freddie Hubbard
McCoy Tyner
Lee Morgan
Joe Lovano
Wayne Shorter
Alice Coltrane
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List of free jazz artists

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

                                                                                                                                                                                                       
namepopularity instrumentalnessdanceabilityenergyacousticnessHappinesstempofollowers
1. John Coltrane
71 16 41 28 82 32 124 1,249,325
2. Charles Mingus
56 21 44 40 51 49 116 345,775
3. Freddie Hubbard
54 58 43 26 73 38 115 127,502
4. McCoy Tyner
54 49 49 40 67 43 110 90,798
5. Lee Morgan
53 26 54 43 75 60 130 99,342
6. Joe Lovano
53 46 39 18 93 21 101 22,841
7. Wayne Shorter
52 21 43 40 78 39 127 147,023
8. Alice Coltrane
52 52 29 32 72 19 93 103,326
9. Yusef Lateef
51 62 50 31 79 45 110 69,657
10. Paul Motian
50 78 50 13 96 35 108 12,114
11. Joe Henderson
49 43 48 34 78 43 92 85,363
12. John Coltrane Quartet
49 7 40 32 82 28 115 147,020
13. Sun Ra
48 23 54 43 67 52 98 119,334
14. Max Roach
48 58 42 36 66 52 120 56,552
15. Bud Powell
48 55 47 45 77 67 113 74,871
16. Charles Lloyd
48 43 42 22 83 24 94 23,533
17. Pharoah Sanders
47 31 43 52 52 64 125 70,359
18. Archie Shepp
47 34 39 39 56 37 115 31,844
19. Mal Waldron
46 62 48 26 94 27 119 12,467
20. Kenny Dorham
46 57 52 29 86 51 101 47,692
21. Bobby Hutcherson
45 62 45 28 87 38 101 31,699
22. Dave Holland
45 81 41 21 78 31 126 20,005
23. Oliver Nelson
43 62 54 42 74 56 122 39,233
24. Jeff Parker
42 58 56 51 54 46 120 20,947
25. Marilyn Crispell
42 40 36 8 95 9 98 2,685
26. Terry Riley
42 83 30 21 92 22 116 52,448
27. Gil Evans
42 46 32 21 65 27 90 18,802
28. Lee Konitz
42 18 51 33 73 53 100 22,665
29. Tony Williams
41 64 40 66 14 55 115 29,717
30. Marc Ribot
41 59 61 40 63 52 107 26,368
31. Carla Bley
40 81 49 11 86 18 112 15,531
32. Ornette Coleman
40 23 55 29 33 45 102 90,736
33. Dave Holland Quartet
39 28 44 34 54 46 111 8,134
34. Jackie McLean
39 8 54 36 70 45 104 30,047
35. Elvin Jones
39 34 49 33 66 52 119 31,787
36. Albert Ayler
38 27 38 50 56 49 111 23,963
37. Eric Dolphy
38 40 47 51 67 39 105 62,987
38. Don Cherry
38 41 38 49 62 40 115 33,007
39. Nels Cline
37 72 32 32 77 17 111 17,725
40. Rahsaan Roland Kirk
36 10 43 32 74 48 121 29,720
41. Paul Bley
34 80 41 6 97 23 102 11,047
42. Sun Ra & His Arkestra
33 36 41 52 66 50 97 9,352
43. Bennie Maupin
33 56 30 37 84 18 98 4,432
44. Sun Ra Arkestra
33 45 49 49 49 41 115 18,042
45. Booker Ervin
33 18 46 48 57 51 121 7,335
46. Jimmy Giuffre
32 64 47 5 97 34 104 6,100
47. Andrew Hill
32 27 44 42 73 50 112 17,916
48. Kenny Wheeler
32 69 35 18 90 19 91 11,753
49. Idris Ackamoor
32 29 53 61 25 63 111 7,302
50. Vijay Iyer
31 89 38 29 65 35 111 16,267
51. Art Ensemble Of Chicago
31 36 46 46 32 45 113 22,396
52. Don Byron
30 52 61 40 70 67 129 3,472
53. Pete La Roca
30 14 39 45 49 46 103 3,251
54. Rob Mazurek
28 0 0 0 0 0 0 2,665
55. Larry Young
28 4 48 59 51 67 114 6,286
56. William Parker
28 56 56 50 32 56 112 6,534
57. Dave Douglas
28 71 42 23 86 36 114 9,710
58. Craig Taborn
28 60 46 42 52 31 109 7,174
59. Dave Liebman
27 56 43 38 75 37 101 6,516
60. Sonny Sharrock
27 54 32 59 34 34 100 9,730
61. Sam Rivers
26 10 45 39 61 44 111 11,517
62. David Murray
25 36 51 52 51 61 110 7,869
63. Anthony Braxton
25 47 47 31 82 51 96 18,387
64. Matthew Shipp
25 68 51 40 87 37 95 5,267
65. John Zorn
25 35 47 36 48 28 118 50,505
66. Cecil Taylor
25 27 38 36 84 39 95 21,210
67. Andrew Cyrille
24 20 40 18 73 24 109 2,840
68. Fred Frith
24 60 35 43 59 23 92 9,340
69. Matana Roberts
23 37 41 45 65 35 112 10,660
70. Wadada Leo Smith
23 36 42 16 73 24 133 7,987
71. Jaki Byard
23 45 42 32 65 37 110 3,582
72. Randy Weston
23 41 49 53 73 54 114 5,028
73. Dewey Redman
23 54 42 21 47 29 120 3,114
74. Marion Brown
22 39 37 34 71 28 113 4,467
75. Steve Lacy
21 20 50 22 71 42 113 6,747
76. Hamid Drake
21 58 53 55 19 57 101 1,684
77. Mary Halvorson
21 61 45 38 72 33 118 9,144
78. Ran Blake
21 48 48 9 97 22 130 1,524
79. Elliott Sharp
20 77 40 55 87 27 93 3,091
80. Joe Harriott
19 47 46 41 71 53 144 1,334
81. Chicago Underground Quartet
19 73 37 40 56 33 118 3,401
82. Rudresh Mahanthappa
19 30 50 47 32 53 109 6,037
83. Barre Phillips
19 67 35 21 69 30 111 2,675
84. John Tchicai
19 37 45 33 56 38 115 1,308
85. Evan Parker
19 26 46 36 73 24 91 4,860
86. Don Pullen
19 68 54 35 64 45 103 3,184
87. Roland Kirk Quartet
19 33 46 27 82 54 106 2,302
88. Jeanne Lee
18 4 42 14 82 27 109 1,808
89. Eric Revis
18 83 44 29 53 32 116 910
90. James Blood Ulmer
18 32 51 74 5 59 125 5,212
91. George Russell
18 26 41 48 48 46 109 5,379
92. Aki Takase
18 51 46 29 78 47 101 1,575
93. Peter Brötzmann
18 68 37 33 61 37 100 8,496
94. Derek Bailey
18 41 43 44 58 21 99 6,329
95. Roscoe Mitchell
17 37 34 32 52 30 93 7,210
96. Lester Bowie
17 37 41 34 33 26 104 4,581
97. Billy Bang
16 0 65 70 10 36 128 234
98. Mat Maneri
16 63 31 15 98 16 107 881
99. Ingrid Laubrock
16 53 42 16 93 16 91 1,076
100. Nicole Mitchell
16 15 29 33 59 15 94 2,875