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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.

#	name	Popularity	instrumentalness	danceability	energy	acousticness	Happiness	tempo	followers
1	John Coltrane	63	14	42	36	61	41	125	1529551
2	Yusef Lateef	47	52	50	40	63	54	108	103931
3	Charles Mingus	47	20	40	37	62	38	110	433554
4	Pharoah Sanders	45	27	40	51	53	48	118	134181
5	Alice Coltrane	44	32	31	34	64	25	102	160171
6	Sun Ra	43	29	45	34	76	42	109	172362
7	Max Roach	41	36	42	51	35	47	109	80357
8	Bobby Hutcherson	36	62	43	13	93	24	100	44999
9	Rahsaan Roland Kirk	36	14	42	37	73	48	116	43666
10	Archie Shepp	34	24	42	44	71	42	105	46498
11	Gil Evans	34	32	29	25	63	25	92	28500
12	Ornette Coleman	34	20	51	30	39	46	109	120014
13	Don Cherry	32	42	49	62	39	56	106	53466
14	Sun Ra & His Arkestra	31	46	39	57	55	30	109	13899
15	Eric Dolphy	30	5	45	64	61	45	95	81687
16	Albert Ayler	27	32	33	45	62	40	105	34139
17	Marilyn Crispell	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	4037
18	Andrew Hill	24	17	47	46	68	51	113	25308
19	Art Ensemble Of Chicago	24	26	39	48	53	39	106	30982
20	Sonny Sharrock	23	43	32	53	50	31	100	17664
21	Sun Ra Arkestra	23	89	49	41	84	39	95	27275
22	Anthony Braxton	20	33	40	25	79	40	98	27160
23	Mary Halvorson	20	81	45	47	70	23	110	14817
24	Cecil Taylor	20	21	38	45	74	41	98	29591
25	Marion Brown	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	8141
26	Gerald Cleaver	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	1622
27	John Zorn	18	60	55	31	40	38	138	67036
28	William Parker	18	88	34	48	34	44	133	11155
29	Joe Mcphee	17	5	32	72	45	44	129	5652
30	Peter Brötzmann	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	12605
31	Matthew Shipp	17	91	52	25	97	8	122	7530
32	Hamid Drake	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	2520
33	Wadada Leo Smith	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	11513
34	Steve Lacy	16	2	48	34	82	56	126	9891
35	Henry Threadgill	14	80	48	45	36	46	97	8316
36	Grachan Moncur III	14	31	46	41	75	22	110	6369
37	Matana Roberts	14	21	36	50	45	30	109	13236
38	Andrew Cyrille	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	3998
39	Lester Bowie	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	6656
40	John Tchicai	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	2105
41	Derek Bailey	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	9185
42	Evan Parker	14	92	40	18	100	24	79	7028
43	Ingrid Laubrock	13	56	40	23	82	10	88	1811
44	Sunny Murray	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	2396
45	Jeanne Lee	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	2730
46	Joe Maneri	13	89	34	43	98	81	83	1510
47	Tony Oxley	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	746
48	Ran Blake	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	2090
49	Billy Bang	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	292
50	James Blood Ulmer	12	33	43	80	5	67	104	7407
51	Susie Ibarra	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	1493
52	Joe Harriott	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	2037
53	George Russell	11	25	56	39	78	49	124	7707
54	Don Pullen	11	45	46	17	85	30	98	5057
55	Mats Gustafsson	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	4472
56	Han Bennink	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	2014
57	Michael Formanek	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1870
58	Nicole Mitchell	10	0	35	53	7	50	94	3777
59	Tim Berne	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	4460
60	Chris Speed	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1766
61	Daniel Carter	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1320
62	Barry Guy	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1463
63	Frank Wright	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	807
64	Joëlle Léandre	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1593
65	Roscoe Mitchell	8	46	28	65	4	33	75	10614
66	Mat Maneri	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1227
67	Eric Dolphy Quintet	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	4349
68	The Peter Brötzmann Octet	7	76	30	61	5	13	110	3274
69	Muhal Richard Abrams	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	4775
70	Julius Hemphill	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	3248
71	Tony Malaby	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1763
72	Matthew Shipp Trio	7	84	41	31	60	43	103	1617
73	Last Exit	7	57	25	72	20	19	103	4785
74	Joe Morris	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	839
75	Charles Gayle	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2878
76	Nate Wooley	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1602
77	Bill Dixon	6	80	38	22	79	20	89	2853
78	David S. Ware	6	35	41	33	55	36	107	4750
79	Marc Ducret	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1735
80	Ken Vandermark	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	3742
81	Ellery Eskelin	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1745
82	Eugene Chadbourne	6	20	56	94	47	92	119	2105
83	Ken McIntyre	6	0	42	67	70	58	150	1230
84	Paal Nilssen-Love	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2258
85	Alexander von Schlippenbach	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2581
86	Milford Graves	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	3458
87	Ivo Perelman	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1995
88	Rashied Ali	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1500
89	Irène Schweizer	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1150
90	Whit Dickey	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	950
91	Peter Evans	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1998
92	John Butcher	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1174
93	Sonny Simmons	4	4	22	51	67	34	75	1784
94	Myra Melford	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2256
95	Frank Lowe	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2403
96	Misha Mengelberg	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1250
97	David Murray Octet	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	783
98	Thomas Chapin	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	596
99	Joseph Jarman	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2196
100	Steve Swell	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	423
101	Paul Dunmall	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	386
102	Kidd Jordan	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	396
103	Jimmy Lyons	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1040
104	Fred Anderson	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1997
105	Mostly Other People Do The Killing	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2289
106	Henry Threadgill Sextett	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1640
107	Alexander Von Schlippenbach Trio	2	30	45	64	65	29	84	1347
108	Peter Kowald	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	767
109	Marty Ehrlich	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	909
110	Anthony Braxton Quartet	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1624
111	Noah Howard	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1122
112	New York Art Quartet	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1060
113	Matthew Shipp Quartet	1	30	26	19	90	4	68	673
114	Mary Halvorson Trio	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1623
115	Mario Pavone	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	553
116	Henry Grimes Trio	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	804
117	The Vandermark 5	1	37	41	54	46	40	85	1657
118	Evan Parker Electro-Acoustic Ensemble	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	864
119	Mary Halvorson Quintet	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1417
120	Alan Silva	1	0	25	13	73	4	75	576
121	Tim Berne's Snakeoil	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	910
122	Charles Tyler	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	472
123	Jemeel Moondoc	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	359
124	Taylor Ho Bynum Sextet	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	237
125	David Murray Quintet	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	159
126	Peter Evans Quartet	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	352
127	Schlippenbach Quartet	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	256
128	Joe Morris Quartet	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	271
129	Albert Ayler Quintet	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	694
130	David S. Ware Quartet	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1381
131	Assif Tsahar	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	253
132	Revolutionary Ensemble	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	393
133	Tom Rainey Trio	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	490
134	Fred Anderson Quartet	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	370
135	Dennis González	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	277
136	Clifford Thornton	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	460
137	Charles Tyler Ensemble	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	333

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