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Order   Name Genre(s) Career Began Albums Nationality Labels
  1. 1
    Post-rock, Free jazz
    Barcelona
    L'Univers, Tears, Complaints and Spaces, Speritismo
  2. 2
    Free jazz
    Skilfullness
    United States of America
    Sony Music Entertainment, Columbia Records, Blue Note Records, CBS Records, Sun Records, Black Saint/Soul Note, Impulse! Records, BYG Actuel, Hathut Records, ESP-Disk, MPS Records More
  3. 3
    Rhythm and blues, Free jazz, Avant-garde jazz
    Cleveland Heights
    Goin' Home, Live in Greenwich Village: The Complete Impulse Recordings, Holy Ghost: Rare & Unissued Recordings, At Slug's Saloon, Volume 1, At Slug's Saloon, Volume 2, Albert Ayler in Greenwich Village, Music Is the Healing Force of the Universe, Truth Is Marching In, Nuits de la Fondation Maeght, Volume 2, Holy Ghost, The First Recordings, The First Recordings, Volume 2, Ghosts, Slug's Saloon, Bells / Prophecy, The Last Album, My Name Is Albert Ayler, Witches & Devils, Bells, Spirits Rejoice, New York Eye And Ear Control, The Copenhagen Tapes, Spiritual Unity, Lörrach / Paris 1966, The Dedication Series, Volume VII: The Village Concerts, The Dedication Series, Volume VII: The Village Concerts, Black Revolt, Prophecy, Nuits de la Fondation Maeght, Volume 1, Live on the Riviera, Albert Smiles With Sunny, In Greenwich Village, Nuits de la Fondation Maeght 1970, The Hilversum Session, Love Cry, The Impulse Story, New Grass, Reevaluations: The Impulse Years, Spirits, Nuits de la Fondation Maeght Vol. 1 More
    United States of America
    Impulse! Records, ESP-Disk
  4. 4
    Jazz, Avant-garde, Free jazz
    NMC Music
  5. 5
    Progressive rock, Jazz fusion, Jazz, Instrumental rock, Free jazz
    Bradford
    Metal Fatigue, Hard Hat Area, The Things You See, I.O.U., I.O.U. Live, Atavachron, Then!, Best Works Collection, Flat Tire: Music for a Non-Existent Movie, Velvet Darkness, The Sixteen Men of Tain, Sunbird, The Best of Allan Holdsworth: Against the Clock, With a Heart in My Song, Road Games, I.O.U Live, All Night Wrong, Wardenclyffe Tower +3, Wardenclyffe Tower, Sand, Secrets, Heavy Machinery, None Too Soon More
    Warner Bros. Records, Relativity Records, Polydor Records, Sony Music Entertainment Japan, Cream Records, CTI Records, Enigma Records, Restless Records, Favored Nations More
  6. 6
    Experimental music, Free jazz, Free improvisation
    London
    The Crypt - 12th June 1968, The Crypt - 12th June 1968 (Disc 1), At the Roundhouse, AMMMUSIC 1966, Combine + Laminates + Treatise '84, Generative Themes, Live in Allentown USA, AMMMusic, From a Strange Place - Dedicated to the Tokuoka Family, The Nameless Uncarved Block, Tunes Without Measure or End, Before Driving to the Chapel We Took Coffee with Rick and Jennifer Reed, To Hear and Back Again, Laminal, Fine, Before Driving to the Chapel We Took Coffee with Rick and Jennifer Reed, Norwich, The Inexhaustible Document, Newfoundland, It Had Been an Ordinary Enough Day in Pueblo, Colorado More
  7. 7
    Jazz, Avant-garde, Opera, Free jazz
    Chicago
    Willisau (Quartet) 1991 Live, Creative Orchestra Music 1976, 4 (Ensemble) Compositions 1992, One in Two - Two in One, 19 [Solo] Compositions, 1988, For Alto, Composition No. 165 (For 18 Instruments), Five Compositions (Quartet) 1986, Seven Standards, Five Compositions (Quartet) 1986, Beyond Quantum, Saxophone Improvisations Series F, 3 Compositions of New Jazz, Solo (Milan) 1979, Three Compositions of New Jazz, Willisau (Quartet) 1991 - Studio/Live, Birth and Rebirth, Eight (+3) Tristano Compositions 1989, Prag 1984 (Quartet Performance), Four Compositions (GTM) 2000, Donna Lee, In the Tradition, Volume 2, Six Monk's Compositions, Quartet (London) 1985, Four Compositions (Quartet) 1983, Composition No. 169 + (186 + 206 + 214), Performance (Quartet) 1979, Dortmund (Quartet) 1976, Quartet (Birmingham) 1985, Ten Compositions (Quartet) 2000, Charlie Parker Project 1993, Six Compositions (Quartet) 1984, Anthony Braxton, Six Compositions (GTM) 2001, Six Monk's Compositions, Eugene, 9 Compositions (Iridium) 2006, 23 Standards Quartet, Ninetet (Yoshi's) 1997, Volume 2 More
    United States of America
    Arista Records
  8. 8
    Jazz, Free jazz
    New York City
    Sephardic Tinge, Selfhaters
    United States of America
    Tzadik Records
  9. 9
    Jazz fusion, Free jazz, Avant-garde jazz
    The Last Wave, Arc of the Testimony
    Island Records, Axiom
  10. 10
    Progressive rock, Jazz fusion, Electronic music, Jazz, Experimental music, Art rock, Free jazz More
    Italy
    Caution Radiation Area, Anto/Logicamente, Chernobyl 7991, Maledetti (maudits), Event '76, Tic & Tac, Concerto Teatro Uomo (Disc 2), Parigi - Lisbona, Arbeit macht frei, 1978 Gli Dei Se Ne Vanno, Gli Arrabbiati Restano!, Concerto Teatro Uomo, Are(A)zione, International POPular Group, Crac!, Area '70, Concerto Teatro Uomo (Disc 1) More
    Sony Music Entertainment, Sony Records
  11. 11
    Classical music, Electronic music, Jazz, Experimental music, Free jazz
    Manchester
    United States of America
  12. 12

    Arthur Doyle

    Free jazz, Avant-garde jazz
    Birmingham
    Do the Breakdown
  13. 13

    Arthur Rhames

    Rock music, Rhythm and blues, Free jazz
  14. 14
    Folk music, Alternative rock, Electronic music, Dance music, Alternative dance, Pop music, Ambient music, Intelligent dance music, Downtempo, Punk rock, Jazz, House music, Experimental rock, Anarcho-punk, New Age music, Electronic dance music, Electronica, Experimental music, Industrial rock, Trip hop, A cappella, Industrial music, Anti-folk, Free jazz, Baroque pop, Avant-garde music, Ethereal Wave, Tribal house More
    Reykjavik
    Hidden Place, Possibly Maybe, (Surrounded) (disc 2: Post), Vessel, Live in Cambridge, Homogenic Live, Declare Independence, Gig, Vespertine, Homogenic, Post, Debut, Selmasongs, Biophilia, Voltaïc, The Comet Song, 1994-11: Unplugged, (____surrounded):, Crystalline, Innocence, 1998-05-15: Live at the Capitol Ballroom, Washington, DC, USA, Unplugged, Where Is the Line, Debut Live, Bachelorette, It's Oh So Quiet, Pagan Poetry, I Miss You / Cover Me, Family Tree, Greatest Hits - Volumen 1993–2003, Isobel, Mount Wittenberg Orca, Surrounded, Three, 2001-11-04: Hyper: Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona, Spain, Magic, 2001-10-12: Wang, Boston, Hidden Place, Drawing Restraint 9, Army of Me (Remixes and Covers), Alarm Call, All Is Full of Love, All Is Full of Love, MTV Unplugged / Live, Venus as a Boy, Venus as a Boy, Hunter, The Best Mixes from the Album Debut for All the People Who Don't Buy White Labels, I've Seen It All, Cocoon, Cosmogony, 1998-12-02: Europa: Corn Exchange, Cambridge, UK, 2001-10-17: Paramount Theatre, Oakland, CA, USA, 2001-11-09: Stuttgart, Germany, Live Behaviour, Hyperballad, Live at Royal Opera House, Björk's sixth studio album, Hunter EP, Medúlla, Volumen, Minuscule, Army of Me, Violently Happy, Triumph of a Heart, The Kindness Kind, Rarities, 1997-09-05: The Fuse, Brussels, Belgium, 2001-09-05: Riverside Church, NY, USA, 2003-06-17: Paris Bercy, Paris, France, Live at Cambridge, All Is Full of Björk, Violently Happy, Triumph of a Heart, Vespertine Live, Live at Shepherds Bush Empire, Who Is It, Volta, Possibly Maybe, Isobel, Live Box, 1999-12-09: ...Like Someone in Love: Union Chapel, London, UK, So Happy, Kiss Me: Greatest Hits '98, Celebrating Wood and Metal, MTV History 2000: Björk, Later, Later with Jools Holland, Jóga, Alarm Call, The Mystic of Iceland, MTV Unplugged & MTV Live, Live at Shepherd's Bush Empire, Björk, Human Behaviour, Telegram, Hyper-Ballad, I Miss You, I Miss You (Part 2), Greatest Hits, It's in Our Hands, Greatest Hits: Volumen 1993-2003, Post Live, 2001-09-18: Frankfurt, Germany, Enjoy / Possibly Maybe, MTV: Unplugged: Live 'n' Loud, The Live Debut, Big Time Sensuality, Earth Intruders, Earth Intruders Club Mixes EP, Volta, Debut Box Set - The CD Singles Collection from Debut, Wanderlust, Volumen Plus, Homogenic, Possibly Maybe, It's Oh So Quiet, Venus as a Boy, Alarm Call, Triumph of a Heart, Alarm Call, Hunter, Possibly Maybe, Cocoon, Bachelorette, It's Oh So Quiet, Náttúra, Quiet Fireworks, Dull Flame of Desire, Play Dead, Oceania, The Second Debut, Bring On the Eskimoes, The Observer, Maximum Björk, Hyper, Ballads Collection, Demogenic, Diamond Collection, I Go Humble, No Place Like Home, Volumen, 1995-10-07: Cirkusbjörk, Gothenburg, Sweden, 1999-12-11: Union Chapel, London, UK, 1993-11-19: Wiltern Theatre, Los Angeles, CA, USA, 1993-12-01: Trans Musicales de Rennes, Rennes, France, 1997-09-10: Blue Note Theatre, London, UK, 1998-08-09: Olé: IV Festival Internacional de Benicàssim, Benicassim, Spain, 2001-05-22: Riverside Church, New York, NY, USA, 2001-09-18: Alte Oper, Frankfurt, Germany, 2001-09-21: Le Colisée de Roubaix, Lille, France, 2001-10-05: Radio City Music Hall, NY, USA, 2001-10-12: Wang, Boston, MA, USA, 2001-11-15: Berlin, Germany, 2001: Riverside Church, NY, USA, 2003-06-26: Werchter Festival, Belgium, 2003: Berlin Arena, Germany, Björk in Paris, Spaceflower, Sugar Candy Kisses, The Golden Unplugged Album, The Iceland Saga, Tibetan Freedom Concert, Unplugged + Bonus Tracks, Violently Live, Medulla Remix + Rare - Best "Rare" Remixies #5, Undo, I Don't Recognize Myself More
    Iceland
    Universal Music Group, Elektra Records, Nonesuch Records, Mother Records, Polydor Records, One Little Indian Records, Bad Taste More
  15. 15
    Jazz fusion, Post-bop, Hard bop, Free jazz
    Los Angeles
    Keystone Bop Vol. 2: Friday & Saturday, Keystone Bop: Sunday Night, Medina, In the Vanguard, Live at Montreux, Montara, Conception: The Gift of Love, Four Seasons, Mirage, Acoustic Masters II, Best of the Blue Note Years, Color Schemes, Components, Natural Illusions, Now!, Oblique, Patterns, San Francisco, Stick-Up!, The Bobby Hutcherson Collection, Skyline, Solo, Happenings, Dialogue, Total Eclipse, Blow Up, Knucklebean, Total Eclipse, Good Bait, Oblique, For Sentimental Reasons, Waiting, Un Poco Loco, The Kicker, Linger Lane, Cirrus, Head On, Head On, Montara, Waiting, The View from the Inside, The Kicker, Highway One, Un Poco Loco, Solo / Quartet, Conception: The Gift of Love, Inner Glow, Manhattan Moods, Bobby Hutcherson Live at Montreux More
    Atlantic Records
  16. 16

    Borbetomagus

    Noise rock, Free jazz
    Zurich, Buncha Hair That Long, Borbetomagus, Barbed Wire Maggots, Seven Reasons for Tears More
  17. 17
    Alternative rock, Jazz fusion, Heavy metal, Ambient music, Punk rock, Jazz, Alternative metal, Hip hop music, Hardcore punk, Metalcore, Rapcore, Rap metal, Free jazz, Mathcore More
    Brooklyn
    What Doesn't Kill You..., Beyond Reasonable Doubt, The Process of Self-Development, 300 Percent Density, Toying With the Insanities, Volume II, The Coma Imprint, Surrealistic Madness, Kiss the Lie, Surrealistic Madness, Toying With the Insanities, Volume I More
    Century Media Records, Earache Records, Sony, Lakeshore Entertainment, Lakeshore Records More
  18. 18
    Progressive rock, Blues-rock, Experimental rock, Psychedelic rock, Avant-garde, Blues, Garage rock, Free jazz, Protopunk, Avant-garde music, Spoken word, Outsider music More
    Grow Fins: Rarities (1965-1982), The Spotlight Kid, Strictly Personal, It Comes to You in a Plain Brown Wrapper, The New York Hot Dog Night, A Carrot Is as Close as a Rabbit Gets to a Diamond, I'm Going to Do What I Wanna Do (live at My Fathers Place 1978), The Spotlight Kid / Clear Spot, Mirror Man, Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller), At His Best, The Best of the Virgin & Liberty Years, Live 'n' Rare, Bluejeans & Moonbeams, The Dust Blows Forward, Dichotomy, Lick My Decals Off, Baby, Magnetic Hands: Live in the UK 72-80, Bongo Fury, Live At My Father's Place, Trout Mask Replica, Ice Cream for Crow, London 1974, Clear Spot, The Mirror Man Sessions, Amsterdam '80, Electricity, Top Secret, Grow Fins: Rarities 1965–1982, Abba Zaba, Railroadism: Live in the USA 72-81, Merseytrout - Live In Liverpool 1980, Safe as Milk, Unconditionally Guaranteed, Hot Head - Introduction... Captain Beefheart (The Liberty and Virgin Recordings), The Legendary A&M Sessions, Doc at the Radar Station, I May Be Hungry but I Sure Ain't Weird, Diddy Wah Diddy / Who Do You Think You're Fooling, The Best Of, CB & MB in GB, Electricity More
    United States of America
    Warner Bros. Records, Blue Thumb Records, A&M Records, Reprise Records, Atlantic Records, Mercury Records, Virgin Records, Epic Records, ABC Records, Buddah Records, Straight Records, DiscReet Records More
  19. 19
    Rock music, Hard rock, Jazz fusion, Blues-rock, Pop music, Funk, Psychedelic rock, Post-grunge, Tejano music, Garage rock, Instrumental rock, Free jazz, Salsa music, Chicano rock More
    Autlán de Navarro
    Summer Dreams: The Best Ballads, Brothers, Shaman, Santana Live at the Fillmore, The Big Jams, Illuminations, Love Devotion Surrender, Santana, I grandi successi, Oneness: Silver Dreams - Golden Reality, Absolute Collection, The Best Instrumentals, Carlos, Love Songs, Persuasion, Santana Brothers, Santana Live, Havana Moon, Carlos Santana Live, Santana, All That I Am, Viva Santana!, Best Instrumentals Vol. 2, Carlos Santana and Wayne Shorter - Live At the Montreux Jazz Festival 1988, The Very Best of Santana, Trey Anastasio with Special Guests Carlos Santana, Supernatural, Hits of Santana, The Essential Santana, Ceremony: Remixes & Rarities, Samba Pa Ti, The Swing of Delight, The Super Collection, Live in Chicago 1974, The Collection, The Best of Santana, Spirits Dancing in the Flesh, The best of Santana, The Definitive Collection, Jingo Maniac, Jin-Go-Lo-Ba, Carlos Santana & Buddy Miles! Live!, LIVE USA, Live on MTV Germany 6.21.2000, Live In Chicago, Doin' It, Divine Light, Blues for Salvador, Playin' with Carlos, Best Of, Dance of the Rainbow Serpent, The Best Of, Legendary Latin Rock Tracks, Carlos Santana: The Very Best, Best of the Early Years, Santana Greatest Hits, The Best of Santana Vol. 2, Santana Unofficial Album, The Best Instrumentals, The Album: Most Famous Hits (disc 1), Black Magic Woman: The Best Of Santana, Jimi Hendrix & Carlos Santana, Illuminations, The Super Collection, High Profile More
    United States of America, Mexico
    Columbia Records, Arista Records, RCA Records, Polydor Records, PolyGram More
  20. 20

    Casimir Liberski

    Jazz, Free jazz
  21. 21
    Progressive rock, Jazz fusion, Jazz, Free jazz
    Septober Energy
  22. 22
    Post-bop, Hard bop, Free jazz
    Shenandoah
    Magico, Folk Songs, Nocturne, Song X: Twentieth Anniversary, First Song, Memoirs, The Montreal Tapes (feat. Don Cherry and Ed Blackwell), Beyond the Missouri Sky (Short Stories), The Art of the Song, Soapsuds, Soapsuds, The Montréal Tapes (feat. Paul Motian and Gonzalo Rubalcaba), Time Remembers One Time Once, The Ballad of the Fallen, Liberation Music Orchestra, Jasmine, The Montreal Tapes (feat. Joe Henderson and Al Foster), Silence, The Montreal Tapes (feat. Geri Allen and Paul Motian), Dream Keeper (feat. the Liberation Music Orchestra), Land of the Sun, Not in Our Name, Closeness Duets, Nocturne, Quartet West, The Montreal Tapes (feat. Paul Bley and Paul Motian), Always Say Goodbye, The Private Collection, American Dreams (feat. Michael Brecker), The Golden Number, The Montreal Tapes (feat. the Liberation Music Orchestra) More
  23. 23
    Free jazz, Avant-garde jazz, Modern Creative, Free improvisation, Folk jazz More
    Seattle
    Yeah No, Iffy, Emit, Deviantics, Swell Henry
    United States of America
    Skirl Records
  24. 24

    Clifford Thornton

    Free jazz, Avant-garde jazz
    Ketchaoua, The Panther And The Lash, Clifford Thornton New Art Ensemble More
  25. 25
    Ambient music, Dub, Post-punk, Noise music, Experimental music, Industrial rock, Industrial music, Free jazz More
    Gilded Shadows, The Fodder Song, Core, Curd, Golgotha, Headcrack, Knees and Bones, Plegm Bag Spattered, Shanked and Slithering, Songs From a Sewer of Dreams, Songs From the Drain, Knees and Bones, Rest in Peace: Best Of, Controlled Bleeding, Buried Blessings (1988 - 90), Bladder Bags and Interludes, Shitslipper, Body Samples, Dub Songs From a Shallow Grave, Hog Floor, Inanition, Music From the Scourging Ground, The Drowning, Wall of China Love Letters, Songs From the Vault, Between Tides, Night Shadows, Songs From the Ashes, Death in the Cameroon, Can You Smell the Rain Between, Inanition CD #1, Songs From the Grinding Wall, Gag, Penetration, Trudge More
    Roadrunner Records, Wax Trax! Records

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