Free improvisation

Free improvisation or free music is improvised music without any rules, and not in any particular style. Performers may choose to play in a certain style or key, or at a certain tempo, but it is not required.

Free music is a relatively little known genre, and none of its exponents can be said to be "famous" amongst the general public. However, in experimental circles, a number of free musicians are well known, including the guitarist Derek Bailey, and the saxophonists Peter Brötzmann[?] and Evan Parker[?].

List of free improvising musicians and groups (please add names in alphabetical order)

• AMM[?]
• Derek Bailey- Guitar
• Anthony Braxton[?]- Saxophone
• Han Benninck[?]- Percusion[?]
• Steve Beresford
• Ian Brighton[?]- Guitar
• Company[?]
• Lol Coxhill- Saxophone
• Terry Day[?]- Percussion
• Johnny Dyani[?]- Double bass
• The Feminist Improvising Group[?]
• G F Fitzgerald[?]- Guitar
• Fred Frith[?]- Guitar
• Patrick Frye III[?]- Harpsichord, Piano and Synthesizer
• Barry Guy[?]- Double bass
• Tristan Honsinger[?]- Cello
• Iskra 1903[?]
• Phil Minton[?]- Voice
• Tony Oxley[?]- Percussion
• Maggie Nichols[?]- Voice
• Evan Parker[?]- Saxophone
• Frank Perry[?]- Percussion
• Hans Reichel[?]- Guitar
• Keith Rowe[?]- Guitar
• Roger Smith[?]- Guitar
• Spontaneous Music Ensemble
• John Stevens- Percussion and trumpet
• Keith Tippett[?]- Piano
• Philp Wachsman[?]- Violin
• Kenny Wheeler[?]- Trumpet

See also: free jazz, Musics magazine[?], Incus Records