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iannis xenakis (hes not jazz, but if you like this stuff, you must hear him, hes the best composr of the 20th century, and my hero)
peter brotzzman
art ensemble of chicago
sun ra
archie sheep
cecil taylor
bill dixon
pharoah sanders
kaoru abe
masoyoshi urabe
masayuki takayanagi
derek bailey
sonny sharrock
wadada leo smith
otomo yoshihide (has worked in noise and noise rock, but recently has created some phenomenal free improv music)
mingus's pithecanthropus erectus, a landmark
some anthony braxton (not all his stuff is jazz)
william parker
james 'blood' ulmer
assif tsahar
rashied ali
alice coltrane
rahsaan rolland kirk
ken vandermark
weasel walter's solo stuff
mats gustaffson/the thing
free jazz/avant jazz is my third or second favorite 'genre' of music ever. all of the people mentioned above blow me the fuck away.
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listen to pink reason
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