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Top free jazz artists

The top-rated free jazz artist on Riffiter is Sun Ra, rated 4.5/5 by 4 listeners.

24 free jazz artists ranked by community ratings and listening on Riffiter. The community has rated 13 of 982 free jazz albums, averaging 4.0/5, spanning 1955 to 2026.

  1. Sun Ra01Sun Ra4 ratings
  2. Steve Lacy

    02 Steve Lacy

    42 ratings

  3. John Coltrane

    03 John Coltrane

    6 ratings

  4. Pharoah Sanders

    04 Pharoah Sanders

    2 ratings

  5. Ornette Coleman

    05 Ornette Coleman

    1 rating

  6. Buell Neidlinger

    06 Buell Neidlinger

  7. The Sun Ra Arkestra

    07 The Sun Ra Arkestra

  8. Alice Coltrane

    08 Alice Coltrane

  9. Eric Dolphy

    09 Eric Dolphy

  10. Don Cherry

    10 Don Cherry

  11. Albert Ayler

    11 Albert Ayler

  12. Cecil Taylor

    12 Cecil Taylor

  13. Sam Rivers

    13 Sam Rivers

  14. Mary Halvorson

    14 Mary Halvorson

  15. Sun Ra Arkestra

    15 Sun Ra Arkestra

  16. Idris Ackamoor

    16 Idris Ackamoor

  17. Switchback

    17 Switchback

  18. Zoh Amba

    18 Zoh Amba

  19. Barney McAll

    19 Barney McAll

  20. Rob Brown

    20 Rob Brown

  21. D.D. Jackson

    21 D.D. Jackson

  22. blink.

    22 blink.

  23. 23 Jean Vas Brûler

  24. 24 Gregg Bendian

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