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Free Jazz Artists from United States

The 22 most-read free jazz artists based in United States, by Wikipedia readership in October 2026. Movement compares against September 2026.

Artists

22

Readers October

34,494

New entries

00
Data 2026-10-01·MusicBrainz + Wikimedia

22 artists are tagged free jazz in United States. The biggest move was Bablicon, up 7 places.

#ArtistReaders30d
01
Mike Whitefree jazz
30,562
0
02
Art Ensemble of Chicagoavant-garde jazz, jazz
1,630
0
03
Mat Maneriavant-garde jazz, free jazz
278
0
04
Codonafree jazz, jazz
264
0
05
Babliconfree jazz, lo-fi
221
+7
06
Ron Andersonfree jazz, progressive rock
189
+3
07
Jon Irabagonavant-garde jazz, free jazz
154
-2
08
J.D. Parranavant-garde jazz, free improvisation
144
-1
09
Matt Mitchellavant-garde jazz, free jazz
140
-3
10
Curlewfree jazz, jazz
128
-2
11
TESTfree jazz
112
+6
12
Arthur Jonesfree jazz, jazz
104
+2
13
Steve Pottsfree jazz
97
-2
14
Almanacfree jazz, jazz
79
-1
14
Eric Watsonfree jazz, jazz
79
+2
16
Matthew Putmanfree improvisation, free jazz
78
-6
17
Scott DuBoisfree improvisation, avant-garde jazz
72
-2
18
Rent Romusfree jazz
49
0
19
Denman Maroneyfree improvisation, free jazz
45
0
20
Steuart Liebigfree improvisation, free jazz
27
0
21
Steven Lugernerfree jazz, jazz
23
+1
22
King Tears Bat Tripfree jazz
19
-1

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How this is ranked. Artists are matched from the MusicBrainz database by genre and by the area they are based in. An artist appears in a genre when at least 15% of their genre votes are for it. Position is set by readership of their English Wikipedia article in October 2026; movement compares that against September 2026. Readership measures public attention, not streams or sales.