Marilyn Crispell

piano · 1947 · Philadelphia

Pianist and composer born in Philadelphia, with an intense playing style rooted in free jazz. A member of Anthony Braxton's quartet from 1983 to 1995, she received an NEA Jazz Masters Fellowship in 2025.

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Styles

• Free jazz
• ECM and European jazz

Landmark tracks

• Open, to Love (1996)
• Butterflies That I Feel Inside Me (1996)
• Albert's Love Theme (1996)
• Touching (1996)

Sources

• Source

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