Microtonalists Working in 12tet

By that I mean those artists who sound to me as if they were straining at the edges of the confinement of the 12 tone equal tempered system, and who would have used other tunings if they had had the proper resources.

  • Thelonius Monk
  • Bill Frisell
  • Amit Lissack
  • Robert Johnson
  • Jimi Hendrix
  • Eric Dolphy
  • Albert King
  • Don van Vliet (Captain Beefheart)
  • Charles Mingus