Ned Rothenberg (born September 15, 1956) is an American multi-instrumentalist and composer. He specializes in woodwind instruments, including the alto saxophone, clarinet, bass clarinet, flute, and shakuhachi (Japanese bamboo flute). He is known for his work in contemporary classical and free improvisation. Rothenberg is a graduate of the Oberlin Conservatory of Music. He was a founding member of the woodwind trio New Winds with J. D. Parran and Robert Dick. He has performed with Samm Bennett, Paul Dresher, Fred Frith, Evan Parker, Marc Ribot, Elliott Sharp, John Zorn, Yuji Takahashi, Sainkho Namtchylak, and Katsuya Yokoyama.
Trials of the Argo (Lumina, 1981)
Opposites Attract with Paul Dresher (New World, 1991)
Real and Imagined Time (Moers, 1995)
Amulet with Sainkho (Leo, 1996)
Monkey Puzzle with Evan Parker (Leo, 1997)
Port of Entry (Intuition, 1998)
Tools of The Trade with Denman Maroney, (CIMP, 2001)
Decisive Action with Satoh Masahiko (BAJ, 2004)
En Passant with Peter A. Schmid (Creative Works, 2004)
Falling into Place with Slava Ganelin (Auris Media, 2006)
El Nino with Matthias Ziegler, Peter A. Schmid (Creative Works, 2006)
Live at Roulette with Evan Parker (Animul, 2007)
The Fell Clutch with Tony Buck, Stomu Takeishi (Animul, 2007)
While You Were Out with Catherine Jauniaux, Barre Phillips (Kadima Collective, 2009)
Free Zone Appleby 2007 with Evan Parker, Paolo Angeli (psi, 2009)
Live at DOM with Vladimir Volkov (Dom, 2010)
Quintet for Clarinet and Strings (Tzadik, 2010)