Jazz Articles about Die Like a Dog Quartet

Die Like A Dog Quartet: From Valley To Valley

by AAJ Staff
August 1, 1999

Whenever Peter Brötzmann picks up a saxophone, he broadcasts a tremendous sense of urgency. He projects life experience with incredible emotional intensity--as freely and powerfully as a saxophonist has ever spoken. For some listeners, the force of his personal expression may be too much, so consider yourself warned. The fire here gets very hot.

Brötzmann's original Die Like A Dog Quartet, first recorded by FMP in '94, contained trumpeter Toshinori Kondo. The new quartet features trumpeter Roy Campbell instead. In ...