Jazz Articles about Johannes Bauer

About Johannes Bauer

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Kris Wanders Outfit: In Remebrance of the Human Race

by AAJ Italy Staff
August 6, 2012

Un musicista come l'olandese Kris Wanders - fra i promotori del free jazz in Europa e fra gli esponenti di quell'avanguardia che lavorava su progetti con titoli militanti come Requiem for Che Guevara di Fred Van Hove - non poteva lasciare da parte un paio di citazioni interessanti nelle note di copertina: “Totalitarian ideologists don't like real life (other people's) because it cannot be totally controlled" e “Popular mass art, like jazz, becomes mass protest. That's why the ideological guns ...

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Peter Brotzmann Chicago Tentet: 3 Days in Oslo

by Lloyd N. Peterson Jr.
September 5, 2010

We live during a time when society needs music in boxes, connected with dots; music that can be readily explained and even more readily understood. But Peter Brotzmann tears down the walls, rips apart the boxes and completely shatters any preconceived notions of what music is supposed to be. He understands the necessity of art being able to express from the soul and spirit of the artist, and that is a freedom fought for, one that is intensely fought for. ...