Jazz Articles about Peter Brötzmann

Peter Brotzmann

by Clifford Allen
November 29, 2003

Peter Brotzmann has exemplified European improvised music for over 40 years and particpated in countless international collaborations. Br'tzmann's career began in art, experience he would take into his music and record label FMP. His playing, brash and aggressive, continues to destroy speakers worldwide. He recently sat down with Masters Degree candidate in Art History Clifford Allen during the opening of Br'tzmann's work on paper show The Inexplicable Flyswatter at the Art Institute of Chicago. We thank Peter Brotzmann and Clifford ...

Peter Br: FMP 130

by Jay Collins
October 14, 2003

Without a doubt, the cooperative consisting of saxophonist Peter Brötzmann, pianist Fred Van Hove and drummer Han Bennink is one of the most celebrated, if not the most influential, free improv trios in Europe. Recorded for FMP three years after the group's astonishing and portentous 1970 debut, Balls, this accurately titled record, known as FMP 130, displays the trio at its apex. It is a resilient document containing compositionally condensed pieces that embrace a startlingly broad scope of textures and ...

Peter Br: More Nipples

by Jerry D'Souza
October 13, 2003

For all those who have played Nipples and enjoyed doing so, the fact that there are More Nipples should come as joy exemplified. Saxophonist Peter Brötzmann thought that the three tunes from 1969 which make up this record were discarded, but they were discovered last year by FMP founder Jost Gebers. Glory be to that moment, for this is another blazing testament to free music and one more glowing notch in the belt of the Unheard Music Series. ...

Peter Br: The Ink is Gone

by Clifford Allen
October 3, 2003

In jazz, surprise meetings often produce some of the greatest results. On paper, the duo of Anthony Braxton and Max Roach might look a little strange, ditto the two-tenor front line of Archie Shepp and Hank Mobley. When successful, these meetings can be, like the old cliché, peanut butter and jelly. Thankfully, the crusts remain on this duo recording of German saxophonist Peter Brötzmann and soul-jazz drummer Walter “MJT" Perkins.

The Ink is Gone was culled from two nights of ...

Peter Br: Balls

by Jay Collins
July 25, 2003

Following on the heels of European Echoes, Balls was the second release by the German FMP label; it remains one of the great documents of Peter Brötzmann's core late-sixties/early-seventies trio with pianist Fred Van Hove and drummer Han Bennink. At the time of the recording, the trio had been playing together for some time, including forming the nucleus for a number of other recordings (including both the groundbreaking Machine Gun and Nipples offerings). Originally recorded on one August day in ...

Peter Brotzmann

by AAJ Staff
May 6, 2003

By Clifford Allen Peter Brotzmann has exemplified European improvised music for over 40 years and particpated in countless international collaborations. Br'tzmann's career began in art, experience he would take into his music and record label FMP. His playing, brash and aggressive, continues to destroy speakers worldwide. He recently sat down with Masters Degree candidate in Art History Clifford Allen during the opening of Br'tzmann's work on paper show The Inexplicable Flyswatter at the Art Institute of Chicago. ...

Br: Never Too Late But Always Too Early

by Derek Taylor
May 1, 2003

Die Like a Dog: a name and invective that acts as a slap in the face to the mores of subtlety and passivity. Peter Brötzmann originally convened the group as a channeling vessel for the spirit of Ayler. Their music: lamenting the legendary saxophonist?s tailspin into spiritual decay and destitution. Their credo: a staunch defiance of the desiccating forces of commercialism and critical vampirism that can assail an artist?s life. With either Toshinori Kondo or Roy Campbell in the second ...