Jazz Articles about Peter Brötzmann

Peter Br: Nipples

by Derek Taylor
May 1, 2000

Talk about the rarest of the rare. This disc, another glorious entry on John Corbett's new Unheard series, unearths one of the most whispered and wondered about documents of the then burgeoning European improvisers union. It stands alongside such other cardinal classics as Brötzmann's Machine Gun as an aural manifesto of entire musical movement first carved out in the 1960s, which still survives today, albeit in somewhat canonized form. In the ensuing years after this couplet of sessions was recorded ...

Peter Br: Live in Japan 1982

by Derek Taylor
April 1, 2000

Improvised Company is a new label created by Kouichi Ohshima to bring to light past recordings by legendary German improviser Peter Brötzmann. Ohshima's affection for Brötzmann's music is apparent not only in this beautifully rendered release, which features an exquisite hand-printed silk-screen cover; but also in a recent book he's published documenting the German's expansive discography. Future plans for the label include the release of other unissued recordings.

The audio fidelity on the label's inaugural effort takes a little getting ...