Jazz Articles about Peter Brötzmann

Peter Brotzmann: Vision Festival 16, June 8, 2011

by Warren Allen
June 27, 2011

Peter Brötzmann QuartetAbrons Art Center Main StageNew York, NYJune 8, 2011 On a hot June night in downtown NYC, the Vision Festival welcomed German tenor saxophonist Peter Brötzmann to the main stage of the Abrons Art Center. Famously nicknamed “Machine Gun" early on in his career by Don Cherry, for his unrelenting sound, and then cutting a legendary free jazz blasterpiece of the same name (FMP 1968), Brötzmann has been a fearless explorer of ...

Peter Brötzmann: Wolk In Hosen

by Mark Corroto
April 17, 2011

In a blindfold test--and not knowing he was but 11 years old when this solo session was recorded in 1976--the sound heard on Wolk In Hosen might be mistaken for that of Swedish saxophonist Mats Gustafsson. But no, it is, indeed, Gustafsson's hero and musical role model, the fire-breathing Peter Brötzmann. Also released as part of the limited edition, 12-CD box FMP im Rückblick--in Retrospect (1969-2010) (FMP, 2010)--with an extraordinary 218-page book full of photographs, articles, and a ...

Peter Brötzmann Chicago Tentet + 1
en el Festival de Jazz de Barcelona

by Enrique Turpin
November 10, 2010

Peter Brötzmann Chicago Tentet42 Voll-Damm Festival Internacional de Jazz de BarcelonaLuz de Gas7 de noviembre, 2010Fue el domingo un día atípico en Barcelona. La ciudad andaba envuelta en humos de incensarios y cortejos vaticanos de extraño semblante. Los Once de Peter Brötzmann parecía que venían a cumplir una misión; no sólo inauguraban un ciclo incluido en el 42 Voll-Damm Festival Internacional de Jazz de Barcelona, Saxologies, sino que se les intuía propósitos más inconfesables, como ...

Peter Brötzmann’s Full Blast Trio with Ken Vandermark at Cafe Oto in London

by John Sharpe
October 20, 2010

Peter Brötzmann's Full Blast Trio with Ken VandermarkCafé OtoLondonSeptember 30, 2010Any review of Peter Brötzmann's Full Blast Trio tends to be liberally spattered with words like blustering, explosive, aggressive and fiery, testament to the raw power and energy channeled through this threesome in their short existence. Not that the German reed iconoclast was a shrinking violet before. Ever since his emergence on the international jazz stage with the earth shattering Machine Gun (FMP, 1968), rightly ...

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. ...

Peter Brotzmann Trio at Cafe Oto, London

by John Sharpe
February 21, 2010

Peter Brotzmann, John Edwards, Steve Noble Cafe Oto London January 30, 2010

As the crowd gathered outside north London's Cafe Oto waiting for the doors to open, a solitary figure stood spotlit under a streetlamp just up the road. German saxophone iconoclast Peter Brotzmann was savoring a moment of calm reflection, smoking on a cigar, alone with his thoughts and the cold night air. Such quiet made for a stark contrast to the ...

Peter Brotzmann: Lost & Found

by Mark Corroto
February 1, 2010

Lost & Found finds iconic free jazz reedman Peter Brötzmann recording both solo and live for the first time ever. Throughout the 50-plus years of music-making, his live recordings are probably the best at capturing the essence of this great man's passion; and further, hearing him without accompaniment is a direct line into his thoughts. Previous solo efforts like this one are found on Free Music Production, a label he helped christen with Jost Gebers in 1969. ...