Jazz Articles about Peter Brötzmann

Brotzmann/Michiyo Yagi/Nilseen-Love: Head On

by Eyal Hareuveni
June 13, 2008

A collaboration between the loud saxophones of German legend Peter Brotzmann, Japanese koto master Michiyo Yagi and great Norwegian drummer Paal Nilssen-Love may not sound an obvious to those who still consider the ancient stringed koto to be an exotic instrument. The short YouTube clip of Yagi playing with this trio at the 2006 Kongsberg Jazz Festival proves it a natural grouping. This trio has been working steadily for the last three years, touring Japan and Europe.

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Peter Brotzmann: The Fat Is Gone, At Molde 2007, Born Broke, One Night in Burmantofts & Headfirst Into the Flames

by Jeff Stockton
April 6, 2008

Peter Brotzmann/Mats Gustafsson/Paal Nilssen-Love The Fat Is Gone Smalltown Superjazz 2007 Chicago Tentet At Molde 2007 Okka Disk 2008 Peter Brotzmann/Peeter Uuskyla Born Broke Atavistic 2008 Peter Brotzmann/Alan Wilkinson Quartet One Night in Burmantofts Bo Weavil ...

Peter Brotzmann : Another Step in the Large-Form Jazz Ensemble Tradition

by Chris Comer
March 11, 2008

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Iconoclastic European free jazz saxophonist Peter Brotzmann discusses his intensely revolutionary Chicago Tentet with Chris Comer in this 2005 radio interview. The Chicago Tentet features ten of the world's finest free jazz musicians in an all-out jazz assault. Brotzmann describes how the Chicago Tentet got together in the first place, the concept behind it and why it's one of the most satisfying ensembles of his career. Chris asks Brotzmann to elaborate on The Chicago Tentet's ...

Peter Brotzmann / Peeter Uuskyla: Born Broke

by Troy Collins
February 13, 2008

German multi-reedist Peter Brötzmann, the grandfather of European free jazz, and Swedish drummer Peeter Uuskyla have been playing together in various line-ups for the past ten years. Although Brötzmann's dynamic range has expanded considerably since his early days as the fire-breathing author of the seminal Machine Gun (Atavistic, 1969), he hasn't lost any of his vivaciousness. Guided by the stalwart rhythmic focus of Uuskyla, the duo finds ample territory to explore throughout this double disc set.

Brötzmann's blast ...

Peter Brötzmann: The Complete Machine Gun Sessions

by AAJ Italy Staff
December 17, 2007

Anche se risulta più comodo e affascinante considerare Machine Gun come una specie di big-bang da cui improvvisamente scaturì in mille direzioni la lava dell'improvvisazione europea [l'originaria stampa in sole 300 copie per la piccola etichetta Bro, i contemporanei movimenti di protesta in tutta Europa, il Vietnam contribuiscono certamente all'aura leggendaria], quella registrazione al Lila Eule di Brema del maggio 1968 fu tutt'altro che casuale ed è piuttosto l'esito dell'incontro di idee e personalità che già da qualche tempo si ...

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by Clifford Allen
August 15, 2007

Peter Brötzmann The Complete Machine Gun Sessions Atavistic 2007

Almost forty years have passed since the 1968 recording of German reedman Peter Brötzmann's Machine Gun at the Lila Eule in Bremen. The session, now regarded as one of the cornerstone records of European free improvisation, was a combination of several ensembles active on the western European landscape in the late 1960s, as communication and collaboration between small creative-music scenes was starting to ...

Peter Brotzmann: The Complete Machine Gun Sessions

by Troy Collins
August 14, 2007

An essential recording, Machine Gun's rightful place in the pantheon of seminal free jazz recordings is uncontested. The first major document of European free improvisation, Atavistic's Unheard Music Series reissue supplements the legendary session by bolstering the original album with two alternate takes and the only documented live performance of the furious title track.

Envisioned and organized by infamous German tenor saxophonist Peter Brötzmann (nicknamed Machine Gun by trumpeter Don Cherry), Machine Gun provided a blueprint for such ...