Peter Brötzmann
Peter Brötzmann (6 March 1941 – 22 June 2023) was a German jazz saxophonist and clarinetist regarded as a central and pioneering figure in European free jazz. Throughout his career, he released over fifty albums as a bandleader. Amongst his many collaborators were key figures in free jazz, including Derek Bailey, Anthony Braxton and Cecil Taylor, as well as experimental musicians such as Keiji Haino and Charles Hayward. His 1968 Machine Gun became "one of the landmark albums of 20th-century free jazz".
Genre: free-improvisation, free-jazz, jazz-saxophone, avant-garde-jazz, german-jazz
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Top Tracks
- Chalaba - Live
- Mawama - Live
- The Fourth Idea
- Andrew's Song
- Exhilaration
- Two City Blues 2
- Balini - Live
- Hamdouchia - Live
- Eyes Wide - Live
- Falling Out of All the Towers of Space
- Tongue in a Bell
- Man To Mann Duos - C.103
- Man To Mann Duos - B.102
- Man To Mann Duos - A.101
- Friendly Focus
- One Fine Day
- Ticklish Pickle - Live
- The Greasy Grind - Live
- Balini - Live
- Piece 5
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