Peter Brötzmann
Peter Brötzmann (6 March 1941 – 22 June 2023) was a German free jazz saxophonist and clarinetist.
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.jpg) Brötzmann in August 2017 | |
| Background information | |
| Born | 6 March 1941 Remscheid, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany |
| Died | 22 June 2023 (aged 82) Wuppertal, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany |
| Genres | Free jazz, avant-garde jazz, free improvisation |
| Occupation(s) | Musician |
| Instruments | Tenor saxophone, alto saxophone, baritone saxophone, tárogató, clarinet, bass clarinet |
| Years active | 1967–2023 |
| Associated acts | Globe Unity Orchestra, Peter Kowald, Cecil Taylor, Last Exit, Derek Bailey, William Parker, Die Like a Dog Quartet, Sven-Åke Johansson, Evan Parker, Buschi Niebergall, Fred Van Hove, Han Bennink, Willem Breuker, Paal Nilssen-Love |
Brötzmann appeared on over 100 albums.[1][2]
Brötzmann died on 22 June 2023, at the age of 82, at home in Wuppertal, Germany.[3][4]
Works
- For Adolphe Sax (1967)
- Machine Gun (1968)
- Solo (1976)
- Alarm (1981)
- 14 Love Poems (1984)
- No Nothing (1991)
- Dare Devil (1992)
- The März Combo Live in Wuppertal (1993)
- Nothing to Say (Dedicated to Oscar Wilde: A Suite of Breathless Motion) (1996)
- Sprawl (1997)
- Right as Rain (Dedicated to Werner Lüdi) (2001)
- Usable Past (2002)
- Lost & Found (2009)
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The Free Jazz saxophonist Peter Brötzmann on the 25.03.1979 during an interview appointment at his apartment in Wuppertal, Germany.
Brötzmann on tenor saxophone, Minnesota Sur Seine, 2006
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Brötzman in Aarhus 2015
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References
- ↑ "Interviews, discographies". Efi.group.shef.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 2012-03-28. Retrieved 2012-06-25.
- ↑ "Albums by Peter Brötzmann". Rate Your Music. Retrieved 2012-06-25.
- ↑ Weber, Julian (2023-06-23). "Freejazzsaxofonist Peter Brötzmann gestorben: Sie nannten ihn Machine Gun" (in de). Die Tageszeitung: taz. . https://taz.de/!5942678/. Retrieved 2023-06-23.
- ↑ Beaumont-Thomas, Ben (June 23, 2023). "Peter Brötzmann, legend of free jazz, dies at 82". The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jun/23/peter-brotzmann-legend-of-free-jazz-dies-at-82. Retrieved June 23, 2023.