Peter Brötzmann
Peter Brötzmann | |
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Brötzmann playing in 2010 | |
| Background information | |
| Born | 6 March 1941 Remscheid, Germany |
| Died | 22 June 2023 (aged 82) Wuppertal, Germany |
| Genres | European free jazz, avant-garde jazz, free improvisation |
| Occupation | Musician |
| Instrument(s) | Saxophone, clarinet, tárogató |
| Years active | 1967–2023 |
| Formerly of | 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, John Zorn |
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".