PETER BRÖTZMANN
Genres: Avant-Garde Jazz, Jazz Related Improv, Composition, World Fusion, Jazz Related Rock, 21st Century Modern • Germany

Free jazz icon Peter Brötzmann began making bracing, frequently aggressive music in the 1960s and has continued into the 21st century in a variety of groups, settings, and collaborations. Peter Brötzmann was one of the most prolific and enduring free jazz musicians to emerge from Europe during the 1960s. His fat, rough tone and emotively ferocious method of attack on saxophones, clarinet, and taragato, appeared on literally hundreds of recordings, from solo concerts to large ensemble studio dates and virtually every configuration in between. 1967’s historic For Adolphe Sax, his iconic Machine Gun octet in 1968, and his membership in the Globe Unity Orchestra established his international reputation. His massive catalog reads like a who's-who of free jazz and experimental rock. He played in the vanguard supergroup Last Exit during the '80s. His later records, including 2012's Solo + Trio Roma, contained more space and lyricism, though his intensity was read more...