The trio of Peter Brötzmann, Peter Kowald and Sven-Ake Johansson began playing in 1965/66 and it was a combination In the mid 1960s, he played with American musicians such as Don Cherry and Steve Lacy and,įollowing a sojourn in Paris with Don Cherry, returned to Germany for his unorthodox approach to be acceptedīy local musicians like Alex von Schlippenbach and Manfred Schoof. while experiencing freedoms from a different perspective via Stockhausen, Nam June Paik, David TudorĪnd John Cage. In late 2005 he had a major retrospective exhibition jointly with Han Bennink - two separate buildings separated by an inter-connecting glass corridor - in Brötzmann's home town of Remscheid.Ĭlarinets, he soon moved to saxophones and began playing swing/bebop, before meeting Peter Kowald.ĭuring 1962/63 Brötzmann, Kowald and various drummers played regularly - Mingus, Ornette Coleman, etc. Of control over his own records, particularly in record sleeve/CD booklet design). Being very dissatisfied with the gallery/exhibition situation in art he found greater satisfaction playing with semi-professional musicians, though continued to paint (as well as retaining a level Peter Brötzmann's early interest was in painting and he attended the art academy in Wuppertal. In addition a 1999 photograph can be seen at: īorn Remscheid, Germany on 6 March 1941 soprano, alto, tenor, baritone and bass saxophones, a-clarinet,Į-flat clarinet bass clarinet, tarogato. Gérard Rouy Gallery of many photographs from mid-1970s to present day.
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Raymond Mallentjer Gallery with more photographs from Free Music XXII.Two galleries of photographs including Peter Brötzmann can be viewed: The Peter Brötzmann Ensemble in New York in 1984, from Ebba Jahn's film Rising Tones Cross this includes a brief section with Frank Wright.Clip 2 from the same performance with Derek Bailey at the LMC Festival, London, May 1995.Clip 1 from a performance with Derek Bailey at the LMC Festival, London, May 1995.Peter Brötzmann Peter Brötzmann Peter Brötzmann's own page is also availableĪnd Michael Werthmüller in concert during Free Music XXII organised by WIM in Antwerp, 3 August 1995