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Peter Brötzmann
From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Artist
Peter Brötzmann, from Wuppertal, studied fine art and worked for the Fluxus artist Nam June Paik. He taught himself to play saxophone and clarinet. The free jazz of Albert Ayler and Ornette Coleman showed him the way. In 1968 he recorded Machine Gun with eight musicians, among them Han Bennink and Willem Breuker: one of the loudest and most violent jazz records ever, often seen as the sound of European free jazz. In 1969 he co-founded the label FMP in Berlin with others. Until his death in 2023 he performed all over the world, often with young musicians.
Listening
Listening tip. Hear the power of the saxophones: a wall of sound instead of a melody.
Nipples · Peter Brötzmann, 1969
Low Life · Peter Brötzmann & Bill Laswell, 1987
I Surrender Dear · Peter Brötzmann, 2019
Discography
Studio albums
- 1968Machine Gun
- 1970Balls
- 1973FMP 130
- 1973Hot Lotta
- 1975Outspan No 1
- 1975Tschüs
- 1976Solo
- 1977Ein Halber Hund Kann Nicht Pinkeln
- 1977Schwarzwaldfahrt
- 1978Groupcomposing
- 19793 Points and a Mountain
- 1979The Nearer the Bone, the Sweeter the Meat
- 1980Atsugi Concert
- 1981Edelgard..., Maar Helaas!
- 198414 Love Poems
- 1984Pica Pica
- 1987Go-No-Go
- 1987Low Life
- 1989Réservé
- 1990In a State of Undress
- 1990Last Home
- 1990Wie das Leben so Spielt
- 1991No Nothing
- 1992Dare Devil
- 1992Visions & Blueprints
- 1993Love Comes Like Sour To Milk
- 1994Songlines
- 1994The Dried Rat-Dog
- 1994Vier Tiere
- 1996Nothing to Say: A Suite of Breathless Motion Dedicated to Oscar Wilde
- 1996進化してゆく恥じらい、或いは加速する原罪
- 1997Eight by Three
- 19981 / 2 / 3
- 1998Neurotransmitter
- 1998Stalker Songs
- 1999Noise of Wings
- 2001Fryed Fruit
- 2001Solo - Right as Rain
- 2001Subtle Twister
- 2002Organized Chaos
- 2003Brötzmann / Van Hove / Bennink
- 2003Danquah Circle
- 2003Fragments
- 2003medicina
- 2003Sharp Knives Cut Deeper
- 2003Soria Moria
- 2003The Ink Is Gone
- 200414 Love Poems Plus 10 More
- 2004Tales Out of Time
- 2006Guts
- 2006No Hard Feelings: For Steve Lacy
- 2007The Fat Is Gone
- 2008Born Broke
- 2008The Brain of the Dog in Section
- 2009Berg- Und Talfahrt - A Night In Sana'a
- 2009Funny Rat/s 3 ...Flying Crow...
- 2009Lost & Found
- 2009The Damage Is Done
- 2010Volda
- 2010Woodcuts
- 2011Dolunay
- 2012...the worse the better
- 2013Solid and Spirit
- 2014Dead and Useless
- 2014Mental Shake
- 2014Mollie's in the Mood
- 2015Modern Persuasion
- 2015Two City Blues 1
- 2016Beautiful Lies
- 2016Black Bombaim & Peter Brötzmann
- 2016Conversations About Not Eating Meat
- 2016Ears Are Filled With Wonder
- 2018Crowmoon
- 2018Ouroboros
- 2018Sparrow Nights
- 2019I Surrender Dear
- 2020Front to Front
- 2020Memories of a Tunicate
- 2024Chicken Shit Bingo
Other work
- 1967For Adolphe Sax
- 1969Nipples
In School of Rock
The chapters, maps and magazine stories of School of Rock are currently available in Dutch only.
- Jazz MapNL Map
- After Hours: Session 3NL Reader
Mentioned in other articles
- European free improvisation Genre
In Germany the pianist Alexander von Schlippenbach founded the Globe Unity Orchestra in 1966, and the saxophonist Peter Brötzmann of Wuppertal recorded the loud Machine Gun in 1968.