Peter Brötzmann

Peter Brötzmann 來自德国,知名的自由爵士、前卫爵士音乐家、萨克斯演奏家和单簧管演奏家。1941年出生于德国的雷姆伊德，早年从事觉艺术的创作，音乐全靠自学。他的音乐风格怪诞离奇，是典型的前卫实验风格，由他创作参与的一系列唱片是研究20世纪前卫音乐不可多得的历史资料。   He studied painting in Wuppertal and was involved with the Fluxus movement, but grew dissatisfied with art galleries and exhibitions. He experienced his first real jazz concert when he saw American jazz musician Sidney Bechet while still in school at Wuppertal, and it made a lasting impression.   He has not abandoned his art training, however: Brötzmann has designed most of his own album covers. He first taught himself to play various clarinets, then saxophones; he is also known for playing the tárogató. Among his first musical partnerships was that with double bassistPeter Kowald.   For Adolphe Sax, Brötzmann's first recording, was released in 1967 and featured Kowald and drummer Sven-Åke Johansson.   1968, the year of political turmoil in Europe, saw the release of Machine Gun, an octetrecording often listed among the most notable free jazz albums. Originally the LP was self-produced (under his own "BRO" record label imprint) and sold at gigs, but it was later marketed by Free Music Production (FMP), In 2007, Chicago-based Atavistic Records reissued the Machine Gun recording.