Peter Brötzmann

saxophones, clarinet, tárogató · 1941–2023 · Remscheid

Leading figure of European free jazz, he self-produced "Machine Gun" in 1968, regarded as one of the landmark albums of 20th-century free jazz. A member of the Globe Unity Orchestra and the Instant Composers Pool, he later led Last Exit, the Die Like a Dog Quartet, and the Chicago Tentet (1997-2012).

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Styles

• Free improvisation and European free
• Free jazz

Landmark tracks

• Machine Gun (1968)

Sources

• Source

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