Machine Gun

Peter Brötzmann Octet · 1968

Context

Recorded in May 1968 by a European octet and released by Brötzmann on his own label BRÖ, before a reissue on FMP. The nickname "Machine Gun" came from Don Cherry and echoed, in 1968, the Vietnam War. The Penguin Guide to Jazz sees it as one of the most important documents of European free jazz.

In the genealogy of jazz

This track belongs to Free improvisation and European free, Free jazz. Among the origins and influences of Free improvisation and European free: Free jazz, Dutch jazz.

Sources

• EN: Machine Gun (Peter Brötzmann album)

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