Peter Brötzmann: Free-Jazz, Revolution and The Politics of Improvisation
A conversation with Daniel Spicer, author of the first English language biography of Peter Brötzmann
In June 2023, Peter Brötzmann passed away at the age of 82.
He was one of the towering figures of global free music.
Starting out in the mid-1960s, the self-taught reedist adapted and transformed the African-American “New Thing” into something uniquely European, shaped by his experience growing up in post-war Germany.
Mentored by globe-trotting free jazz i…
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