Search results for "Peter Brotzmann"
Peter Brotzmann: Machine Gun (Rating: 75/100) posted in Music October 25, 07Machine Gun is the most frightening album in jazz. Hands down. It was in 1968, and it still is today. Only a few othe...
Last Exit: Taking a Beating (Rating: 82/100) posted in Music November 20, 07Energy music. To some, the term means nothing more than “noise.” True enough, it can be noisy, but in the hands of La...
Brotzmann, Peter posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07Brotzmann, Peter, soprano, alto, tenor, baritone, and bass saxophones, a-flat clarinet, e-flat clarinet bass clarinet...
Zerang, Michael posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07Zerang, Michael, percussionist/composer; b. Chicago, IL, 16 November 1958. He is a first generation American of Assyr...
Laswell, Bill (William) posted in Encyclopedia February 20, 09Bassist and producer Bill Laswell has always kept his ears and imagination open. His riffs heard around the world on ...
Sharrock, Sonny (Warren Harding) posted in Encyclopedia June 18, 09Guitarist Sonny Sharrock forged a path for the electric guitar in experimental jazz by adapting the improvisational s...
Bendian, Gregg posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07Bendian, Gregg, drummer, percussionist, composer; b. Englewood, New Jersey, 13 July 1963. His parents, Martin (b. Nov...
Parker, William posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07Parker, William, bassist; b. Bront, NY, 10 January 1952. Parker is an internationally recognized bassist and compo...
Parker, Evan posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07Parker, Evan, tenor and soprano saxophones; b. Bristol, 5 April 1944. Evan Parker started to play (alto) saxophone...
Campbell Jr., Roy (Sinclair) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07Campbell Jr., Roy (Sinclair), trumpeter, flugelhorn, flutist, composer, actor; b. Los Angeles, CA, 29 September 1952...
Vandermark, Ken (Kenneth Stewart) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07Vandermark, Ken (Kenneth Stewart), tenor sax, clarinet, bass clarinet; b. Warwick, RI, 22 September 1964. His father ...
John Coltrane: Ascension - Edition II (Rating: 89/100) posted in Music November 06, 07It’s difficult (and maybe pointless) to choose between the two 40-minute versions of “Ascension” that are included on...
This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: TWELVE ESSENTIAL JOHN COLTRANE PERFORMANCES
John Coltrane (1926-1967) started out as a promising straight-ahead bop player who served under Thelonious Monk, Mile...
Spontaneous Music Ensemble: Karyobin, Part 1 (Rating: 91/100) posted in Music November 16, 07Collective improvisation takes many forms, from the brazen “energy music” of a Peter Brotzmann to Ornette Coleman's F...
Where Did Our Revolution Go? Free Jazz Turns Fifty posted in The Jazz.com Blog February 25, 08PART ONE (OF THREE PARTS) The highlight of the Portland Jazz Festival, which concluded its ten days of music-makin...
Ali, Rashied (Robert Patterson Jr.) posted in Encyclopedia August 14, 09Drummer Rashied Ali dedicated his career to enhancing the voice of the drums in the modern jazz ensemble. Best known ...
Gjerstad, Frode posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07Gjerstad, Frode, alto sax, clarinet, bass clarinet; b. Stavanger, Norway, 24 March 1948. With his wife Judith, he has...
Nilssen-Love, Paal posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07Nilssen-Love, Paal, drummer; b. Molde, Norway, 24 December 1974. He was raised at a jazz club in Stavanger, run by...
Gerold, Nils posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07Gerold, Nils, flutist; b. Bielefeld, Germany, 12 September 1964. He grew up in Einbeck near Gottingen (Middle-North G...
Sauter, Jim (James Henry) posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07Sauter, Jim (James Henry), saxophones; b. Nyack. NY, 23 July 1953. Sauter grew up in a musical family in West Nyack, ...
Hubback, Steve posted in Encyclopedia October 18, 07Hubback, Steve, percussionist, sculptor, firesmith, cymbals and gongs maker. I got seriously involved with music i...
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