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The title piece, which occupies the bulk of the recording, is indeed based around a horn motif imitating the sound of an air-raid siren. It was a nickname Don Cherry gave me because of my playing, but of course it was happening in вЂ™68 it had straight connection to the war in Vietnam and things like that. Brotzmann assembled a fine, multinational nonet for this date and the results, while falling short of his efforts with other mid-size bands, is still enjoyable.

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BrГ¶tzmann's sound is 'one of the most distinctive, life-affirming and joyous in all music' and he has performed with almost all of the major players of free music from early associations with Don Cherry and Steve Lacy to regular groupings with Peter Kowald, Alex Von Slippenbach, Han Bennink and Fred Van Hove, the Chicago Tentet (Mats Gustafsson/Joe McPhee/Ken Vandermark and more) and various one-off and ad hoc associations with many others including Keiji Haino, Derek Bailey, Evan Parker, Anthony Braxton and Rashied Ali. I mean the title Machine Gun is always leading to some wrong conclusions. A trailblazing piece of free jazz that arrived in the revolutionary year of 1968 and later found a fan in Bill Clinton. Self-taught on Clarinet and Saxophone, BrГ¶tzmann established himself as one of the most powerful and original players around, releasing a number of now highly sought after sides of musical invention including the epochal 'Machine Gun' session in 1968 - originally released on his own BrГ¶ private press and later recordings for FMP (Free Music Production) the label he started with Jost Gebers. 50 great moments in jazz: Peter Brtzmann's Machine Gun. Originally released in 1968, it was until now only available on CD as a pricey German import on FMP Records.

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However he continued to paint and his instantly recognisable visual sensibility has produced some of our favourite LP sleeves as well as a number of gallery shows in recent years. The Unheard Music series and Atavisitc Records have done well by releasing Peter Brotzmann's MACHINE GUN, a landmark in European Improv.

In an interview, he says music can sometimes change a persons way of thinking. Peter BrГ¶tzmann is one of the most important and uncompromising figures in free jazz and has been at the forefront of developing a unique, European take on free improvisation since the 1960s.Д«rГ¶tzmann first trained as a painter and was associated with Fluxus (Participating in various events and working as an assistant to Nam Jun Paik) before dissatisfaction with the art world moved his focus towards music. German jazz musician Peter Brotzmann will be performing in Israel tomorrow and Wednesday.

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