Peter Brötzmann
Brötzmann/Leigh at Flight Gallery
Flight Gallery
112r, Blue Star
May 24, 2019
7:00 PM CDT
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Contemporary Whatever Presents: Brötzmann/Leigh
Since 2015, Brötzmann/Leigh, the duo of Peter Brötzmann (saxophones, clarinets) & Heather Leigh (pedal steel guitar), have established themselves as a formidable duo, touring extensively and electrifying audiences with their singular, dynamic group sound all over Europe, USA/Canada, New Zealand, Japan and Australia, appearing at many major festivals and playing intimate club spaces.
Together they bring countless decades of experience at the cutting edge of ferocious speed-of-thought improvisation and deep lyrical soul. They have released 4 albums, ‘Ears Are Filled With Wonder’ and ‘Sex Tape’ on Vienna’s Trost Records and 'Crowmoon’ a limited, private release on BRÖ/LEIGH. Their newest studio album (LP/CD), 'Sparrow Nights’, was released on Trost Records in November 2018.
5/24/19
Flight Gallery
Doors at 7pm
$10-$15 donation
Contemporary Whatever is supported by Astral Spirits, Freetail Brewing Co., and Self Sabotage Records.
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Brody
May 25th 2019
An amazing and wonderful performance. The energy behind the music was surging.
Dallas, TX@The Wild Detectives
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Peter Brötzmann Biography
Peter Brötzmann (born March 6, 1941) is a German free jazz saxophonist.
Brötzmann is among the most important European free jazz musicians. His rough, lyrical timbre is easily recognized on his many recordings.
He studied painting in Wuppertal and was involved with the Fluxus movement, but grew dissatisfied with art galleries and exhibitions. He has not abandoned his art training, however: Brötzmann has designed most of his own album covers. He first taught himself to play various clarinets, then saxophones; he is perhaps the only jazz musician to play the tarogato. Among his first musical partnerships was that with double bassist Peter Kowald.
For Adolphe Sax, Brötzmann's first recording, was released in 1967 and featured Kowald and drummer Sven-Ake Johansson.
1968 saw the release of Machine Gun, an octet recording often listed among the most notable free jazz albums. One critic has written Machine Gun offers "a heavy-impact sonic assault so aggressive it still knocks listeners back on their heels decades later."
The logistical difficulties of touring with an octet resulted in Brötzmann eventually slimming the group to a trio with Han Bennink and Fred Van Hove.
In the 1980s, Brötzmann flirted with heavy metal and noise rock, including a stint in Last Exit.
Brötzmann has remained active, touring and recording regularly. He has released over thirty albums as a bandleader, and has appeared on dozens more. His Die Like A Dog quartet (with Toshinori Kondo, William Parker and Hamid Drake) is loosely inspired by saxophonist Albert Ayler, a prime influence on Brötzmann's music. Since 1997 he has toured and recorded regularly with The Peter Brötzmann Octet.
Brötzmann has since recorded or performed with many musicians, including Cecil Taylor, Evan Parker, Han Bennink, Bill Laswell, William Parker, Willem Breuker, Ken Vandermark, Conny Bauer and Brötzmann's son, Caspar Brötzmann, a notable guitarist in his own right.
Read MoreBrötzmann is among the most important European free jazz musicians. His rough, lyrical timbre is easily recognized on his many recordings.
He studied painting in Wuppertal and was involved with the Fluxus movement, but grew dissatisfied with art galleries and exhibitions. He has not abandoned his art training, however: Brötzmann has designed most of his own album covers. He first taught himself to play various clarinets, then saxophones; he is perhaps the only jazz musician to play the tarogato. Among his first musical partnerships was that with double bassist Peter Kowald.
For Adolphe Sax, Brötzmann's first recording, was released in 1967 and featured Kowald and drummer Sven-Ake Johansson.
1968 saw the release of Machine Gun, an octet recording often listed among the most notable free jazz albums. One critic has written Machine Gun offers "a heavy-impact sonic assault so aggressive it still knocks listeners back on their heels decades later."
The logistical difficulties of touring with an octet resulted in Brötzmann eventually slimming the group to a trio with Han Bennink and Fred Van Hove.
In the 1980s, Brötzmann flirted with heavy metal and noise rock, including a stint in Last Exit.
Brötzmann has remained active, touring and recording regularly. He has released over thirty albums as a bandleader, and has appeared on dozens more. His Die Like A Dog quartet (with Toshinori Kondo, William Parker and Hamid Drake) is loosely inspired by saxophonist Albert Ayler, a prime influence on Brötzmann's music. Since 1997 he has toured and recorded regularly with The Peter Brötzmann Octet.
Brötzmann has since recorded or performed with many musicians, including Cecil Taylor, Evan Parker, Han Bennink, Bill Laswell, William Parker, Willem Breuker, Ken Vandermark, Conny Bauer and Brötzmann's son, Caspar Brötzmann, a notable guitarist in his own right.
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