Person · Male
Ernst-Ludwig Petrowsky
- From
- Güstrow, Germany
- Active
- 1933–2023
- Releases
- 13
- jazz
- free improvisation
- free jazz
About
Ernst-Ludwig Petrowsky (10 December 1933 – 10 July 2023), often called Luten Petrowsky, was a German jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, flautist, composer and author. He is considered the father of free jazz in East Germany (GDR). He was one of few jazz musicians permitted to play in the West already in the 1960s. Petrowsky played in the 1973 quartet recording Just for fun, the first of jazz musicians from both East and West. He took part in more than a hundred recordings between 1963 and 2016, with groups such as Synopsis and Zentralquartett, and with his singer wife, Uschi Brüning.
Member of
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Enfant alto saxophone, flute
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Berlin Contemporary Jazz Orchestra baritone saxophone
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The George Gruntz Concert Jazz Band clarinet, soprano saxophone, alto saxophone
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Zentralquartett clarinet, flute, alto saxophone
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New Old Luten Quintet clarinet, flute
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Identifiers
- MusicBrainz
- 0151a25a-aebe-4891-b97b-6879b7392cfd
- ISNI
- 0000000055142111
- IPI
- 00024155905
Data from MusicBrainz, saved 14 Nov 2026. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, covers from the Cover Art Archive and Apple Music.