Person · Male
Peter Brötzmann
German free jazz saxophonist and clarinetist
- From
- Remscheid, Germany
- Active
- 1941–2023
- Rating
- ★ 5
- Releases
- 151
- free jazz
- jazz
- free improvisation
- experimental big band
About
Peter Brötzmann (6 March 1941 – 22 June 2023) was a German jazz saxophonist and clarinetist regarded as a central and pioneering figure in European free jazz. Throughout his career, he released over fifty albums as a bandleader. Amongst his many collaborators were key figures in free jazz, including Derek Bailey, Anthony Braxton and Cecil Taylor, as well as experimental musicians such as Keiji Haino and Charles Hayward. His 1968 Machine Gun became "one of the landmark albums of 20th-century free jazz".
Member of
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Die Like a Dog Quartet reeds
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Globe Unity Orchestra alto saxophone
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The Peter Brötzmann Octet baritone saxophone, eponymous, tenor saxophone
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Brötzmann Chicago Octet eponymous
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Brötzmann Clarinet Project eponymous
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Peter Brötzmann Chicago Tentet clarinet, eponymous, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, taragot
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Peter Brötzmann Trio eponymous
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Peter Brötzmann Group eponymous
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The Peter Brötzmann Quartet eponymous, tenor saxophone
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The Wild Mans Band clarinet, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, taragot
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Haazz & Company clarinet, tenor saxophone
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Full Blast reeds
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Berg Borg Brötz man/n eponymous, piano
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The Peter Brötzmann Tentet eponymous, saxophone
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Cecil Taylor European Orchestra alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, taragot
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Sprawl reeds
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North Quartet clarinet, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone
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The Peter Brötzmann Sextet eponymous, tenor saxophone
Discography
Albums
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Balls
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FMP 130
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Hot Lotta
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Outspan No 1
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Tschüs
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Solo Apple Music
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Ein Halber Hund Kann Nicht Pinkeln
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Schwarzwaldfahrt
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Groupcomposing
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3 Points and a Mountain
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The Nearer the Bone, the Sweeter the Meat
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Atsugi Concert
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Edelgard..., Maar Helaas!
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Pica Pica
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14 Love Poems
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Go-No-Go
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Low Life
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Réservé
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Wie das Leben so Spielt
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In a State of Undress
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Last Home
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No Nothing
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Visions & Blueprints
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Dare Devil Apple Music
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Love Comes Like Sour To Milk
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Vier Tiere
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Songlines
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The Dried Rat-Dog
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進化してゆく恥じらい、或いは加速する原罪
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Nothing to Say: A Suite of Breathless Motion Dedicated to Oscar Wilde
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Eight by Three
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1 / 2 / 3
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Neurotransmitter
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Stalker Songs
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Noise of Wings
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Fryed Fruit
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Solo - Right as Rain
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Subtle Twister
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Organized Chaos
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Brötzmann / Van Hove / Bennink
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Danquah Circle
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Fragments
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Sharp Knives Cut Deeper
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Soria Moria
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medicina
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The Ink Is Gone
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Tales Out of Time
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14 Love Poems Plus 10 More
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No Hard Feelings: For Steve Lacy
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Guts
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The Fat Is Gone
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The Brain of the Dog in Section
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Born Broke Apple Music
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Berg- Und Talfahrt - A Night In Sana'a
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Lost & Found
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Funny Rat/s 3 ...Flying Crow...
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Woodcuts
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Volda
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Dolunay
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...the worse the better
Singles
Live
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Live in Wiesbaden
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The Quartet Apple Music
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Butterfly Mushroom
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Complete Link
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Ranging
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Naked Nudes
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Catching Ghosts
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TRIANGLE – LIVE at OHM, 1987
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An Eternal Reminder of Not Today / Live at Moers
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Jazz in der Kammer Nr. 71
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Historic Music Past Tense Future
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South Moon Under (The Red Hook Concert)
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At Mu
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The Catch of a Ghost
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Tongue in a Bell
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Fifty Years After...
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Live at the Empty Bottle
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Music Is the Healing Force of the Universe / Fragments of Music, Life and Death of Albert Ayler
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Levontin 7 Tel Aviv 30th March 2015
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Blue City
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SweetSweat
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Sex Tape
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Left
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A Crack to Beauty
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Cafe Oto, London 9th April 2013
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The Message: Live at Kargart
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...The Worse the Better
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Song Sentimentale
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Two City Blues 2
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Münster Bern
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Soulfood Available
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Whatthefuckdoyouwant
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A FISH STINKs FROM THE hEAD
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Eklisia Sunday
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I Am Here Where Are You
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Solo At Dobialab
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Yatagarasu
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Solo + Trio Roma
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Going All Fancy
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Goosetalks
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Brøtzmann / Drake
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Hairy Bones
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The Damage Is Done
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Funny Rat/s 2
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Head On
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In Amherst 2006
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Total Music Meeting 1977 Berlin
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Full Blast
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Live in Beirut 2005
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Live at the 'Bottle' Fest 2005
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Live at Spruce Street Forum
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Petroglyphs
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The Cooler Suite
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Never Too Late But Always Too Early
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Nothung Apple Music
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Fuck de Boere
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The Atlanta Concert
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Live at Nefertiti
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Shadows
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Live in Okayama 1987
Compilations
Links
Listen
Official
Social
Concerts
Founder
Parent
Also known as
Peter Broetzmann · Peter Brotzmann · Peter Brötzman · ペーター・ブロッツマン
Tags
- european free jazz
Identifiers
- MusicBrainz
- 9b3a1099-3a25-43ca-a5d7-2291af2ba1f3
- ISNI
- 000000011480653X
- IPI
- 00004283026
Data from MusicBrainz, saved 12 Nov 2026. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, covers from the Cover Art Archive and Apple Music.