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Saxophonists · 1941–2023

Peter Brötzmann

German jazz saxophonist and clarinetist (1941–2023)

Born: 6 March 1941
Remscheid
Died: 22 June 2023
Wuppertal
Country: Germany
Active: 1967–
Record labels: CIMP, FMP/Free Music Production
Discography: 126 albums

Biography

Peter Brötzmann was a jazz musician who played saxophone. Peter Brötzmann was born on 6 March 1941 in Remscheid and died on 22 June 2023 in Wuppertal. The music is usually filed under jazz. Record labels: CIMP and FMP/Free Music Production. The discography here lists 126 albums, from “Balls” (1970) to “Live in Wiesbaden” (2026). Honours include European Film Award for Best Composer (2021).

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".

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Discography

Studio and live albums

Balls 1970 · FMP Live in Berlin '71 1971 · Live · FMP FMP 130 1973 · FMP Hot Lotta 1973 · Blue Master Outspan No 1 1975 · FMP Tschüs 1975 · FMP Solo 1976 · FMP

Ein Halber Hund Kann Nicht Pinkeln 1977

Schwarzwaldfahrt 1977 · FMP 3 Points and a Mountain 1979 · FMP The Nearer the Bone, the Sweeter the Meat 1979 · FMP

Atsugi Concert 1980

Edelgard..., Maar Helaas! 1981 · FMP

Opened, but Hardly Touched 1981 · Live · FMP 14 Love Poems 1984 · FMP Pica Pica 1984 · FMP Go-No-Go 1987 · FMP Low Life 1987 · Celluloid Réservé 1989 · FMP In a State of Undress 1990 · FMP

Last Home 1990

Wie das Leben so Spielt 1990 · FMP No Nothing 1991 · FMP Dare Devil 1992 · DIW Funny Rat 1992 · Live · E.G.G. Records

Visions & Blueprints 1992

Love Comes Like Sour To Milk 1993

Sacred Scrape 1994 · Live · Rastascan Records Songlines 1994 · FMP The Dried Rat-Dog 1994 · Okka Disk Nothing to Say: A Suite of Breathless Motion Dedicated to Oscar Wilde 1996 · FMP 進化してゆく恥じらい、或いは加速する原罪 1996 · P.S.F. Records The “WELS” Concert (Parts 1–3) 1997 · Live · Okka Disk 1 / 2 / 3 1998 · Okka Disk

Neurotransmitter 1998

Stalker Songs 1998

Invisible Touch 1999 · Live

Live at the Empty Bottle 1999 · Live · Okka Disk

Noise of Wings 1999 · Slask Records

Fuck de Boere 2001 · Live · Atavistic

Live at Nefertiti 2001 · Live · Ayler Records Solo - Right as Rain 2001 · FMP

Subtle Twister 2001

The Atlanta Concert 2001 · Live · Okka Disk

Nothung 2002 · Live · In Tone Music Organized Chaos 2002 · KONNEX Records

Brötzmann / Van Hove / Bennink 2003

Danquah Circle 2003 · KONNEX Records Never Too Late But Always Too Early 2003 · Live · Eremite Records

Sharp Knives Cut Deeper 2003

Soria Moria 2003

The Ink Is Gone 2003 · BRÖ medicina 2003 · Atavistic 14 Love Poems Plus 10 More 2004 Live at Spruce Street Forum 2004 · Live Petroglyphs 2004 · Live · Long Arms Records Tales Out of Time 2004 · HatHut Records Live at the 'Bottle' Fest 2005 2005 · Live · BRÖ

Full Blast 2006 · Live · jazzwerkstatt

Guts 2006 · Okka Disk

Live in Beirut 2005 2006 · Live · Al Maslakh No Hard Feelings: For Steve Lacy 2006 · Corbett vs. Dempsey Total Music Meeting 1977 Berlin 2006 · Live · BRÖ The Fat Is Gone 2007 · Smalltown Supersound Born Broke 2008 · Atavistic Funny Rat/s 2 2008 · Live · Kootown Records Head On 2008 · Live · Idiolect The Brain of the Dog in Section 2008 · Atavistic

Berg- Und Talfahrt - A Night In Sana'a 2009

Funny Rat/s 3 ...Flying Crow... 2009

Hairy Bones 2009 · Live · Okka Disk

Lost & Found 2009 Brøtzmann / Drake 2010 · Live · BRÖ Goosetalks 2010 · Live · Kilogram Records Volda 2010 · Idiolect Woodcuts 2010 · Smalltown Superjazzz

Dolunay 2011

...the worse the better 2012 · OTOroku

Going All Fancy 2012 · Live · BRÖ Solo + Trio Roma 2012 · Live · Les Disques Victo

Solo At Dobialab 2012 · Live

Yatagarasu 2012 · Live · Not Two Records I Am Here Where Are You 2013 · Live · Trost Records Solid and Spirit 2013 · Nero’s Neptune

Dead and Useless 2014 · Omlott

Mental Shake 2014 · OTOroku

Mollie's in the Mood 2014 · BRÖ Soulfood Available 2014 · Live · Clean Feed Whatthefuckdoyouwant 2014 · Live · Trost Records

Modern Persuasion 2015

Münster Bern 2015 · Live

Two City Blues 1 2015 · Trost Records

Two City Blues 2 2015 · Live · Trost Records

...The Worse the Better 2016 · Live

A Crack to Beauty 2016 · Live · Omlott

Beautiful Lies 2016 · Neos Jazz

Black Bombaim & Peter Brötzmann 2016

Conversations About Not Eating Meat 2016

Ears Are Filled With Wonder 2016 · Not Two Records

Song Sentimentale 2016 · Live · OTOroku

The Message: Live at Kargart 2016 · Live

Sex Tape 2017 · Live · Trost Records

SweetSweat 2017 · Live · Catalytic Sound

Crowmoon 2018 · [no label]

Ouroboros 2018 · Astral Spirits Sparrow Nights 2018 · Trost Records Fifty Years After... 2019 · Live · Trost Records I Surrender Dear 2019 · Trost Records

Live at the Empty Bottle 2019 · Live

At Mu 2020 · Live

Memories of a Tunicate 2020

South Moon Under (The Red Hook Concert) 2020 · Live

The Catch of a Ghost 2020 · Live · I dischi di angelica Tongue in a Bell 2020 · Live · Weekertoft

An Eternal Reminder of Not Today / Live at Moers 2022 · Live

Historic Music Past Tense Future 2022 · Live · Black Editions Archive Jazz in der Kammer Nr. 71 2022 · Live · Trost Records Catching Ghosts 2023 · Live · ACT Naked Nudes 2023 · Live · Trost Records TRIANGLE – LIVE at OHM, 1987 2023 · Live · NoBusiness Butterfly Mushroom 2024 · Live · Trost Records Chicken Shit Bingo 2024 · Trost Records Complete Link 2024 · Live · NoBusiness Ranging 2024 · Live · jazzwerkstatt The Quartet 2025 · Live · OTOroku Live in Wiesbaden 2026 · Live · Not Two Records

Also plays on

Albums where Peter Brötzmann is credited as a sideman

1967	Globe Unity — Alexander von Schlippenbach, Globe Unity Orchestra	alto saxophone
1969	European Echoes — Manfred Schoof	tenor saxophone
1978	Groupcomposing — Misha Mengelberg, Peter Brötzmann, Evan Parker, Peter Bennink, Paul Rutherford, Derek Bailey, Han Bennink	tenor saxophone
1983	Andrew Cyrille Meets Brötzmann in Berlin — Andrew Cyrille Meets Brötzmann	alto saxophone, baritone saxophone, E-flat clarinet, taragot, tenor saxophone, producer
1989	No Material — Ginger Baker	saxophone
1994	Olu Iwa — Cecil Taylor	tenor saxophone, taragot