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Peter Broetzmann: Free-Jazz, Revolution and the Politics of Improvisation

English

By (author): Daniel Spicer

Explores the heroic life and revolutionary music of the pioneering German saxophonist, and the radical social and political convictions that informed them.

Peter Broetzmann is the first ever, full-length, English-language biography of one of the most fascinating and inspiring personalities in the history of Western improvised music - and one of the key artistic figures to emerge from the socio-cultural tumult of the 1960s.

Drawing on extensive interviews with Broetzmann and key associates, it traces the German saxophonist's crucial role as a pioneer of European free jazz, his restless travels and collaborations and his eventual superstardom, examining the life and work of a fiercely uncompromising artist with a reputation for gruff intensity and total commitment.

Digging deep into the history and aesthetics of free jazz in Europe and beyond, it provides detailed analysis of music by Broetzmann and other major figures, while positioning Broetzmann's work - and the wider free jazz milieu - in the context of the revolutionary left-wing, humanist and utopian ideals that inspired and underpinned it.

Both intimate and wide-ranging, it tells the story of a man and a music that changed the world. See more
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Product Details
  • Weight: 369g
  • Dimensions: 130 x 197mm
  • Publication Date: 14 Jan 2025
  • Publisher: Watkins Media Limited
  • Publication City/Country: United Kingdom
  • Language: English
  • ISBN13: 9781915672407

About Daniel Spicer

Daniel Spicer is a writer broadcaster improviser and poet. He writes about music for The Wire Jazzwise Songlines WeJazz and The Quietus. He is the author of The Turkish Psychedelic Music Explosion: Anadolu Psych (1965 - 1980).

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