German musician, Peter Brötzmann has been reported dead. According to sources, he died peacefully in his sleep at home in Wuppertal, Germany, on Tuesday night (June 20, 2023). He was 82 years old.
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Born on March 6, 1941, Peter Brötzmann experienced his first jazz concert when he saw American jazz musician Sidney Bechet while still in school at Wuppertal, which changed his career path drastically.
He was a very skilled artist who designed most of his album covers. He taught himself to play clarinet and saxophone and is also known for playing the tarogato.
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Brötzmann’s first record was released in 1967 and it featured Kowald and drummer Sven-Ake Johansson. The following year, he released Machine Gun, an octet recording. The album was self-produced under his BRO record label imprint and sold at concerts, and later marketed by FMP. Atavistic also reissued Machine Gun in 2007.
Some of his other records also include Nipples, 3 Points and a Mountain, Alarm, Pica Pica, Berlin Djungle, Low Life, The Marz Combo Live in Wuppertal, Songlines, Nothing to Say, Eight by Three, Exhilaration, and more.
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