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The Chicago Tentet 1998-2012
The Wire reports that Peter Brötzmann has decided to retire his Chicago Tentet, having come to the decision that the group has peaked creatively. He has written an open letter which reads as follows:...
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DJ Krush emerged from the Japanese hip-hop scene, but his eponymous 1994 debut album, with its slow-motion beats and moody, atmospheric samples, found its Western home among trip-hop fans, who embraced...
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Photo: the Tohru Aizawa Quartet When most Westerners think about Japan and jazz, they think of it in terms of a vast audience. Japanese people still buy records and CDs; they listen reverently in tiny...
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BA Podcast 49: Peter Brotzmann
It’s true: After a three-month hiatus, the Burning Ambulance podcast is back, with an interview with legendary saxophonist Peter Brötzmann! Peter Brötzmann first emerged onto the global scene in the...
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Legendary saxophonist Peter Brötzmann turns 80 tomorrow, March 6. I’ve been listening to him for at least 25 of those years. I can’t remember the first album of his I heard, but it was probably Last...
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