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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 38. Chapters: Peter Brotzmann, George Garzone, Jean Derome, J.R. Mitchell, CIMP, Tom Varner, Billy Bang, Andrew White, Geoff Mann, Fred Lonberg-Holm, Arthur Blythe, Lucian Ban, Andrew Cyrille, Lisle Ellis, Mark Helias, Byard Lancaster, Khan Jamal, Odean Pope, Ray Anderson, Burton Greene, Mark Feldman, Ralph Peterson, Jr., Kahil El'Zabar, Jason Kao Hwang, Andrew Cheshire, Peter Kowald, Art Baron, Ernie Krivda, Andrew Lamb, Assif Tsahar, Kalaparusha Maurice McIntyre, Ivo Perelman, Herb Robertson, Fred Hess, Kevin Norton, Valery Ponomarev, Glenn Spearman, Vinny Golia, Mark Whitecage, Sabir Mateen, Luther Thomas, Paul Dunmall, Gregg Bendian, Bobby Few, Wilber Morris, Rashid Bakr, Brian Smith, Hugh Ragin, Paul Lytton, Doug Webb, Daniel Carter, Jemeel Moondoc, George Schuller, Phil Wachsmann, Pierre Dorge, Tony Malaby, Newman Taylor Baker, Nils Wogram, Chris Kelsey, Casey Benjamin, Vincent Chancey. Excerpt: Peter Brotzmann (born 6 March 1941) is a German artist and free jazz saxophonist and clarinetist. Brotzmann is among the most important European free jazz musicians. His rough, lyrical timbre is easily recognized on his many recordings. He studied painting in Wuppertal and was involved with the Fluxus movement, but grew dissatisfied with art galleries and exhibitions. He experienced his first real jazz concert when he saw American jazz musician Sidney Bechet while still in school at Wuppertal, and it made a lasting impression. He has not abandoned his art training, however: Brotzmann has designed most of his own album covers. He first taught himself to play various clarinets, then saxophones; he is also known for playing the tarogato. Among his first musical partnerships was that with double bassist Peter Kowald. For Adolphe Sax, Brotzmann's first recording, was released in 1967 and featured Kowald and drummer Sven-Ake Johansson. 19...
