Peter Brotzmann

• 2X LP GATEFOLD EDITION

The first concert of Brötzmann / Van Hove / Bennink in East Germany, 04 November 1974, as part of the series Jazz in der Kammer, DT/ Berlin. "...the three musicians had created a kind of surrealist free jazz, pitting Brötzmann's rumbling saxophone against Van Hove's wildly creative piano and Bennink's use of drums as a source of found sounds as much as rhythm

This previously unreleased recording of the Berlin concert is among the group's best works; the nearly 14-minute "Schwarzspecht," which opens the recording, begins at zero, ,with Brötzmann roaring like a bear while Van Hove dashes around the keyboard as if searching for something he's sure he left there.

PERSONNEL:

• Peter Brötzmann – (alto & tenor saxophone)
• Fred van Hove - (piano)
• Han Bennink - (drums)

Recorded live on April 11, .1974, by Radio GDR at Deutsches Theater, Berlin

TRACKS:

• LP ONE

• A1. Schwarzspecht
• A2. Filet Americain

• B1. Der Mammutzahn aus Balve
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• LP TWO

• C1. Boogie Fuer Fred

• D1. Serieuze Serie
• D2. Involved