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Not Two Records This live date features legendary free jazz pioneers Peter Brotzmann and Joe McPhee , and Chicago's leading rhythm section, bassist Kent Kessler and drummer Michael Zerang.

Much like in the United States, the jazz revolution in Europe was at the hands of not only a group of very forward thinking musicians, but also some incredibly vanguard record labels.

German reedman-composer Peter Brotzmann is, despite an immense catalog spanning over forty years of activity in free music, criminally underrepresented in the format of a "standard" piano-less quartet.

With the realization that there will always be more music coming at him than he can keep up with, AAJ Managing Editor John Kelman wonders why anyone would think that jazz is dead or dying.

Worlds colliding: Ken Vandermark's Caffeine, with Jim Baker and Steve Hunt , performs at the Sugar Maple in Milwaukee, Wis.

With the realization that there will always be more music coming at him than he can keep up with, AAJ Managing Editor John Kelman wonders why anyone would think that jazz is dead or dying.

One of the most iconic players from the European free-music scene, Han Bennink's 50 plus year career has seen the Dutch master drummer traverse through a multitude of musical settings.

The first real conversation I ever had with Lars Gotrich was about the Peter Brotzmann and Han Bennink U.S. duo tour of 2007.

Best known for his decade-plus with the Branford Marsalis Quartet, bassist Eric Revis has also thrived in trio settings with Avram Fefer, Peter Brotzmann and most recently Kurt Rosenwinkel , playing everything from pure straight-ahead to absolutely free.

This review appears in the August 2009 issue of All About Jazz-New York . Eric Revis Laughter's Necklace of Tears David R. Adler Best known for his decade-plus with the Branford Marsalis Quartet, bassist Eric Revis has also thrived in trio settings with Avram Fefer, Peter Brotzmann and most recently Kurt Rosenwinkel, playing everything from pure ...

With drums and percussion courtesy of Aaron Moore , this collaboration is a purely absurd, Dadaist outburst of jazz influenced noise.

Planet Dream / Fred Anderson Trio / Michelle Rosewoman and Quintessence / Whit Dickey/Eri Yamamoto/Daniel Carter / Peter Brotzmann's Full Blast Trio 14th Annual Vision Festival Abrons Arts Center New York City June 14, 2009 Planet Dream Starting off the penultimate evening of the 14th Vision Festival on a high note was the triumvirate of trombonist ...

Since the early '90s, drummer Gregg Bendian has distinguished himself as an adventurous and accomplished player-composer through his sideman work with the likes of Derek Bailey , Cecil Taylor , Ornette Coleman , John Zorn , Peter Brotzmann and Pat Metheny while also leading his own Interzone Quartet and Trio Pianissimo.

SO MUCH OF what passes for heavy music these days is either shrouded in gloom-and-doom or caked in face paint.

St. Louis Stompers perform is free concert for the the Whitaker Music Festival at the Missouri Botanical Gardon Thursday - Summer Jazz at Holmes series gets underway with a free concert by pianist, composer and St.

This is healthy music-the sounds of vim and vigor, the exhaust of physical, musical and mental exertion-sweet sweat, indeed.