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Little Birds Have Fast Hearts
''Little Birds Have Fast Hearts'', Nos. 1 and 2, is a pair of live albums by the Die Like a Dog Quartet: saxophonist Peter Brötzmann, trumpeter Toshinori Kondo, bassist William Parker (musician), William Parker, and drummer Hamid Drake. The albums were recorded in November 1997 at the 30th "Total Music Meeting" held at the Podewil in Berlin, and were released in 1998 (No. 1) and 1999 (No. 2) by FMP/Free Music Production, FMP. In the liner notes to the first album, Alan Warner wrote: "this music it wont be, shant be taken from you and brutalised and stolen, they cant take this brave, honest music and use it to sell whisky and car tyres in our plastic, MTV satellite old madame europe, like your childhood memories this music is both safe and dangerous at the same time." In 2007, the albums were reissued as part of the compilation ''Die Like a Dog Quartet: The Complete FMP Recordings." Reception The albums were included in ''The Wire (magazine), The Wires 1998 and 1999 year-end Rewi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Brötzmann
Peter Brötzmann (born 6 March 1941) is a German saxophonist and clarinetist. Biography Early life Brötzmann was born in Remscheid, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. He studied painting in Wuppertal and was involved with the Fluxus movement but grew dissatisfied with art galleries and exhibitions. He experienced his first 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. Brötzmann has designed most of his album covers. He taught himself to play clarinets, then saxophones; he is also known for playing the tárogató. Among his first musical partnerships was with double bassist Peter Kowald. '' For Adolphe Sax'', Brötzmann's first recording, was released in 1967 and featured Kowald and drummer Sven-Åke Johansson. In 1968 ''Machine Gun'', an octet recording, was released. The album was self-produced under his BRO record label imprint and sold at concerts, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
