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Peter Brötzmann

1941 - 2023

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Peter Brötzmann (6 March 1941 – 22 June 2023) was a German jazz saxophonist and clarinetist regarded as a central and pioneering figure in European free jazz. Throughout his career, he released over fifty albums as a bandleader. Amongst his many collaborators were key figures in free jazz, including Derek Bailey, Anthony Braxton and Cecil Taylor, as well as experimental musicians such as Keiji Haino and Charles Hayward. His 1968 Machine Gun became "one of the landmark albums of 20th-century free jazz". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Peter Brötzmann is the 1,461st most popular musician (down from 969th in 2019), the 4,733rd most popular biography from Germany (down from 3,731st in 2019) and the 75th most popular German Musician.

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Peter Brötzmann ranks 1,461 out of 3,175. Before him are Jimmy Reed, Markus Grosskopf, Thad Jones, Rick Danko, Diamanda Galás, and Alexander Brailowsky. After him are Yuri Bashmet, Georg Kulenkampff, David Garrett, Ian Stuart Donaldson, Frankie Knuckles, and Jukka Nevalainen.

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Among people born in 1941, Peter Brötzmann ranks 445. Before him are Mária Gulácsy, Kurt Axelsson, Jacques Cheminade, Stanislav Stratiev, Gilbert Kaplan, and Henry Carr. After him are Helen Reddy, Wasim Sajjad, Kaija Mustonen, Diogo Freitas do Amaral, Nikolai Gubenko, and Charlotte Stewart. Among people deceased in 2023, Peter Brötzmann ranks 377. Before him are Karol J. Bobko, Remigijus Valiulis, Albert Eschenmoser, Bob Barker, Fay Weldon, and Aracy Balabanian. After him are Bernard Morel, Heinrich Messner, Richard Lynn, Pedro Solbes, Zdeněk Mácal, and Nikica Valentić.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Peter Brötzmann ranks 4,736 out of 7,253. Before him are Birgit Prinz (1977), Gerd Wessig (1959), Christoph Gudermann (1798), Klaus Köste (1943), Ludwig von Falkenhausen (1844), and Klaus Badelt (1967). After him are Arno Arthur Wachmann (1902), Jürgen Heinsch (1940), Rudi Hoffmann (1935), Otto Gebühr (1877), Friedrich Ludwig Persius (1803), and Raimond Aumann (1963).

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Among MUSICIANS In Germany

Among musicians born in Germany, Peter Brötzmann ranks 75. Before him are Sven Väth (1964), Oliver Shanti (1948), Christian Ferdinand Abel (1682), Ralph Siegel (1945), Jörg Michael (1963), and Markus Grosskopf (1965). After him are Georg Kulenkampff (1898), David Garrett (1980), Thomas Quasthoff (1959), Peter Baltes (1958), Sabine Meyer (1959), and Horst Stein (1928).

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