MUSICIAN

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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Peter Brötzmann has received more than 265,762 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Peter Brötzmann is the 968th most popular musician (up from 1,286th in 2019), the 3,731st most popular biography from Germany (up from 4,071st in 2019) and the 57th most popular German Musician.

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  • 51.14

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.44

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.37

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Peter Brötzmann ranks 968 out of 3,175. Before him are Phil Manzanera, Simon Wright, Dave Lombardo, Moya Brennan, Theodor Kullak, and Barney Kessel. After him are Dimebag Darrell, Matisyahu, Arvīds Jansons, Eddy Grant, Tuomas Holopainen, and Gábor Szabó.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1941, Peter Brötzmann ranks 293. Before him are Nate Thurmond, Albert Shesternyov, Neelie Kroes, Sara Nazarbayeva, Arie den Hartog, and Renato Corsetti. After him are Holger Meins, John Bennett Perry, Joan Wallach Scott, Alexander Ragulin, Michael Moriarty, and Ibrahim Babangida. Among people deceased in 2023, Peter Brötzmann ranks 317. Before him are Harry Frankfurt, Bernie Marsden, Willis Reed, Fathima Beevi, Murat Karayılan, and Josef Vojta. After him are Randy Meisner, Rosi Mittermaier, John Zizioulas, Surat Huseynov, Francesco Alberoni, and Mirko Novosel.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Peter Brötzmann ranks 3,731 out of 7,253. Before him are Erich Pommer (1889), Leonor Michaelis (1875), Karl Hofer (1878), Georg, Prince of Saxe-Meiningen (1892), Robert Jungk (1913), and Karl Arnold (1901). After him are Adolf Martens (1850), Theodore Levitt (1925), Felix Draeseke (1835), Johann Adolf Scheibe (1708), Holger Meins (1941), and Leonhard Graf von Blumenthal (1810).

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Among MUSICIANS In Germany

Among musicians born in Germany, Peter Brötzmann ranks 57. Before him are Ingo Schwichtenberg (1965), Karl Bartos (1952), Daniel Steibelt (1765), ATB (1973), Jackson Browne (1948), and Adolf Busch (1891). After him are Wolf Hoffmann (1959), Michael Weikath (1962), Bernhard Romberg (1767), Jaki Liebezeit (1938), Johann Peter Salomon (1745), and Conny Plank (1940).

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