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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Peter Brötzmann has received more than 248,906 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Peter Brötzmann is the 1,289th most popular musician (up from 1,393rd in 2019), the 4,084th most popular biography from Germany (down from 3,844th in 2019) and the 70th most popular German Musician.

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  • 18

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  • 3.64

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  • 2.43

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Peter Brötzmann ranks 1,289 out of 2,662Before him are Randy Jackson, Michel Camilo, Joseph Woelfl, Jon Hiseman, Benjamin Orr, and Paul Gray. After him are Leslie Bricusse, Brad Delson, Franco Luambo, Michael Sembello, Clifford Curzon, and Phạm Duy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1941, Peter Brötzmann ranks 365Before him are Imants Kalniņš, Abel Matutes, Franco Nones, Stavros Dimas, Julio Anguita, and Guido Reybrouck. After him are Abdiqasim Salad, Jorma Kinnunen, Darlene Love, Ikuo Matsumoto, Charlotte Stewart, and Vikki Carr. Among people deceased in 2023, Peter Brötzmann ranks 252Before him are Jenő Jandó, Rosi Mittermaier, Gleb Panfilov, Valentina Ponomaryova, Rachid Sfar, and Murtaza Rakhimov. After him are Jacques Rozier, Antonio Juliano, Nina Matviienko, Klas Lestander, Eugenio Calabi, and Fiona Graham.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Peter Brötzmann ranks 4,084 out of 6,142Before him are Alice Salomon (1872), Tomer Sisley (1974), Richard Schorr (1867), Magdalena Wilhelmine of Württemberg (1677), Leon Goretzka (1995), and Eduard Oscar Schmidt (1823). After him are Arthur Jonath (1909), Heinrich Rose (1795), Christian Wilhelm Allers (1857), Michael Müller (1964), Timo Werner (1996), and Johann Friedrich Höger (1877).

Among MUSICIANS In Germany

Among musicians born in Germany, Peter Brötzmann ranks 70Before him are Francis Buchholz (1954), Max von Schillings (1868), Thomas Quasthoff (1959), Oliver Shanti (1948), Sabine Meyer (1959), and Ralph Siegel (1945). After him are Manfred Eicher (1943), Paul Kalkbrenner (1977), Matthias Reim (1957), Markus Grosskopf (1965), Sven Väth (1964), and Tré Cool (1972).