Peter Brotzmann Chicago Tentet + 1: 3 Nights in Oslo | CD review

(Smalltown Superjazz)There's a caveat to those five stars – they mean five for admirers of flat-out, no-prisoners, no-tunes free-jazz improvisation, which almost certainly adds up to zilch stars for listeners who run screaming from the room at such things. Veteran German sax thunderer Brötzmann spent three nights in Oslo in February 2009 with his Chicago Tentet, including saxophonists Ken Vandermark and Joe McPhee, and this box-set sports no less than five CDs recorded during the residency. ...

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