Peter Brotzmann - The "WELS" Concert
Artist: Peter Brotzmann | Label: okkadisk 12013 | Format: CD | Genre: Jazz | LP Condition: Mint | Jacket Condition: Sealed
Musicians |
Peter Brötzmann — tarogato, e-flat clarinet, alto & tenor sax Hamid Drake — frame drum, tablas, drums Mahmoud Gania — guembri, voice |
Cover and Artwork |
Cover art: Raimund van Well |
Songs |
1. Part 1 (25:46) (MPEG2) 2. Part 2 (25:15) 3. Part 3 (19:17) total time: 70:20 All compositions by Peter Brötzmann (GEMA) and Hamid Drake (Smiling Forehead/BMI) |
Recording Info |
Recorded at Schlachthof Wels (Austria) — Festival Music Unlimited 96, November 8, 1996 Produced by: Peter Brötzmann, Hamid Drake, IMI-Gerlinde Koschik, John Corbett |
Reviews |
...you’ll find no political themes on The “Wels” Concert (OkkaDisk), but the trance-inducing polyrhythms whipped up by Moroccan guembri (an acoustic instrument that resembles a bass guitar) player Mahmoud Gania and American drummer Hamid Drake command an especially primal yet nuanced performance from German reed player Peter Brötzmann. You might have heard him with Last Exit or in duet with his guitarist son Caspar, but this disc exceeds those performances for sheer hypnotic power. [picked as one of the best five free/jazz albums of 1997] — Bill Meyer, Magnet, Jan/Feb 1998 |