PETER BRÖTZMANN – Long Story Short

Long Story Short, the festival organized as the 25th edition of Unlimited in Wels, Austria (3.-6.November 2011) ventured to design a festival around Peter Brötzmann’s practice. Not a retrospective but a representation of the contemporary musical spheres that Brötzmann and his comrades are investigating today.

This box documents in 18 performances Brötzmann‘s close ties to the Chicago scene, his inclination to work with Japanese artists, his cultivation of old and new friendships from New York, his faible for African musicians and collaborations with his European friends.

The extensive compilation emphasizes the vitality and variety of Brötzmann's current work and documents a historical moment of the Unlimited-Festival.

These were special days with very special perfomances, intense experiences for everybody involved – musicians and audience (the venue was completely sold out months before).

After having started to work regularly with Peter Brötzmann in 2011 with vinyl-reissues on CIEN FUEGOS and some of his current projects on TROST, we are especially happy to present these recordings as a 5 CD-box monument.

CD 1

SONORE
Peter Brötzmann: reeds
Ken Vandermark: reeds
Mats Gustafsson: reeds

CHICAGO TENTET with JOHN TCHICAI
Peter Brötzmann: reeds
Ken Vandermark: reeds
Mats Gustafsson: reeds
Joe Mcphee: trumpet
Per-Ake Holmlander: tuba
Jeb Bishop: trombone
Johannes Bauer: trombone
Fred Lonberg-Holm: cello
Kent Kessler: bass
Michael Zerang: drums
Paal Nilssen-Love: drums
John Tchicai: reeds

MICHIYO YAGI / OKKYUNG LEE / XU FENGXIA
Michiyo Yagi: 21-string koto / 17-string koto
Okkyung Lee: cello
Xu Fengxia: guzheng

PETER BRÖTZMANN / MASAHIKO SATOH / TAKEO MORIYAMA
Peter Brötzmann: reeds
Masahiko Satoh: piano
Takeo Moriyama: drums

CD2

JOE MCPHEE / MAALLEM MOKHTAR GANIA /FRED LONBERG-HOLM / MICHAEL ZERANG
Joe Mcphee: trumpet, sax
Maâllem Mokhtar Gania: guembri
Fred Lonberg-Holm: cello
Michael Zerang: drums

PETER BRÖTZMANN / MICHIYO YAGI / TAMAYA HONDA
Peter Brötzmann: reeds
Michiyo Yagi: 21-string-koto / 17-string-koto
Tamaya Honda: drums

PETER BRÖTZMANN / JASON ADASIEWICZ / SABU TOYOZUMI
Peter Brötzmann: reeds
Jason Adasiewicz: vibraphone
Sabu Toyozumi: drums

DIEB 13 / MATS GUSTAFSSON / MARTIN SIEWERT
Dieb 13: turntables / cigar box
Mats Gustafsson: reeds / live electronics
Martin Siewert: guitars / ring stinger / electronics

CD3

KEIJI HAINO
Keiji Haino: electric guitar / voice
5.11.2011, alter Schlachthof Wels

PETER BRÖTZMANN / BILL LASWELL / MAALLEM MOKHTAR GANIA / HAMID DRAKE
Peter Brötzmann: reeds
Bill Laswell: electric bass
Maâllem Mokhtar Gania: guembri
Hamid Drake: drums

CD4

JEB BISHOP / JOE MCPHEE / MARS WILLIAMS / JASON ADASIEWICZ / KENT KESSLER  / TAMAYA HONDA
Jeb Bishop: trombone
Joe Mcphee: trumpet, sax
Mars Williams: reeds
Jason Adasiewicz: vibraphone
Kent Kessler: bass
Tamaya Honda: drums

HAIRY BONES
Peter Brötzmann: reeds
Toshinori Kondo: trumpet / electronics
Massimo Pupillo: electric bass
Paal Nilssen-Love: drums

MASAHIKO SATOH
Masahiko Satoh: piano

CHICAGO TENTET with MICHIYO YAGI„CONCERT FOR FUKUSHIMA“
Peter Brötzmann: reeds
Ken Vandermark: reeds
Mats Gustafsson: reeds
Joe Mcphee: trumpet
Per-Ake Holmlander: tuba   --- ake mit ° !!!
Jeb Bishop: trombone
Johannes Bauer: trombone
Fred Lonberg-Holm: cello
Kent Kessler: bass
Michael Zerang: drums
Paal Nilssen-Love: drums
Michiyo Yagi: 21-string-koto / 17-string-koto

CD5

PETER BRÖTZMANN / ERIC REVIS / NASHEET WAITS
Peter Brötzmann: reeds
Eric Revis: bass
Nasheet Waits: drums

DKV TRIO with / MATS GUSTAFSSON / MASSIMO PUPILLO /  PAAL NILSSEN-LOVE
Ken Vandermark: reeds
Kent Kessler: bass
Mats Gustafsson: reeds
Massimo Pupillo: electric bass
Paal Nilssen-Love: drums
Hamid Drake: drums

FULL BLAST
Peter Brötzmann: reeds
Marino Pliakas: electric bass
Michael Wertmüller: drums

CASPAR BRÖTZMANN MASSAKER
Caspar Brötzmann: guitar / voice
Eduardo Delgado Lopez: electric bass
Danny Arnold Lommen: drums


edition of 2000

CREDITS:

Mastering:	Martin Siewert
Artwork:	Peter Brötzmann