Two
kids paradoxical and complementary approaches were at work in what was
called,in a failure of nerve, 'European improvised music', rather than
jazz. For some, who turned their backs on the essence of jazz, it was a
question of tracking down the phenomenon of memory in order to free
themselves from it and help them move away from the rigours of the
battlefield of improvisation, many European improvisers were deeply
concerned with their heritage.
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| Han Bennink on Pan Drum |
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| Willem Breuker and Han Bennink |
If cultural references were the
object of devastating derision for the Dutch drummer Han Bennink and the
German saxophone player Peter Brotzmann, they called forth tender
impulses from Michel Portal when he grabbed the silvery bandonion (a
South American accordion) or evoked his Basque origins.
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| Peter Brotzmann |
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I just know Bennink from your blog here, then I checked out his music, What a great musician!
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