American Landscapes

For other uses, see American Landscape.
American Landscapes
Live album by
Peter Brötzmann Chicago Tentet
Released2007
RecordedMay 28, 2006
VenueLe Weekend in the Tolbooth, Stirling, Scotland
GenreFree jazz
Length43:38; 52:48
LabelOkka Disk
OD12067 / OD12068
ProducerBruno Johnson, Peter Brötzmann
Peter Brötzmann chronology
One Night in Burmantofts
(2007) 		American Landscapes
(2007) 		The Fat is Gone
(2007)
Volume Two cover

American Landscapes, volumes 1 and 2, is a pair of live albums by the Peter Brötzmann Chicago Tentet, led by saxophonist Brötzmann, and featuring a ten-piece ensemble. Documenting performances of two large-scale works, they were recorded on May 28, 2006, at Le Weekend in the Tolbooth at Stirling, Scotland, and were released on CD in 2007 by Okka Disk. On the albums, Brötzmann is joined by saxophonists Mats Gustafsson and Ken Vandermark, trumpeter and saxophonist Joe McPhee, trombonist Johannes Bauer, tubist Per-Ake Holmlander, cellist Fred Lonberg-Holm, double bassists Kent Kessler and William Parker, and drummers Paal Nilssen-Love and Michael Zerang.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
The Penguin Guide to Jazz[8]
Tom Hull – on the WebB+[9]

The authors of The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings awarded the albums a full 4 stars, and wrote: "There was a mass of good music from the Tentet, easily worthy of two volumes, and the addition of trombone... and tuba restores something of an earlier sound to Brötzmann's ensemble-work."[8]

Critic Tom Hull assigned both volumes grades of "B+"[9] and awarded them "honorable mentions" in his October 16, 2007, Village Voice column, commenting "Big birds have deep, rumbling hearts... which swell over time, pumping longer and louder."[10]

Mark Corroto of All About Jazz commented: "Brötzmann's recent compositions allow for quiet resolutions and improvised interludes that pair players up... But always there is the power of the bigger group lurking. It bubbles up repeatedly, offering the crowd what they've come for. But tucked inside the thunder are composed lines that sway and sizzle."[11]

Track listings

Volume 1
  1. "American Landscapes 1" – 43:39
Volume 2
  1. "American Landscapes 2" – 52:48

Personnel

References

  1. ^ "Peter Brötzmann Tentet: American Landscapes". AllMusic. Retrieved October 23, 2023.
  2. ^ "Peter Brötzmann Tentet: American Landscapes, Vol. 2". AllMusic. Retrieved October 23, 2023.
  3. ^ "Peter Brötzmann - American Landscapes 1". Jazz Music Archives. Retrieved October 23, 2023.
  4. ^ "Peter Brötzmann - American Landscapes 2". Jazz Music Archives. Retrieved October 23, 2023.
  5. ^ "Chicago Tentet / American Landscapes (OD12067)". Okka Disk. Retrieved October 23, 2023.
  6. ^ "Chicago Tentet / American Landscapes 2 (OD12068)". Okka Disk. Retrieved October 23, 2023.
  7. ^ "Okka Disk discography". JazzLists. Retrieved October 23, 2023.
  8. ^ a b Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. Penguin Books. p. 179.
  9. ^ a b Hull, Tom. "Grade List: Peter Brotzmann". Tom Hull – on the Web. Retrieved October 23, 2023.
  10. ^ Hull, Tom (October 16, 2007). "The Raw Power of a Fresh Start". The Village Voice. Retrieved October 22, 2023.
  11. ^ Corroto, Mark (July 21, 2007). "Peter Br". All About Jazz. Retrieved October 22, 2023.