![]() Listening to the CD years later, a much more nuanced and thoughtful performance was revealed. There was no stage they stood on the floor and wailed, and the sound bounced off the unforgiving walls in what felt in the moment like a searing, rattling, sustained scream. ![]() Their set - roughly 50 minutes of music, divided into two long tracks - was released as The Cooler Suite in 2003. He performed with fellow saxophonist Thomas Borgmann, bassist William Parker, and drummer Rashid Bakr (aka Charles Downs). The first time I saw him live was Januat the long-defunct NYC venue the Cooler, a concrete basement in the meat-packing district. It’s not their best work, but it was what I could find. I can’t remember the first album of his I heard, but it was probably Last Exit‘s The Noise of Trouble (Live in Tokyo). I’ve been listening to him for at least 25 of those years. Legendary saxophonist Peter Brötzmann turns 80 tomorrow, March 6.
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