Peter Brötzmann
Peter Brötzmann is a german free jazz saxophonist who is not only informed by music but also by the visual arts. The genre of music he has chosen to perform asks the listener "what is jazz" and challenges the listener's preconceptions about music. Brötzmann comes from the same generation of artists as Higgins and Debord.
Another aspect to his art is he does not limit it to music. He is also a visual artists primarily creating painting though I find his object collages pleasing and reminiscent of Joseph Cornell.
I realize that it may be way out there to consider him in an Intermedia class, but he is an artist who has made a career of breaking the societal agreement upon conceptions of music. In our own art, we can learn from his fearlessness in exploration. Check out his whole website at www.peterbroetzmann.com
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