On 23rd of May, on my 60th anniversary, will start Kickstarter crowdfunding for my new upcoming book “Brötzmann, In my focus”. It will be dedicated to Peter Brötzmann (6 March 1941 – 22 June 2023) a German musician, pioneer of European free jazz. Pre-launch page on a Kickstarter already activated!
Few facts about upcoming book:
- texts written by: Peter Brötzmann, John Corbett, Mats Gustafsson, Bill Laswell, Heather Leigh, Paal Nilssen – Love
- poems by: Steve Dalachinsky & Joe McPhee
- designed by Nina Šturm
- 152 pages printed in a combination of duotone and full color on Garda Pat Classica 150g
- 99 black and white photographies taken in years from 1994 to 2019 at 13 festivals and locations in Europe and U.S.A.
- Sewn-bound in hardcover
- Printed in Slovenia – Size in cm: 21×26 (spine approx. 19 mm) in one of the best Slovenian printing houses LuArt
- Weight in kg: approx.0,9 kg
- The book is practically ready for production! (some minor deviations are possible)
- appearing in the book next to Peter Brötzmann: Caspar Brötzmann, Joe McPhee, Michael Zerang, Jeb Bishop, Fred Lonberg – Holm, Johannes Bauer, Per-Åke Holmlander, Ken Vandermark, Paal Nilssen – Love, Mats Gustafsson, Erhard Hessling, Hamid Drake, Kent Kessler, Toshinori Kondo, Marino Pliakas, Michael Wertmüller, Akira Sakata, Nasheet Waits, Jan St.Werner, Konstantin Drobil, Takeo Moriyama, Steve Swell, Bill Laswell, Heather Leigh, Hans Oberlechner, Riccarda Kato, Ralf Dick, Marek Winiarski, Petra Cvelbar, William Parker, Jost Gebers, Bogdan Benigar, Zlatko Kaučič;
- photos, that will appear in the upcoming book, were taken at: Konfrontationen, Nickelsdorf / Austria; Jazz-it!, Salzburg / Austria; festival Vision, NYC / U.S.A.; Satchmo Jazz Club, Maribor / Slovenia; Cankarjev dom, Ljubljana / Slovenia; Railway station Ljubljana / Slovenia; N.O.Jazz festival, Zagreb / Croatia; Club Gromka, Ljubljana / Slovenija; Narodni dom, Maribor / Slovenia; Long Story short – Music Unlimited, Wels / Austria; Krakowsja Jesień Jazzowa, Krakow, Poland; MGLC / International Centre of Graphic Arts Ljubljana / Slovenia; Artacts, St.Johann in Tirol / Austria; Ai confini tra Sardegna e jazz, Sant’Anna Arresi / Sardinia / Italy; Not TwoTwenty, Wleń / Poland; Three nights of music, Berlin / Germany
