Nipples (Peter Brötzmann album)

Nipples
Studio album by Peter Brötzmann
Released	1969
Recorded	April 1969
Genre	Free jazz
Label	Calig
Producer	Manfred Eicher
Peter Brötzmann chronology
Machine Gun (1968) Nipples (1969)

Nipples is a 1969 album by free jazz saxophonist Peter Brötzmann, originally released on the Calig record label. The title track is performed by a sextet comprising Brötzmann (tenor saxophone), Evan Parker (also on tenor saxophone), Derek Bailey (guitar), Fred Van Hove (piano), Han Bennink (drums), and Buschi Niebergall (bass). The other track featured, "Tell a Green Man", is performed by a quartet made up of Brötzmann, Van Hove, Niebergall, and Bennink.

The album was reissued on CD by Atavistic Records as part of their Unheard Music Series in 2000. The label also released a second CD in 2003 titled More Nipples, featuring three further recordings from the same sessions: an alternate take of "Nipples", performed by the sextet, and two further recordings by the quartet.^[2]

The original version of nipples is going to be re-released on vinyl by Cien Fuegos (part of Trost Records) in 2015, also featuring the original version of the album artwork.

Track listing

Nipples

1. "Nipples" – 17:54
2. "Tell a Green Man" – 15:32

More Nipples14;45

1. "More Nipples" – 17:25
2. "Fiddle-Faddle" – 13:22
3. "Fat Man Walks (To Robert Wolfgang Schnell)" – 9:25

Personnel

• Peter Brötzmann – tenor saxophone
• Evan Parker – tenor saxophone
• Derek Bailey – guitar
• Fred Van Hove – piano
• Han Bennink – drums
• Buschi Niebergall – bass

References