German reedist Peter Brötzmann, forever looking forward

From the Chicago Reader, a profile of Brotzmann and preview of his concert tonight with Joe McPhee.

On Saturday Brötzmann and McPhee will play duets at Constellation, part of a short American tour. McPhee, of course, is a contemporary of Brötzmann, another fearless explorer who’s stuck to his aesthetic guns for decades. Oddly, it wasn’t until Vandermark brought the two masters together in the late 90s that they worked together with any regularity, but they’ve been genuine colleagues ever since. For Saturday’s second set the duo will be joined by Kessler and drummer Hamid Drake—an original member of the Tentet, and perhaps Brötzmann’s most consistent drum foil for the last couple of decades