Nipples is one of the rarest & most influential European energy jazz recordings of all time. The incendiary Sextet lineup featured an international cast of musical greats: leader Brötzmann & bassist BUSCHI NIEBERGALL (Germany); tenor saxophonist EVAN PARKER & guitarist DEREK BAILEY (U.K.); drummer HAN BENNINK (Netherlands); and pianist FRED VAN HOVE (Belgium). The Quartet recordings (sans Bailey & Parker) also remain an intensely creative watershed of conventionally configured jazz lineups 30 years later. Virtually everything about Nipples is simply the stuff of legend. Beyond the remarkably stunning lineups, half the recordings were laid down at none other than Conny Plank's studio- the premiere launching site for the greatest Krautrock recordings of all time; the balance at Manfred Eicher's Ludwigsburg facility- arguably the cradle of the ECM Records sound. Truly a collector's holy grail & an absolute must for any jazz fanatic.
ARTISTS Peter Brotzmann (tenor sax); Evan Parker (tenor sax); Derek Bailey (guitar); Fred van Hove (piano); Buschi Niebergall (bass); Han Bennink (drums)