Nipples (Peter Brötzmann album)
| Nipples | ||||
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| Released | 1969 | |||
| Recorded | April 1969 | |||
| Genre | Free jazz | |||
| Length | 73:38 | |||
| Label | Calig | |||
| Producer | Manfred Eicher | |||
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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.
In September 2021, television host Jimmy Fallon included the album in his show's "Do Not Play" segment, mocking the title, and stating that the music "sounds like a Guitar Center on a busy Saturday." In an email to Rolling Stone, Brötzmann responded: "We both know that the world is full of ignorants and stupidos, one more or less, who cares."