This is a vinyl LP pressing of Sparrow Nights by Peter Brötzmann and Heather Leigh, their first studio album and most enduring collaboration to date. A striking blend of pedal steel and reeds, the album explores minimalist blues motifs through emotionally rich, powerfully expressive exchanges. After three years of playing together, Brötzmann and Leigh's connection is both cerebral and visceral, creating a fluid, dynamic interplay without a fixed anchor. The studio setting allows Brötzmann to expand his instrumental range, incorporating alto and bass saxophones alongside clarinet and tarogato, while Leigh’s steel guitar evokes both stillness and ferocity. Balancing raw intensity with melancholic beauty, Sparrow Nights redefines the duo’s improvised sound, offering a new-old blues for a world in chaos.

Label: Trost

Release Year: 2018

Track List: 

1. Summer Rain
2. This Word Love
3. It's Almost Dark
4. Sparrow Nights
5. This Time Around
6. River Of Sorrow