Peter Brotzmann is positively emotive in his playing, and not just the forceful, manic playing I have come to know and love but another side – a gentler, esoteric side – is allowed to emerge at times throughout Sparrow Nights. This starts with the first track, “Summer Rain,” in which Brotzmann sets repetitive riffs, each with a subtle change before the Heather Leigh’s guitar enters just over half way through and the sax riffs are extended and simple over an open guitar lay out. Absolutely wonderful.