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The Complete Braxton

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Released
  
1973

Producer
  
Alan Bates

Artist
  
Anthony Braxton

Label
  
Freedom Records

Recorded
  
February 4-5, 1971

The Complete Braxton (1971)
  
Paris Concert (1971)

Release date
  
1973

Genre
  
Jazz

Studio
  
Polydor Studios, London

Similar
  
Anthony Braxton albums, Jazz albums

The Complete Braxton (also released as The Complete Braxton 1971) is an album by American jazz saxophonist and composer Anthony Braxton recorded in 1971 and released on the Freedom label.

Contents

Reception

The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow said "Lots of very interesting performances come from a master of the avant-garde who has always followed his own musical path".

Track listing

All compositions by Anthony Braxton are graphically titled and the following attempts to translate the title to text.

  1. "N 508-10 (4G) [Composition 6K]" - 4:35
  2. "J-572 (431)-1 [Composition 6J]" - 16:35
  3. "67M F-12 [Composition 6A]" - 5:15
  4. "ZM-F-K [Composition 22]" - 15:00
  5. "R76-4 [Composition 6I]" - 9:47
  6. "3-24 (Tuba Realization) [Composition 4]" - 8:01
  7. "JNK 4 Degrees [Composition 6L]" - 14:32
  8. "4-16 CJF [Composition 6M]" - 6:18

Personnel

  • Anthony Braxton - alto saxophone, sopranino saxophone, flute, clarinet, contrabass clarinet, conductor
  • Kenny Wheeler - trumpet, flugelhorn (tracks 2, 3 & 5)
  • Chick Corea- piano (tracks 1 & 7)
  • Dave Holland - bass, cello (tracks 2, 3 & 5)
  • Barry Altschul - drums, percussion, bells (tracks 2, 3 & 5)
  • London Tuba Ensemble: (track 6)
  • Geoffrey Adams, James Anderson, Michael Barnes, John Fletcher - E♭ tuba
  • Paul Lawrence - C tuba

    • References

    The Complete Braxton Wikipedia
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