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Released
  
1992

Length
  
259:03

Release date
  
1992

Label
  
Hathut Records

Recorded
  
June 2, 4 & 5, 1991

Artist
  
Anthony Braxton

Producer
  
Werner X. Uehlinger

Genre
  
Jazz

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Willisau (Quartet) 1991 (1991)
  
Duo (Amsterdam) 1991 (1991)

Similar
  
Anthony Braxton albums, Jazz albums

Willisau (Quartet) 1991 is a 4CD box set by American composer and saxophonist Anthony Braxton recorded live and in the studio in 1991 and released on the hatART label.

Contents

Reception

The Allmusic review by Thom Jurek awarded the album 4½ stars stating "With this band, he never had to assert himself as a leader because they could instinctively follow his cues. Since that time, he has had to assert himself more and more. And while the music he's writing has every bit of the wonder, awe, and irritation of his earlier work, it has never been played with this virtuosity".

Track listing

All compositions by Anthony Braxton

Disc One:

  1. "No. 160(+5) +40j" - 13:22
  2. "No. 23 M (+10)" - 16:02
  3. "No. 158 (+96) +40l" - 17:28
  4. "No. 40a" - 13:29
  5. "No. 40b" - 11:34

Disc Two:

  1. "No. 161" - 17:22
  2. "No. 159" - 17:04
  3. "No. 23c +32 +105b (+30)" - 9:10
  4. "No. 23 M (+10)" - 13:46
  5. "No. 40m" - 12:03

Disc Three:

  1. "No. 67 (+147+96)" - 15:03
  2. "No. 140 (+147 +139 + 135)" - 17:04
  3. "No. 34a" - 8:24
  4. "No. 20+86" - 12:13
  5. "No. 23g (+147+30)" - 5:55

Disc Four:

  1. "No. 69 (0) + 135" - 12:47
  2. "No. 69b" - 23:48
  3. "No. 107b (+96)" - 10:27
  4. "No. 101" - 12:02
  • Recorded at Mohren in Willisau, Switzerland on June 2 (Disc Three and Four) and June 4 & 5 (Disc One and Two), 1991

    • Personnel

  • Anthony Braxton - sopranino saxophone, alto saxophone, clarinet, flute
  • Marilyn Crispell - piano
  • Mark Dresser - bass
  • Gerry Hemingway - drums, marimba

    • References

    Willisau (Quartet) 1991 Wikipedia
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