Duets (1987)
Released: Apr 20, 1999
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Released: Apr 20, 1999
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Anthony Braxton's collaboration with composer/percussionist Gino Robair, Duets 1987, features pieces written by both musicians, separately and collaboratively. Braxton's and Robair's intricate,...
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Silence/Time Zones
Released: Aug 19, 1997
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Released: Aug 19, 1997
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This Black Lion release is an odd reissuing of two albums that, aside from Braxton's presence, have little to do with each other. The first is Silence, originally issued on Freedom in 1975 but...
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Composition No. 193
Released: Jun 23, 1996
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Released: Jun 23, 1996
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Recorded live at the Knitting Factory in 1996, this premier recording of Anthony Braxton's "Composition No. 193" for tentet is a work of remarkable elasticity and texture. Utilizing clarinet,...
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Composition No. 192
Released: Jun 20, 1996
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Released: Jun 20, 1996
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This is one of the stranger Anthony Braxton recordings. Braxton (heard on various reeds, particularly the sopranino) and singer Lauren Newton perform a 62½-minute piece. Much of the live...
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Piano Quartet, Yoshi's 1994
Released: Apr 23, 1996
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Released: Apr 23, 1996
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Piano Quartet, Yoshi's 1994 is a four-CD collection focusing on the live dates Anthony Braxton's short-lived piano quartet played at Yoshi's Nitespot in Oakland, CA, in 1994. They mark the debut of...
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Solo Piano (Standards) 1995
Released: Dec 27, 1995
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Released: Dec 27, 1995
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This is Braxton's first solo piano album, finally recorded after years of woodshedding on the traditional jazz repertoire. That it doesn't sound like any other pianist as much as it sounds like...
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Ensemble (New York) 1995
Released: Nov 24, 1995
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Released: Nov 24, 1995
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This performance of "Composition 187" by an 11-piece ensemble is an attempt by the composer -- who also performs -- to erect a sound sculpture along contructivist principles regarding time and...
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