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Great thread ... haven't read all of it but I especially enjoyed JH Deely's synopsis of the Braxton lunch with the yahoo group. Braxton is one of a limited number of current musicians who'd have to be considered in the genius category, IMO. I have a good selection of his stuff, including the Dortmund disc, Montreux-Berlin, the three quartet discs from the British tour with Crispell, Hemingway and Dresser and the Iridium 2006 box, which is amazing, joyful music.

Anyways, great to read through some of this. Cheers!

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Apparently there is ANOTHER big Anthony Braxton box set coming out - this one is a DVD set with 6.5 hours of music:

http://www.rastascan.com/catalog/brd060.html

This one has been talked about for a couple of years now; it was supposed to come out in 2005, I believe. It's actually not a box, it's just one DVD, with no video content. They are putting it out on DVD because the format can hold more music than a CD, so instead of a box of 6 or 7 CDs, it's all on one DVD.

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Apparently there is ANOTHER big Anthony Braxton box set coming out - this one is a DVD set with 6.5 hours of music:

http://www.rastascan.com/catalog/brd060.html

This one has been talked about for a couple of years now; it was supposed to come out in 2005, I believe. It's actually not a box, it's just one DVD, with no video content. They are putting it out on DVD because the format can hold more music than a CD, so instead of a box of 6 or 7 CDs, it's all on one DVD.

Thanks for the clarification. Putting this on a DVD is a pretty cool idea (even though my cd player has higher quality audio output).

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There's an article in the Oct. 2007 Downbeat.

about what?

Anthony Braxton. :rfr

:excited:

Amazing...

I haven't read Down Beat in ages. Maybe it's time to take another look.

Until last month I was getting for free (through a newsstand distributor, not the publisher), now I go to the library.

It starts with his in store CD signing at DownTown Music Gallery, then a discussion about his Ghost Trance music and a bit of bio.

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I think that this should be a fundamental adopted by all musicians! Reminds me of somewhere else in that documentary, where he says something to the effect that if you know what the 'it' is, then 'it's not 'it' anymore...

p.s. also a first cousin to Misha's approach - a funny quote from Han Bennink in the Wire sometime a few issues back (I forget, I don't really read it much) to the effect that Misha wasn't happy unless something was fucking up.

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Leo Newsletter December 2007

"Very Special Release"

9 CD's of Anthony Braxton "Piano music 1968-2000"

"Performed by Swiss Piano player Genevieve Froccroulle and recorded in New York by Jon Rosenberg

to the complete satisfaction of Mr. Braxton Himself."

Limited edition of 500

£40.00 plus £1.00 postage Pre-order

£55.00 plus £1.00 postage upon release

and about twice that retail

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Leo Newsletter December 2007

"Very Special Release"

9 CD's of Anthony Braxton "Piano music 1968-2000"

"Performed by Swiss Piano player Genevieve Froccroulle and recorded in New York by Jon Rosenberg

to the complete satisfaction of Mr. Braxton Himself."

Limited edition of 500

£40.00 plus £1.00 postage Pre-order

£55.00 plus £1.00 postage upon release

and about twice that retail

dang...I should get this! :rolleyes:

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Leo Newsletter December 2007

"Very Special Release"

9 CD's of Anthony Braxton "Piano music 1968-2000"

"Performed by Swiss Piano player Genevieve Froccroulle and recorded in New York by Jon Rosenberg

to the complete satisfaction of Mr. Braxton Himself."

Limited edition of 500

£40.00 plus £1.00 postage Pre-order

£55.00 plus £1.00 postage upon release

and about twice that retail

I honestly don't know what to expect with this one. But I know that I do want it!

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Aplogies if someone has already posted. This might be of interest - BBC Radio 3 did a feature on Braxton on Friday 11th January.

here is the link - available to listen for 7 days from broadcast and here is the playlist and details etc. I havent had a chance to listen yet - will prob leave until the last minuate as usual

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/jazzlibrary/pip/848tx/

Critic Brian Morton joins Alyn Shipton to explore the recordings of saxophonist, improviser and composer Anthony Braxton

Duration:

1 hour

Playlist

DISC 1

Title To Composer John Cage

Artist Anthony Braxton

Composer Braxton

Album For Alto

Label Delmark

Number 420/421 Track 2

Personnel: AB, as; autumn 1968/summer 1969.

DISC 2

Title Composition No 96

Artist Anthony Braxton

Composer Braxton

Album 4 (Ensemble) Compositions - 1992

Label Leo

Number 120124-2 Track 2

DISC 3

Title Composition 40 (b)

Artist Anthony Braxton

Composer Braxton

Album Quartet (Dortmund) 1976

Label Hatology

Number 557 Track 4

DISC 4

Title I Love You

Artist Anthony Braxton

Composer Porter

Album Knitting Factory (Piano/Quartet) 1994 Vol 2

Label Leo

Number 297/298 CD1 Track 1

DISC 5

Title The Bell

Artist Anthony Braxton

Composer Leo Smith

Album Three Compositions of the New Jazz

Label Delmark

Number 415 Track 3

Personnel: Leo Smith, t, perc; AB, ss, cl, fl; Muhal Richard Abrams, p, as, cello; Leroy Jenkins, vn, vla, recorder, perc. 10 April 1968.

DISC 6

Title Donna Lee

Artist Anthony Braxton

Composer Davis

Album Donna Lee

Label America

Number AM 6122 Track 1

Personnel: AB, as, cl, fl, contra- bcl; Michael Smith, p; Peter Warren, b; Oliver Johnson, d. Paris, 18 Feb 1972.

DISC 7

Title Composition 23 J

Artist Anthony Braxton

Composer Braxton

Album Quartet (Dortmund) 1976

Label Hatology

Number 557 Track 1 (part 2)

Personnel: AB, bass sax, ss, as, cl, Eb cl; contrabsss cl; George Lewis, tb; Dave Holland b; Barry Altschul, d. Dortmund 31 Oct 1976

DISC 8

Title Composition 94 Section A (excerpt)

Artist Anthony Braxton

Composer Braxton

Album Composition 94 for Three Instrumentalists 1980

Label Leo / Golden Years of New Jazz

Number GY3 Track 1

Personnel: AB, sopranino, ss, as, ts, contrabcl; Ray Anderson, alto and tenor tb; c; slide t; James Emery, g, elg, electronics. Bologna 20 April 1980.

DISC 9

Title Composition 94 Section A (excerpt - second set)

Artist Anthony Braxton

Composer Braxton

Album Composition 94 for Three Instrumentalists 1980

Label Leo / Golden Years of New Jazz

Number GY3 Track 2

Personnel: as above.

DISC 10

Title Composition 96

Artist Anthony Braxton with Composers and Improvisers Orchestra

Composer Braxton

Album Composition 96

Label Leo

Number CD 169 Track 1

Personnel: AB, cond; Dave Scott, James Knapp, t; Richard Reid, flh; Julian Priester, Scott Reeves, tb; Bob Davies, eng horn; Rick Byrnes, tu; Denise Pool, Rebecca Morgan, Nancy Hergerud, fl; Aileen Munger, Laurri Whig, ob; Marlene Weaver, bn; Ray Downey, bcl; Bill Smith, Eb cl; Paul Pearce bbcl; Denny Goodhew, as; Julian Smedley, Metheze Pedersen, Jeannine Davis, Libby Poole, Jereon Van Tyn, Sandra Guy, Backy Liversey, Mary Jacobsen, v; Betty Agent, Jean Ward, Sam Williams, Beatrice Dolf, vla; Page Smith-Weaver, Scott Threadgold, Marjorie Partington, cello; Motter Dean, harp; Scott Weaver, Deborah De Loria, b; Ed Hartman, Matt Komieriowsky, perc. Seattle, 30 May 1981.

DISC 11

Title Composition 40 (O)

Artist Anthony Braxton

Composer Braxton

Album Quartet (London) Label Leo Number 200/201 CD 1 Track 3

Personnel: AB, as, sopranino, C-Mel; Marilyn Crispell, p; Mark Dresser, b; Gerry Hemingway, d. Bloomsbury Theatre, London, 13 Nov 1985

DISC 12

Title The Honker

Artist Anthony Braxton, Evan Parker, Paul Rutherford

Composer Braxton, Parker, Rutherford

Album Trio (London) 1993

Label Leo Number 197 Track 1

Personnel: Rutherford, tb; Parker, ss, ts; Braxton as, cl. 22 May 1993 (Bloomsbury Theatre).

DISC 13

Title Encore

Artist Anthony Braxton, Richard Teitelbaum

Composer Braxton / Teitelbaum

Album Live at Merkin Hall

Label Music and Arts

Number 949 Track 3

Personnel: Anthony Braxton, fl, sopranino, ss, sop cl, cl,contra bcl; Richard Teitelbaum, kb, electronics. 28 April 1994.

DISC 14

Title Black Monday

Artist Anthony Braxton

Composer HIll

Album Ten Compositions (Quartet) 2000

Label CIMP

Number 225 Track 4

Personnel: Braxton as, fl; Kevin O'Neil, g; Andy Eulau, b; Kevin Norton, d. 19 May 2000 Middletown CT.

DISC 15

Title Composition 351 Part 2

Artist Anthony Braxton

Composer Braxton

Album At Iridium

Label Firehouse

Number FH 12-04-03-001 CD 2 Track 2

Personnel: Anthony Braxton, as, ss,s sopranino, cl, Eb cl;Taylor Ho Bynum, c, fl, trumpbone, piccolo t, bass t, mutes, and shell; Andrew Raffo Dewar, sop, c-mel, cl; James Fei, as ss, bcl; Mary Halvorson, g; Steve Lehman, as, ss; Nicole Mitchell, fl, alto fl, bass fl, p, v; Jessica Pavone, vla, vn; Reut Regev, tb, flugelbone; Jay Rozen, tu, euphonium, mutes, toys; Sara Schoenbeck, bn, suona; Aaron Siegel, perc; Carl Testa, b,cl. Sprinh 2006.

DISC 16

Title All The Things You Are

Artist Anthony Braxton

Composer Kern Album Live at Willisau

Label Intakt

Number 126 Track 4

Personnel: AB, as.

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