Anthony Braxton Quartet UK '85 tour recordings

[romualdo]

Burning Ambulance will be releasing a large swathe (4 venues plus) of the November '85 UK Braxton Quartet tour (12 venues, each with 2 sets ie 24 concerts)

Sheffield (19/11), Leicester (20/11), Bristol (21/11) , Southampton (22/11) plus 4 soundcheck tracks (After the Rain, Four, All The Things You Are & On Green Dolphin St) - it will be the equivalent of a 9CD set.

Looks like it's only downloads & will be available from June 4 - source material is Graham Lock's cassette recordings (tweaked by Chris Trent) so quality may not be up to the Leo releases (or were these from the same source?)

Leo had previously released 3 of the 12 ie London (13/11), Birmingham (17/11) & Coventry (26/11) concerts as double CDs back in the 90s

I've had the Coventry set since the early 90s & this tour (with Crispell, Hemingway & Dresser) is up there with Braxton's best recordings IMHO

https://burningambulance.substack.com/p/anthony-braxton-80th-birthday-release?utm_campaign=email-half-post&r=2dyw1q&utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

https://burningambulancemusic.bandcamp.com/

Edited 9 hours ago by romualdo

[mjazzg]

When I asked about a CD edition I was told that that's what AB would like and "wait and see".

I've had the London Leo since the late 80s I think and saw the quartet in '91 at the Jazz Cafe, very memorable

[Dub Modal]

Thanks for the heads up 

[Rabshakeh]

Strange that Willisau is still not available. 

[mjazzg]

I thought Hat Art reissued it, going to check

Just now, mjazzg said:

I thought Hat Art reissued it, going to check

Checked, yeah only the studio session was reissued. Maybe it didn't sell so haven't bothered with the live