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Anthony Braxton

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Anthony Braxton
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Born 4 June 1946, Chicago, Illinois, USA. Influential experimental composer and saxophonist. Member of the AACM where he was influenced by mentors Muhal Richard Abrams and Roscoe Mitchell and friends Joseph Jarman, Wadada Leo Smith and Leroy Jenkins, among others. Led groups with Dave Holland, Kenny Wheeler, Ray Anderson, George Lewis, Barry Altschul, Jerome Cooper, Marilyn Crispell, Mark Dresser, John Lindberg, and Gerry Hemingway, among many others. Currently teaches at Wesleyan University in Middletown, CT.
Father of Tyondai Braxton.
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Releases:
3 Compositions Of New Jazz (Album) (2 versions)   Delmark Records 1968
B-X0 NO-47A (Album) (5 versions)   BYG Records ... 1969
For Alto (Album) (3 versions)   Delmark Records 1969
This Time... (Album) (4 versions)   BYG Records ... 1970
Dona Lee (Album) (2 versions)   America Records 1971
I Grandi Del Jazz (LP)   Fabbri Editori 1971
Recital Paris 71 (2 versions)   Futura Records (2) ... 1971
Saxophone Improvisations Series F. (Album) (3 versions)   America Records ... 1972
Town Hall 1972 (2xLP, Album)   Trio Records 1972
3 Compositions Of New Jazz (LP)   Delmark Records 1974
In The Tradition (LP, Album)   SteepleChase 1974
Solo - Live At Moers Festival (2 versions)   Ring Records ... 1974
Together Alone (LP)   Delmark Records 1974
Trio And Duet (Album) (2 versions)   Sackville Recordings 1974
Five Pieces (1975) (LP)   Arista 1975
Five Pieces 1975 (LP, Album)   Arista 1975
New York, Fall 1974 (LP)   Arista 1975
Silence (LP, Album)   Freedom 1975
Creative Orchestra Music 1976 (LP, Album)   Arista 1976
Duets 1976 (LP)   Arista 1976
In The Tradition (LP, Album)   Inner City Records 1976
In The Tradition Volume 2 (LP)   SteepleChase 1976
Four Compositions (1973) (LP)   Denon 1977
The Complete Braxton 1971 (Album) (2 versions)   Freedom 1977
The Montreux / Berlin Concerts (2xLP, Album)   Arista 1977
Time Zones (LP)   Freedom, Freedom 1977
Birth And Rebirth (LP, Album)   Black Saint 1978
For Four Orchestras (3x12", Box)   Arista 1978
For Trio (LP, Album)   Arista 1978
Alto Saxophone Improvisations 1979 (2xLP, Promo)   Arista 1979
Alto Saxophone Improvisations 1979 (2xLP, Gat)   Arista 1979
One In Two - Two In One (2xLP, Album)   Hat Hut Records 1980
Seven Compositions 1978 (LP)   Moers Music 1980
Composition 98 (2xLP)   Hat Hut Records 1981
Performance For Quartet 1979 (2xLP)   Hat Hut Records 1981
Open Aspects '82 (2xLP)   Hat ART 1982
Six Compositions: Quartet (LP)   Antilles 1982
Six Duets (1982) (LP)   CECMA Records 1982
Four Compositions (Quartet) 1983 (LP, Album)   Black Saint 1983
Composition 113 (LP, Album)   Sound Aspects Records 1984
Six Compositions (Quartet) 1984 (CD, Album)   Black Saint 1984
Four Compositions (Quartet) 1984 (LP)   Black Saint 1985
Seven Standards 1985, Volume 1 (LP)   Magenta Records 1985
Six Compositions (Quartet) 1984 (CD, Album)   Black Saint 1985
Six Compositions (Quartet) 1984 (LP, Album)   Black Saint 1985
The Long March (4xVinyl, Album, RE + Box)   hat ART 1985
Five Compositions (Quartet) 1986 (LP)   Black Saint 1986
Five Compositions (Quartet) 1986 (CD, Album)   Black Saint 1986
Seven Standards 1985, Volume II (LP, Album)   Magenta Records 1986
Anthony Braxton Live (CD, Album)   RCA 1987
Creative Orchestra Music 1976 (Album) (2 versions)   RCA 1987
Quartet (London) 1985 (3xLP, Album, Ltd + Box)   Leo Records 1988
Six Monk's Compositions (1987) (Album) (2 versions)   Black Saint 1988
The Aggregate (Album) (2 versions)   Sound Aspects Records 1988
19 [Solo] Compositions, 1988 (CD)   New Albion 1989
Compositions 99, 101, 107 & 139 (CD)   Hat Hut Records 1989
Ensemble (Victoriaville) 1988 (LP, Album)   Les Disques Victo 1989
Duets - Vancouver 1989 (CD, Album)   Music And Arts Programs Of America, Inc. 1990
Eight (+3) Tristano Compositions 1989 - For Warne Marsh (CD, Album)   Hat Hut Records 1990
Four Compositions (Solo, Duo & Trio) 1982/1988 (CD, Album)   Hat Hut Records 1990
Performance For Quartet 1979 (CD, Album)   Hat Hut Records 1990
Prag 1984 (Quartet Performance) (CD, Album)   Sound Aspects Records 1990
Quartet (London) 1985 (2xCD, Album)   Leo Records 1990
Seven Compositions (Trio) 1989 (CD)   Hat Hut Records 1990
3 Compositions Of New Jazz (CD, Album, RM)   Delmark Records 1991
Quartet (Dortmund) 1976 (CD)   Hat Hut Records 1991
Solo (London) 1988 (LP)   Impetus Records 1991
2 Compositions (Ensemble) 1989/1991 (CD, Album)   Hat Hut Records 1992
Town Hall (Trio & Quintet) 1972 (CD)   Hat Hut Records 1992
Town Hall 1972 (CD, Album)   Hat Hut Records 1992
Willisau (Quartet) 1991 - Studio/Live (4xCD, Album)   Hat Hut Records 1992
Four Compositions (Quartet) 1983 (CD, Album)   Black Saint 1993
Open Aspects (Duo) 1982 (CD)   Hat Hut Records 1993
Trio (London) 1993 (CD, Album)   Leo Records 1994
Anthony Braxton´s Charlie Parker Project 1993 (2xCD, Album)   Hat Hut Records 1995
Creative Orchestra (Koln) 1978 (2xCD)   Hat Hut Records 1995
Donaueschingen (Duo) 1976 (CD)   Hat Hut Records 1995
Duo (Leipzig) 1993 (CD, Album)   Music And Arts Programs Of America, Inc. 1995
Seven Standards 1995 (CD, Album)   Knitting Factory Works 1995
Solo Piano (Standards) 1995 (CD, Album)   No More Records, No More Records 1995
Two Lines (CD, Album)   Lovely Music, Ltd. 1995
Piano Music (Notated) 1968 - 1988 (4xCD, Album)   Hat Hut Records 1996
Piano Music (Notated) 1968-1988 (4xCD, Ltd)   Hat Hut Records 1996
Sextet (Istanbul) 1996 (2xCD, Album)   Braxton House 1996
Silence / Time Zones (CD)   Black Lion 1996
Tentet (New York) 1996 (CD, Album)   Braxton House 1996
Duo (Amsterdam) 1991 (CD, Album)   Okka Disk 1997
Eight By Three (CD, Album)   Mixtery 1997
Quartet (Santa Cruz) 1993 (2xCD, Album, Ltd)   Hat Hut Records 1997
Six Duets (1982) (CD, Album, RE)   CECMA Records 1997
Compositions No. 10 & No. 16 (+101) (CD, Album, Ltd, Dig)   hat[now]ART 1998
Ten Compositions (Quartet) 2000 (CD, Album)   CIMP 2000
Composition N. 247 (CD, Album)   Leo Records 2001
Four Compositions (Duets) 2000 (CD, Album)   CIMP 2001
Quartet (Dortmund) 1976 (CD, Album, Ltd, Dig)   Hat Hut Records 2001
Quintet (Basel) 1977 (CD, Album, Dig)   Hat Hut Records 2001
Duets (Wesleyan) 2002 (CD, Album)   Innova Recordings 2002
Ninetet (Yoshi's) 1997, Vol.1 (2xCD, Album)   Leo Records 2002
Solo (Koln) 1978 (CD, Album)   Golden Years Of New Jazz 2002
Four Compositions (GTM) 2000 (CD, Album)   Delmark Records 2003
Solo (Milano) 1979 Vol.1 (CD, Album)   Golden Years Of New Jazz 2003
23 Standards Quartet (4xCD, Album, Ltd)   Leo Records 2004
Anthony Braxton's Charlie Parker Project (2xCD, Album, Ltd, RM, Dig)   hatOLOGY 2004
Duo Palindrome 2002. Vol. 1 (CD)   Intakt Records 2004
Duo Palindrome 2002. Vol. 2 (CD)   Intakt Records 2004
One In Two - Two In One (CD, Album, Dig)   Hat Hut Records 2004
Saturn, Conjunct The Grand Canyon In A Sweet Embrace (CD, Album)   Pi Recordings (2) 2004
Solo (Milano) 1979 Vol.2 (CD, Album)   Golden Years Of New Jazz 2004
20 Standards (Quartet) 2003 (4xCD, Album, Ltd)   Leo Records 2005
Quintet (London) 2004 - Live At The Royal Festival Hall (CD, Album)   Leo Records 2005
Sextet (Victoriaville) 2005 (CD, Album)   Les Disques Victo 2005
ABCD (CD, Album)   Not Two Records 2006
Black Vomit (CD, Album)   Les Disques Victo 2006
12+1tet (Victoriaville) 2007 (CD, Album)   Les Disques Victo 2007
9 Compositions (Iridium) 2006 (12+1tet) (9xCD + DVD + Box)   Firehouse 12 Records 2007
Duets 1995 (CD, Album, Car)   Clean Feed 2007
Performance (Quartet) 1979 (CD, Album, Dig)   Hat Hut Records 2007
Solo (Pisa) 1982 (CD, Album, RM)   Golden Years Of New Jazz 2007
Solo Live at Gasthof Heidelberg Loppem 2005 (4xCD, Album)   LocusLoppem 2007
Trio (Victoriaville) 2007 (CD)   Les Disques Victo 2007
Beyond Quantum (CD, Album)   Tzadik 2008
Creative Orchestra (Bolzano) 2007 (CD, Album)   Rai Trade 2008
Four Improvisations (Duo) 2007 (4xCD, Album)   Clean Feed 2008
Quartet (GTM) 2006 (4xCD + Box)   Important Records (2) 2008
Quartet (Moscow) 2008 (CD)   Leo Records 2008
The Complete Arista Recordings Of Anthony Braxton (8xCD, RM, Comp + Box, Ltd)   Mosaic Records (2) 2008
B-X0 NO-47A (LP, Album)   Affinity  
Appears On:
Luna Surface (Album) (3 versions)   BYG Records ... 1969
The 8th Of July 1969 (2 versions)   Birth Records 1969
Afternoon Of A Georgia Faun (2 versions)   ECM Records 1970
Archie Shepp & Philly Joe Jones (LP, Album)   America Records 1970
Instant Composers Pool (2 versions) Gib Mir Ein Spiegelei ... Instant Composers Pool 1970
Familie (LP)   Birth Records 1972
Paris - Concert (2xLP, Gat) Duet, Lookout Farm / 7... ECM Records 1972
RBN----3 K12 (3xLP, Box)   Ring Records 1972
Conference Of The Birds (Album) (3 versions)   ECM Records ... 1973
At Moers Festival (2xLP)   Ring Records 1974
Live At Wigmor (2xLP)   Inner City Records 1974
Circling In (2xLP)   Blue Note 1975
Creative Construction Company (LP)   Muse Records 1975
Duo 1 (LP)   Emanem 1975
Duo 2 (LP)   Emanem 1975
For Players Only (LP, Album)   JCOA Records 1975
All The Things We Are (LP)   Atlantic 1976
Company 2 (LP)   Incus Records 1977
Jahrmarkt / Local Fair (LP) Jahrmarkt Po Torch Records 1977
Muhal (LP)   Vedette Records 1977
Nonaah (2xLP, Album) Off Five Dark Six Nessa Records 1977
Pearls (LP)   FMP 1977
Wildflowers 2: The New York Loft Jazz Sessions (LP) 73°-S Kelvin Douglas 1977
1-OQA+19 (LP)   Black Saint 1978
Circulus (2xLP, Jaz)   Blue Note 1978
Company 5 (LP)   Incus Records 1978
Company 6 (LP)   Incus Records 1978
L-R-G / The Maze / S II Examples (2xLP) The Maze Nessa Records 1978
Rapport (LP, Album)   Novus 1978
Budding Of A Rose (LP)   Moers Music 1979
Sketches From Bamboo (LP)   Moers Music 1979
I Grandi Del Jazz (LP, Gat) Nefertiti Fabbri Editori 1980
Braxton & Stockhausen (2xLP)   Hat Hut Records 1984
Royal Volume 1 (LP)   Incus Records 1984
Szabraxtondos (LP)   Krém 1985
Music From Mills (3xLP, Comp) Composition No. 62 ( +... Mills College 1986
Moment Précieux (Album) (2 versions)   Les Disques Victo 1987
My Country (CD, Album, RM)   Leo Records 1989
(Birmingham) 1985 (2xCD, Album)   Leo Records 1990
Live In San Francisco (CD, Album) Composition 136 Music And Arts Programs Of America, Inc. 1990
Our Nebula Incured 1 (Cass, C60) Dance Of The Radiator ... Corrosive Tapes 1990
Kimus #4 (CD, Smplr, Ltd)   Hat Hut Records 1991
(Coventry) 1985 (2xCD, Album)   Leo Records 1992
Early Circle (CD)   Blue Note 1992
The Magnificence Of Stereo (CD, Album)   Sruti Box 1992
Jump Or Die (CD, Album)   Music And Arts Programs Of America, Inc. 1994
Conversin' With The Elders (CD, Album, Dig) Composition #40Q Atlantic 1996
First Duo Concert (CD)   Emanem 1996
Bidi, Bidi, Bidi (CD) Recorded At Mills Coll... Tedium House Publications 1999
Fairly Early With Postscripts (CD)   Emanem 1999
Burn The Incline / Free Jazz Classics (2xCD, Ltd) 69L Atavistic, Atavistic 2000
Jazzactuel (Comp) (4 versions) Black Suite (Part 2), ... Charly Schallplatten GmbH ... 2000
Free Jazz Classics Vols. 1 & 2 (2xCD, Album) 69L Atavistic 2001
Paris-Concert (2xCD, Album, RE) Duet, 73° Kalvin (Var... ECM Records 2001
Black Suite (Album) (3 versions)   BYG Records ... 2002
Four Voice Canons (CD) #6 Cold Blue Music 2002
Han Bennink (CD, Comp) Four Musica Jazz 2004
The Song Is You (2xCD, Album, RE)   Douglas: 2005
Wildflowers Loft Jazz New York 1976 (3xCD, Album, RE) 73° -S Kelvin Douglas: 2005
Imaginary Landscapes (CD, Album, RE, Dig) Imaginary Landscape No... hat[now]ART 2006
Company 6 & 7 (CD, Album)   Incus Records  
Emerald Tears (CD, Album, RE) B-40/RS-4-W/M23-6K ECM Records, ECM Records  
The Coventry Concert (LP)   West Wind  
Tracks Appear On:
Wildflowers 2: The New York Loft Jazz Sessions (LP) 73°-S Kelvin Douglas 1977
Music From Mills (3xLP, Comp) Composition No. 62 ( +... Mills College 1986
Beets - A Collection Of Jazz Songs (2 versions) She Left Him For Her Elemental ... 1990
CDCM Computer Music Series Vol. 10: The Virtuoso In The Computer Age I (CD, Comp) Composition No. 107 (E... Centaur Records 1991
Kimus #4 (CD, Smplr, Ltd) Wow, Dreams (2), Lenni... Hat Hut Records 1991
Jazzactuel (Comp) (3 versions) B-Xo N0147a Charly Schallplatten GmbH ... 2000
Underground Peace Music (CD, Smplr, Enh) All Blues Vibrations Magazine 2005
Mastercuts Jazz Cafe (3xCD, Comp) This Time Mastercuts 2006
Sound Unbound Audio Companion: Excerpts And Allegories From The Sub Rosa Archives (CD, Album, Mixed) The First Set Area 4 (... Sub Rosa 2008
Sound Unbound. Sampling Digital Music And Culture (CD, Album, Mixed) The First Set Area 4 (... The MIT Press 2008
Unofficial Releases:
Live In New York, 1974 (LP) Nefertiti Oxford 1976
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