Spotify Release Info
Track: Marshmallow
Artist: Anthony Braxton
Album: In The Tradition Vol. 1
Artist Bio
Name: Anthony Braxton
Spotify Genres: free jazz, avant-garde, jazz
Followers: 32,736
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Biography
Born 4 June 1945, Chicago, Illinois, USA. Influential experimental composer and saxophonist. Member of the AACM where he was influenced by mentors [a=Muhal Richard Abrams] and [a=Roscoe Mitchell] and friends [a=Joseph Jarman], [a=Wadada Leo Smith] and [a=Leroy Jenkins], among others. In 1969 Braxton recorded [Link], the first full-length album for unaccompanied saxophone. Braxton's compositions are mostly titled with diagrams rather than words. Braxton plays the sopranino, soprano, C-melody, F mezzo-soprano, E-flat alto, baritone, bass, and contrabass saxophones; the E-flat, B-flat, and contrabass clarinets; and the piano. He is John Spencer Camp Professor of Music, Emeritus, at Wesleyan University in Middletown, CT. In 1994, Braxton was awarded a MacArthur Foundation "genius grant". In 2013, he was named a 2014 National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Master. Father of [a=Tyondai Braxton].
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1.6-77AR-36K (Opus 23B)New York, Fall 1974
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3.Afternoon Of A Georgia FaunAfternoon Of A Georgia Faun
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4.Moonlight in Vermont20 Standards (Quartet) 2003
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5.To Composer John CageFor Alto
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6.MDD-3/63D (Opus 23C)New York, Fall 1974
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7.RBHM (Opus 23D)New York, Fall 1974
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8.You Stepped Out of a DreamFive Pieces (1975)
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9.To Pianist Cecil TaylorFor Alto
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10.N-WH-70 (Opus 38A)New York, Fall 1974
Discogs Release Info
Release: Anthony Braxton - In The Tradition
Year: 1974
Genres: Jazz
Styles: Free Jazz, Avant-garde Jazz, Cool Jazz