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Track: Marshmallow
Artist: Anthony Braxton
Album: In The Tradition Vol. 1

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Name: Anthony Braxton
Spotify Genres: free jazz, avant-garde, jazz
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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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Release: Anthony Braxton - In The Tradition
Year: 1974
Genres: Jazz
Styles: Free Jazz, Avant-garde Jazz, Cool Jazz