Spotify Release Info
Track: To Pianist Cecil Taylor
Artist: Anthony Braxton
Album: For Alto
Artist Bio
Name: Anthony Braxton
Spotify Genres: free jazz, avant-garde, experimental jazz, jazz
Followers: 33,130
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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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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.Composition N. 101Four Pieces
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9.You Stepped Out of a DreamFive Pieces (1975)
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Discogs Release Info
Release: Anthony Braxton - For Alto
Year: 1971
Genres: Jazz
Styles: Free Jazz