4 (Ensemble) Compositions 1992

by Anthony Braxton

4 (Ensemble) Compositions 1992 cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1993
  • Label: Black Saint
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 1:13:15
  • Community rating: 3.88/5 from 4 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Anthony Braxton expands his radical structural concepts to a large-ensemble format, bridging complex notation with spontaneous improvisation. The ambitious compositions present a dense and dissonant sonic architecture, challenging both the performers and listeners with surreal, unconventional methodologies.

Genres

Descriptors: dissonant, complex, instrumental, avant-garde, experimental, improvised, improvisation

Tracklist

  1. Composition No. 100 (8:48)
  2. Composition No. 96 (56:03)
  3. Composition No. 164
  4. Composition No. 163

Credits

  • Anthony Braxton - primary artist, conductor, composed by [all compositions by]
  • Ted Reichman - accordion
  • Guy Klucevsek - accordion, other [bodysounds]
  • Niridan - artwork [cover art]
  • Randy McKean - clarinet, alto saxophone, bass clarinet
  • Don Byron - clarinet, bass clarinet
  • Marty Ehrlich - flute, clarinet, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, piccolo flute
  • J.D. Parran - flute, clarinet, bass clarinet, alto clarinet, flute [bamboo]
  • Jon Rosenberg - Engineer
  • Fred Kevorkian - Engineer [Assistant]
  • Anne LeBaron - Harp [Uncredited]
  • Art Lange - Liner Notes
  • Jay Hoggard - Marimba, Vibraphone
  • Gennaro Corone - Mastered By
  • Amina Claudine Myers - Organ, Voice
  • Warren Smith - Percussion
  • Elena Carminati - Photography By
  • Flavio Bonandrini - Producer
  • Lyndon Achee - Steel Drums
  • John Rapson - Trombone
  • Roland Dahinden - Trombone
  • Robert Rumbolz - Trumpet

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