Creative Orchestra Music 1976
by Anthony Braxton
- Type: Album
- Released: May 1976
- Label: Arista
- Country: United States
- Length: 39:56
- Community rating: 4.07/5 from 5 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Pushing the boundaries of large-ensemble jazz, the avant-garde composer constructed complex, graphic scores that demanded both strict classical discipline and radical free improvisation. The music frequently shifts between chaotic, dissonant blasts and playful homages to traditional swing era big bands. It stands as a brilliant, unpredictable collision of European contemporary classical concepts and African-American creative music.
Genres
Descriptors: avant-garde, improvisation, instrumental, orchestral, conceptual, dissonant, ensemble, improvisational, complex
Tracklist
- W-138 (Opus 51) (5:11)
- G-10 - K (Opus 56) (7:33)
- 22-M (Opus 58) (6:44)
- O NB-12 (Opus 57) (6:25)
- 0-500 (Opus 55) (7:19)
- CD-4 P (Opus 59) (6:41)
Credits
- Roscoe Mitchell - alto saxophone, bass saxophone, flute, soprano saxophone, soloist [solos, and ab], soloist [solos, bass sax, and ab], soloist [solos, alto sax]
- Seldon Powell - alto saxophone, clarinet, flute
- Bruce Johnstone - baritone saxophone, bass clarinet, soloist [solos]
- Frederic Rzewski - bass drum, piano, soloist [solos, and mra]
- Earl McIntyre - bass trombone
- Jack Jeffers - bass trombone
- Dave Holland - cello, double bass [bass], soloist [solos], soloist [solos, and gl]
- Ron Bridgewater - clarinet, tenor saxophone
- Anthony Braxton - Primary Artist, Soloist [Solos], Soloist [Solos, And RM], Clarinet], Contrabass Sax, Flute, And MRH], Contrabass Sax], Sopranino Sax]
- Cecil Bridgewater - Soloist [Solos]
- Muhal Richard Abrams - Soloist [Solos, And FR], And AB], Soloist [Solos]
- George Lewis - Soloist [Solos]
- Richard Teitelbaum - Soloist [Solos]
- Jon Faddis - Soloist [Solos, Piccolo Trumpet]
- Wadada Leo Smith - Soloist [Solos]
- Garrett List - Soloist [Solos, And DH]
- Karl Berger - Soloist [Solos, Vibes]
- Kenny Wheeler - Soloist [Solos]