Dortmund (Quartet) 1976

by Anthony Braxton

Dortmund (Quartet) 1976 cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1991
  • Label: hatART
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 56:35
  • Community rating: 4.31/5 from 6 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Leading an incredibly proficient quartet alongside George Lewis and Dave Holland, Braxton executes his distinct diagrammatic compositions with brilliant flexibility. The 1976 German concert balances rigorous structural demands with highly playful, abstract improvisations, establishing it as a crucial highlight of his mid-career acoustic ensembles.

Genres

Descriptors: improvisation, instrumental, avant-garde, technical, experimental, dissonant, long-form

Tracklist

  1. Composition 40 F / Composition 23 J
  2. Composition 40 (O)
  3. Composition 6 C
  4. Composition 40 B

Credits

  • Anthony Braxton - primary artist, soprano saxophone [soprano sax], alto saxophone [alto sax], contrabass saxophone [contrabass sax], flute, clarinet, composed by, alto saxophone clarinet contrabass clarinet contrabass saxophone sopranino saxophone
  • Dave Holland - bass
  • Constant K枚nz - cover
  • Barry Altschul - drums, percussion
  • George Lewis - trombone

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