Six Compositions (Quartet) 1984
by Anthony Braxton
- Type: Album
- Released: 1985
- Label: Black Saint
- Country: United States
- Length: 36:15
- Community rating: 4.06/5 from 4 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Showcasing his newly formed, highly acclaimed quartet, this live recording brilliantly documents the multi-instrumentalist's rigorous, fiercely intellectual approach to modern jazz. 'Six Compositions (Quartet) 1984' navigates impossibly complex, jagged structural themes before dissolving into furious, telepathic group free-improvisation. The stellar ensemble鈥攆eaturing Marilyn Crispell on piano and Gerry Hemingway on drums鈥攅xpertly bridges the gap between chaotic free jazz and European modern classical composition.
Genres
Descriptors: instrumental, dissonant, complex, technical, improvised, avant-garde, experimental, long-form
Tracklist
- Composition No. 114 (+108A) (7:13)
- Composition No. 110C (4:40)
- Composition No. 115 (6:43)
- Composition No. 110A (+108B) (5:04)
- Composition No. 110D (2:45)
- Composition No. 116 (9:47)
Credits
- Niridan - artwork [cover]
- John Lindberg - bass
- Gerry Hemingway - percussion
- Marilyn Crispell - piano
- Anthony Braxton - Primary Artist, contrabass clarinet instrument, alto saxophone instrument, tenor saxophone instrument, E-flat clarinet instrument
- Ed Blackwell - drums (drum set) instrument
- Anthony Davis - piano instrument
- Mark Helias - double bass instrument