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Artist:	BRAXTON, ANTHONY
Title:	The Complete Remastered Recordings
Label:	BLACK SAINT/SOUL NOTE (ITALY)
Format:	8CD BOX
Price:	$40.00
Catalog #:	BXS 1012CD

...On Black Saint & Soul Note. "Composer and saxophonist Anthony Braxton has released well over 100 albums since the 1960s. Braxton's music is difficult to categorize, and because of this, he likes to reference his works as simply 'creative music.'" Albums: Birth And Rebirth, Four Compositions (Quartet) 1983, Six Compositions (Quartet) 1984, Five Compositions (Quartet) 1986, Six Monk's Compositions (1987), 4 (Ensemble) Compositions 1992, Eugene (1989), Composition No- 173.

Artist:	BRAXTON, ANTHONY
Title:	B-Xo/NOI47A
Label:	BYG RECORDS
Format:	LP
Price:	$11.50
Catalog #:	BYG 315LP

15th volume in the BYG Actuel series; gatefold sleeve, 180 gram vinyl. "The first one of Braxton's two albums originally released in the BYG/Actuel series... this one was recorded at the Studio Saravah in Paris on September 10th, 1969 with the help of Leo Smith (trumpet), Leroy Jenkins (violin) and Steve McCall (drums)." From the Jazz Actuel boxset's liner notes: "Anthony Braxton's approach to music is a fantastic, almost alchemical fusion of elements, involving academic schemata, chess master logic, and a firm belief in humanist cosmogony... the magic of deep, intuitive jazz improvisation led Mr. Braxton into serious intercourse with the alto saxophone... he was conversant with the concepts and constructs of John Cage, Karlheinz Stockhausen a.o., yet the music's roots were equally evident as coming from an avant-jazz background... the blend was genuinely revolutionary..." -- Thurston Moore & Byron Coley.

Artist:	BRAXTON, ANTHONY
Title:	Trio (Victoriaville) 2007
Label:	VICTO (CANADA)
Format:	CD
Price:	$15.00
Catalog #:	VICTO 108CD

Enregistre au 24e Festival International de Musique Actuelle de Victoriaville le 20 mai 2007. "Diamond Curtain Wall is relatively new. Here is an intimate opportunity to hear Braxton feature his recent foray into the world of laptop and interactive electronics. Braxton and laptop? What would this element bring to his music? Use of electronics is hardly unprecedented in Braxton's music. After all, he played with Richard Teitelbaum starting in the early '70s and featured Bob Ostertag on synthesizer in a late '70s version of his creative orchestra. But for the first time, Braxton is diving in to working with interactive electronics himself! As is always the case with Braxton, particular performances, groupings, and compositional forms are a point on an ever-evolving line. During the Sunday afternoon performance captured here, there was particular magic which Halvorson described as 'an exciting feeling of going into the unknown.' All of this comes through from the first probing counterpoint to the final hovering notes punctuated by a burst of electronic squall that fades into a quavering overtone." --Michael Rosenstein, October 2007

Artist:	BRAXTON, ANTHONY
Title:	12+1tet (Victoriaville) 2007
Label:	VICTO (CANADA)
Format:	CD
Price:	$15.00
Catalog #:	VICTO 109CD

"This concert offers a striking opportunity to hear the ensemble in full force. The 70-minute piece builds an inner logic of staggering detail, while never losing the propulsive flow. The shifting layers and counter-structures mount with scorching intensity and then break into pools of quiet tension only to explode off again. The momentum can march along with a galvanizing pulse, fracture into freedom, or cascade with a roiling sense of swing. Braxton has stated that the music played by this ensemble is the culmination of the Ghost Transe series. But as is always the case with Braxton, the consummation of one phase simply serves as the launching point for what is to come. And for both those who have been following his career for decades and initiates alike, the search is sure to bring new rewards" --Michael Rosenstein, November 2007

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