These live concerts feature Anthony Braxton on 19 selections (16 originals plus "You Go To My Head,""'Round Midnight" and "Half Nelson"), each of which explore a different idea or mood. Some of the one or two-word descriptions are "ballade,""relationship,""triplet diatonic,""Multiphonic," and "quarter." Although free in spots, Braxton's performances also have their own logic and are quite concise with the longest piece ("Half Nelson") clocking in at just 5:06. - Scott Yanow
Tracks
01. 138A (ballade)
02. 106D (relationship)
03. 118F (buzz logic)
04. 138B (african violets)
05. 77G (whole)
06. 118A (intervallic)
07. 138C (long)
08. 106J (pointillistic)
09. 77C (triplet diatonic)
10. 26F (104/M kelvin)
11. You Go To My Head (Gillespie/Coots)
12. 119I (+99E) (medium dance)
13. 119G (multiphonic)
14. Round 'Bout Midnight (Monk)
15. 99B (line)
16. 106A (quarter)
17. 138D (ballade)
18. Half Nelson (Miles Davis)
19. 106C (triadic spiral)
ANTHONY BRAXTON alto saxophone
All music composed by Anthony Braxton, except (11) (14) (18)
Tracks 1-16 recorded in concert at Killian Hall for the Composer's In Recital Series, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, April 8, 1988.
Tracks 17-19 recorded in concert at the Intersection For The Arts, San Francisco, April 16, 1988.
New Albion - NA 23 CD