28 July 2011

Anthony Braxton Quintet - Live in Milan '77


"At this point, speaking of Braxton and his music is difficult: he's an
artist exposed to all sorts of influences, very receptive, but also with
enormous intelligence and integrity, that always put him in a much
more critical perspective towards those influences.
His music reflects all this, there is no hint of complacency on one side
and there is no time to be ironic on the present on the other side.
The past, especially bebop, is perhaps an essential part of his inspiration.
The analyticity of Braxton's interpretations is a stimulus that is
difficult to escape." G.Dalla Bona - Musica Jazz July 1977

Now it's time for hourglasses...

Rec. live at "Teatro Lirico", Milan, Italy, on June 3, 1977
(mix recording)

Anthony Braxton,alto & sopranino sax
George Lewis,trombone,euphonium,sousaphone
Muhal Richard Abrams,piano
Mark Helias,bass
Charles "Bobo" Shaw,drums

1. Composition 40 M (17:53)
2. Composition 40 (?) (52:20)
3. Composition 40 B (07:48)

Total Time 1:18:03

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21 comments:

  1. riccardo28 July 2011 at 17:42:00 CEST

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  2. Anonymous28 July 2011 at 18:01:00 CEST

    Thanks a bunch. I've followed Braxton throughout his career but I am partial to his work in the '70s. Can't wait to hear it!
    ...Tom F.

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  3. Anonymous28 July 2011 at 18:46:00 CEST

    superb, mille grazie.

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  4. BorisBeckham28 July 2011 at 19:30:00 CEST

    simply amazing.
    a mere day after the quintet (basel) 1977 concert released by hatart.
    can't thank enough.

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  5. john28 July 2011 at 23:39:00 CEST

    I agree with anon; 70's Braxton has an exciting edge to it. Many thanks.

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  6. trane29 July 2011 at 08:48:00 CEST

    Thamks Riccardo, I love most of Braxton's music, and this quintet is one of my favorite settings

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  7. Anonymous29 July 2011 at 17:54:00 CEST

    thanks for share this amazed show , an real historie jem

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  8. Igor29 July 2011 at 21:03:00 CEST

    Sousaphone!? How often one can see that cat is playing sousaphone?
    Many thanks for this beauty.

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  9. armando30 July 2011 at 00:38:00 CEST

    thanks a lot riccardo. I specially love the Braxton-Lewis interaction. Superb!

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  10. Arcturus2 August 2011 at 00:05:00 CEST

    greatly appreciated - besides the frontline, more Muhal has me smiling - thanks riccardo!

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  11. kinabalu15 April 2013 at 14:50:00 CEST

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  12. kinabalu17 October 2014 at 15:21:00 CEST

    New link:

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  13. Javier Roz4 May 2015 at 10:30:00 CEST

    Many many thanks for keep this one alive!

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  14. Marco Bertoli8 September 2015 at 23:41:00 CEST

    Words fail me – I was there, all of thirteen years old, my first jazz concert. That same evening Steve Lacy took the stage…

    Thank you a lot.

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  15. DW3 October 2015 at 22:04:00 CEST

    kinabalu, thanks!

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  16. Certifiablockhead3 June 2016 at 13:01:00 CEST

    at this point i´m blown away...most wonderful...thank you...

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  17. AFOFOROMUSICCLUB19 January 2018 at 11:23:00 CET

    great! can't stop listening to it, finding pearls of interplay and amazing solos all the time!

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  18. David5 November 2018 at 12:56:00 CET

    can this be reposted please? Thanks!

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  19. Ernst Grgo Nebhuth5 November 2018 at 18:47:00 CET

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  20. David5 November 2018 at 22:28:00 CET

    Thanks very much Ernst!

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  21. francisco santos5 November 2018 at 23:55:00 CET

    HUGE THX!...

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