Boxset / Compilation · 2008
Tracklist
New York, Fall 1974
1.1 Opus 23B 8:51
1.2 Opus 23C 3:11
1.3 Opus 23D 7:04
1.4 Opus 38A 6:27
1.5 Opus 37 8:17
1.6 Opus 23A 5:29
Five Pieces 1975
1.7 Opus 23H 4:40
1.8 Opus 23G 8:13
1.9 Opus 23E 17:17
1.10 Opus 40M 3:23
2.1 You Stepped Out Of A Dream 7:11
Duets 1976
2.2 Miss Ann 4:09
2.3 Opus 60 9:19
2.4 Opus 40P 7:02
2.5 Maple Leaf Rag 3:37
2.6 Opus 62 13:04
2.7 Nickie 3:15
Alto Saxophone Improvisations 1979
2.8 Opus 77A 7:35
2.9 Opus 77C 6:30
2.10 Red Top 6:15
2.11 Opus 77D 7:25
3.1 Opus 77E 4:26
3.2 Opus 26F 6:22
3.3 Opus 77F 6:20
3.4 Opus 26B 6:58
3.5 Along Came Betty 8:00
3.6 Opus 77G 5:17
3.7 Opus 26E 6:17
3.8 Giant Steps 6:22
3.9 Opus 77H 7:05
For Trio
3.10 Opus 76 (Version One) 20:10
4.1 Opus 76 (Version Two) 21:28
For Two Pianos
4.2 Opus 95 For Two Pianos 49:28
Creative Orchestra Music 1976
5.1 Opus 51 5:11
5.2 Opus 56 7:33
5.3 Opus 58 6:44
5.4 Opus 57 6:25
5.5 Opus 55 7:19
5.6 Opus 59 6:41
The Montreux / Berlin Concerts
5.7 Opus 63 23:32
6.1 Opus 40N 7:48
6.2 Opus 23J 13:59
6.3 Opus 40 7:35
6.4 Opus 6F 8:17
6.5 Opus 40K 15:32
6.6 Opus 6C 10:00
For Four Orchestras
7.1 Opus 82, Part One 54:04
8.1 Opus 82, Part Two 58:26
Line-up/Musicians
Anthony Braxton: alto, sopranino, and contrabass saxophones, Eb clarinet, clarinet and contrabass clarinet, flute, taragato, percussion on all discs.
Disc One: Kenny Wheeler: trumpet and flugelhorn (1-3, 6-10); David Holland: bass; Jerome Cooper, drums (1-3, 6); Barry Altschul: drums (7-10); Richard Tietelbaum: synthesizer (4); Oliver Lake: tenor saxophone (5); Hamiet Bluiett; baritone saxophone (5); Julius Hemphill: alto saxophone (5); Leroy Jenkins: violin (6).
Disc Two: David Holland: bass (1); Muhal Richard Abrams: piano (2-7).
Disc Three: Douglas Ewart: piccolo, flute, high Eb clarinet, clarinet, bass clarinet, sopranino, soprano and alto saxophone, bassoon, Ewartphone, gongs, percussion, little instruments; Henry Threadgill: flute, bass flute, alto, tenor, and baritone saxophones, clarinet, Hubkaphone, gongs, percussion and little instruments.
Disc Four: Roscoe Mitchell: piccolo, flute, clarinet, soprano, alto, tenor, baritone and bass saxophones, gongs, percussion, little instruments; Joseph Jarman: flute, clarinet, alto and bass clarinet, soprano, alto, baritone and bass saxophones, vibraphone, gongs, percussion and little instruments (1); Frederic Rzewski and Ursula Oppens: piano, melodica and zither (2).
Disc Five: Roscoe Mitchell, Seldon Powel, Ron Bridgewater, Bruce Johnstone: flute, clarinet, bass clarinet, tenor, alto, soprano, baritone and bass saxophone; Kenny Wheeler, Cecil Bridgewater, Jon Faddis, Leo Smith: trumpets; George Lewis, Garrett List: trombone; Jack Jeffers, Earl McIntyre: bass trombone; Jonathan Dorn: tuba; Muhal Richard Abrams, Frederic Rzewski: pianos; Dave Holland: bass and cello; Karl Berger: vibraphone, xylophone, and orchestra chimes; Warren Smith, Barry Altschul, Philip Wilson: drums and percussion, bells, orchestra chimes (1-6); George Lewis: trombone, and members of the Berlin New Music Group conducted by Gerald Hummel (7).
Disc Six: Kenny Wheeler: trumpet and flugelhorn (1-3); George Lewis: trombone (4-6); David Holland: bass; Barry Altschul: drums and percussion.
Discs Seven and Eight: Four Orchestras 39-piece orchestras from the Oberlin College Conservatory of Music with Kenneth Moore, Gene Young, Robert Baustian, Murray Gross: conductors.
About this release
Mosaic Records / Arista / Sony BMG MD8-242
Thanks to snobb for the addition