| Braxton, Anthony / Six Compositions (Gtm) 2001 |
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| Album: | Six Compositions (Gtm) 2001 | Collection: | Jazz | |
| Artist: | Braxton, Anthony | Added: | Aug 2002 | |
| Label: | Rastascan Records | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2002-11-04 | Pull Date: | 2003-01-06 | Charts: | Jazz |
| Week Ending: | Jan 12 | Jan 5 | Dec 29 | Dec 15 | Dec 1 | Nov 24 | Nov 10 |
| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Dec 16, 2012: | jazz is and den some Composition No. 286 (Tentet) | 4. | Dec 05, 2003: | Memory Select Composition No. 289 (Quartet) [excerpt], Composition No. 286 (Tentet) [excerpt] | |
| 2. | Jun 03, 2010: | Memory Select Composition No. 287 (Quintet) [excerpt] | 5. | Jan 05, 2003: | "In Your Ear..." Recording For the KZSU Application Due Thursday at 8pm Sharp! Composition No. 278 (Trio) | |
| 3. | Jan 09, 2009: | Memory Select Composition No. 286 (Tentet) [still going!], Composition No. 286 (Tentet) | 6. | Jan 03, 2003: | Memory Select Composition No. 286 (Tentet) [disk 2 track 2] |
| Album Review |
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| Craig Matsumoto Reviewed 2002-11-11 | ||
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Colossal 4-CD set of Anthony Braxton works, as performed by ensembles of mostly Bay Area folks. Each composition is long; one of them takes up the first TWO discs! This is Braxton's recent "ghost trance" music, made up of strict, strident beats like a drunk happy marching band. It's not as repetitive as it sounds at first, and the players are allowed some free-jazz soloing to add some variety. The music has a bright, playful sound -- it's nothing like, say, Phillip Glass' ominous droning. And John Shiurba adds squealy guitar to some tracks for a noisy, non-academic sound. Tracks do have a particular organization and logic, so to excerpt a track, it's best to just start at the beginning so you catch the "head" followed by soloing. DISK 1: 1* - Insistant stomping beat with pre-written "stumbles" for some unpredictability 2* - Gentler, with weird warbly singing DISK 2: 1- March-like segments juxtaposed with free swirling 2*- Returns to the pulsing theme, then speeds up dramatically DISK 3: 1- Boisterous, then long floaty improv 2**- Slinky Egyptian feel. Nice scattery piano toward the end. DISK 4: 1*- Playfully sparse. Small curled bursts. 2- Slow stagger 3*- Fast pecking. | ||
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