Anthony Braxton (Chicago , 4 de junio de 1945) es un compositor , saxofonista , clarinetista , flautista , pianista y filósofo .
Su obra es amplia y compleja, aunque no muy conocida entre el gran público. Braxton es uno de los más prolíficos compositores de música de los Estados Unidos, habiendo publicado más de 200 discos. Entre la gran cantidad de instrumentos que utiliza en sus composiciones, destacan la flauta , el saxofón (sopranino , soprano , alto en MI♭ , mezzosoprano en FA, melódico en DO, barítono , bajo y contrabajo) y el clarinete (soprano en SI♭ , alto en MI♭ y contrabajo en SI♭ ).
Hasta el año 2006, Anthony Braxton ha publicado más de 200 álbumes bajo su nombre.
1971 Récital Paris 1971 [live] [Futura]
1971 Together Alone
1971 Circle : Paris Concert
1972 Saxophone Improvisations, Series F (America)
1972 Town Hall (1972) [live] (con Jeanne Lee )
1974 In the Tradition, Vol. 1
1974 In the Tradition, Vol. 2
1974 Quartet Live at Moers New Jazz Festival
1974 Duo, Vols. 1 and 2
1974 First Duo Concert [en vivo]
1974 Trio and Duet Sackville
1974 New York, Fall 1974
1974 Live at Wigmore
1975 Five Pieces (1975)
1975 Anthony Braxton Live
1975 The Montreux/Berlin Concerts [en vivo]
1975 Live
1976 Creative Orchestra Music (1976)
1976 Elements of Surprise: Braxton/Lewis Duo
1976 Duets (1976)
1976 Donaueschingen (Duo) 1976
1976 Quartet (Dortmund) 1976 [en vivo]
1976 Solo: Live at Moers Festival
1977 Four Compositions (1973)
1978 Creative Orchestra (Colonia) 1978
1978 For Four Orchestras
1978 Alto Saxophone Improvisations (1979)
1978 Birth and Rebirth (con Max Roach )
1978 NW5-9M4: For Trio
1979 Performance (9-1-1979) [live]
1979 With Robert Schumann String Quartet
1979 Seven Compositions (1978)
1980 For Two Pianos
1980 The Coventry Concert [en vivo]
1981 Composition No. 96
1981 Six Compositions: Quartet
1982 Open Aspects (Duo) 1982
1982 Four Compositions (Solo, Duo y Trio)
1982 Six Duets (1982)
1983 Four Compositions (Quartet) 1983
1983 Composition No. 113
1984 Prag (Quartet-1984) [en vivo]
1985 Seven Standards (1985), Vol. 2
1985 London (Quartet-1985) [en vivo]
1985 Seven Standards (1985), Vol. 1
1985 Quartet (London) 1985 [en vivo]
1985 Six Compositoins (Quartet) 1984
1985 Szabraxtondos (Duo con György Szabados) 1985 Hungría
1986 Five Compositions (Cuarteto), 1986
1986 Moment Précieux [live]
1987 Six Monk's Compositions (1987)
1987 ... If My Memory Serves Me Right
1988 19 (Solo) Compositions (1988)
1988 Victoriaville 1988 [en vivo]
1988 2 Compositions (Järvenpää) 1988, Ensemble
1988 Kol Nidre
1988 The Aggregate
1988 London Solo (1988)
1989 Eugene (1989)
1989 7 Compositions (Trio) 1989
1989 Vancouver Duets (1989)
1989 2 Compositions (Ensemble) 1989/1991
1989 Eight (+3) Tristano Compositions, 1989
1991 8 Duets: Hamburg 1991
1991 Duo (Amsterdam) 1991 [en vivo]
1991 Composition No. 107 (Excerpt, 1982)/In CDCM
1991 Composition No. 98
1992 Wesleyan (12 Altosolos) 1992
1992 Willisau (Quartet) 1991[Pt. 2] [en vivo]
1992 Composition No. 165 (For 18 Instruments)
1992 (Victoriaville) 1992 [en vivo]
1993 Duets (1993)
1993 9 Standards (Quartet) 1993 [en vivo]
1993 Trio (London) 1993 [en vivo] (Leo)
1993 12 Compositions: Oakland, July 1993
1993 Quartet (Santa Cruz) 1993 [en vivo]
1993 Charlie Parker Project 1993
1993 Duo (Leipzig) 1993
1993 Duo (London) 1993
1994 Composition No. 174: For Ten Percussionists
1994 Small Ensemble Music (Wesleyan) 1994 [en vivo]
1994 Duo (Wesleyan) 1994
1994 Knitting Factory (Piano/Quartet) 1994, Vol. 2 [en vivo]
1995 11 Compositions
1995 10 Compositions (Dueto) 1995
1995 Performance Quartet
1995 Octet (New York) 1995
1995 Solo Piano (Standards) 1995
1995 Two Lines Lovely Music
1995 Knitting Factory (Piano/Quartet) 1994, Vol. 1 [en vivo]
1995 4 Compositions (Quartet) 1995
1995 Seven Standards 1995
1996 Composition No. 192
1996 Composition No. 193 [en vivo]
1996 Tentet (New York) 1996 [en vivo]
1996 Live at Merkin Hall
1996 14 Compositions (Traditional) 1996
1996 Composition No. 102: For Orchestra & Puppet Theatre
1996 Sextet (Estanbul) 1996
1996 Composition No. 173
1997 Silence/Time Zones
1997 Amsterdam 1991 [live]
1997 4 Compositions (Quartet) 1995
1998 Compositions No. 10 & No. 16 (+101)
1999 Duets (1987)
1999 4 Compositions (Washington D.C.) 1998
1999 Trillium R [4-CD boxset opera] Anthony Braxton en concierto. 2007.
2000
2000 Composition No. 94:
2000 Quintet (Basel) 1977 [en vivo]
2000 10 Compositions (Quartet) 2000
2000 9 Compositions (Hill) 2000
2001 Compositions/Improvisations 2000
2001 Composition No. 247
2001 Composition No. 169 + (186 + 206 + 214)
2001 Four Compositions (GTM) 2000
2001 8 Compositions (Quintet) 2001
2002 This Time
2002 Duets [Wesleyan] 2002
2002 8 Standards (Wesleyan 2001) [live]
2002 Solo (Koln) 1978
2002 Ninetet (Yoshi's) 1997, Vol. 1
2003 Four Compositions (GTM) 2000
2003 Two Compositions (Trio) 1998 [en vivo]
2003 Solo (Milano) 1979, Vol. 1 [en vivo]
2003 Anthony Braxton [2003]
2003 Ninetet (Yoshi's) 1997, Vol. 2 [en vivo]
2003 Solo (NYC) 2002 [live]
2003 23 Standards (Cuarteto) 2003
2003 20 Standards (Cuarteto) 2003
2004 Shadow Company (2004)
2004 4 Improvisations (Duetos) 2004
2005 Quintet (London) 2004 Live at the Royal Festival Hall
2006 Compositions 175 & 126 (for Four Vocalists And Constructed Environment) [con The Creative Jazz Orchestra]
2006 Sextet (Victoriaville) 2005
2006 Black Vomit (con Wolf Eyes )
2006 ABCD (NotTwo) con Chris Dahlgren
2006 4 Compositions (Ulrichsberg) 2005
2007 9 Compositions (Iridium) 2006
2007 Duets 1995 (con Joe Fonda ) [reissue]
2008 Quartet (GTM) 2006
2008 4 Improvisations (con Joe Morris ) [4cd]
En inglés
Braxton, Anthony - Tri-Axium Writings Volumes 1-3 - 1985.
Braxton, Anthony - Composition Notes A-E - 1988.
Ford, Alun - Anthony Braxton (Creative Music Continuum) - Stride, 2004.
Heffley, Mike - The Music Of Anthony Braxton - Greenwood, 1996.
Lock, Graham - Forces in Motion: The Music and Thoughts of Anthony Braxton - Da Capo, 1989.
Lock, Graham - Mixtery (A Festschrift For Anthony Braxton) - Stride, 1995.
Lock, Graham - Blutopia: Visions of the Future and Revisions of the Past in the Work of Sun Ra, Duke Ellington, and Anthony Braxton - Duke University, 2000.
Radano, Ronald Michael - New Musical Figurations (Anthony Braxton's Cultural Critique) - University of Chicago, 1994.
Sinclair, John and Robert Levin - Introducing Anthony Braxton - Music & Politics - World, 1970
Wilson, Peter Niklas - Anthony Braxton. Sein Leben. Seine Musik. Seine Schallplatten. - Oreos, 1993.
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