Anthony Braxton
Day 61
#69 – Anthony Braxton (b.1945). American composer, saxophonist, clarinetist, flautist, pianist and philosopher. Albums include: For Alto (1968), New York Fall (1974) and Five Compositions (quartet) (1986).
Braxton names his pieces as diagrams, often labelled with cryptic numbers or letters. Taking just the counters of ‘A’ and ‘B’ and using outlines referenced this well.
0.5 hour
Listen...
to excerpts from ‘New York Fall.’