The first set was Falling River Music with about ten musicians on stage. Stunningly beautiful. Absolutely brilliant music. I had a seat on the second row and Braxton stood about 2.5 meters away from me, slightly to the left, so I could hear his contributions with great precision.
Then after a short intermission the full ensemble (about twenty musicians) played another terrific set of Braxton's older sometimes swinging compositions. At several points Braxton, Taylor Ho Bynum and James Fei were conducting simultaneously.
A memorable evening of musical genius in a pleasant room. That whole area right from Central Station bordering the IJ waterway is full of modern architecture with lots of space with water in most directions. You can actually find places to sit and relax and enjoy the view there without the fevered activity of Amsterdam's city centre getting to you. That's unique in that city.
listening to it right now on bimhuis radio. with interestng interviews/comments from band members
http://bimhuis.nl/bimhuisradio
wow, happy b-day mr, braxton!
Hopefully it will be uploaded to Dimeadozen.
i think it's planned to be in the podcast archives of bimhuis radio fo a year,