colinmce Posted September 2, 2010 Report Posted September 2, 2010 People always have to oversell stuff. Obviously they're all legends and masters, so why try to qualify it in some pointless, breathless way? Quote
paul secor Posted September 2, 2010 Report Posted September 2, 2010 People always have to oversell stuff. Obviously they're all legends and masters, so why try to qualify it in some pointless, breathless way? It's the American way. Quote
B. Clugston Posted September 2, 2010 Report Posted September 2, 2010 People always have to oversell stuff. Obviously they're all legends and masters, so why try to qualify it in some pointless, breathless way? It's the American way. It's the Tzadik way. That label has some hilariously overblown descriptions of its product. Quote
jlhoots Posted September 2, 2010 Report Posted September 2, 2010 People always have to oversell stuff. Obviously they're all legends and masters, so why try to qualify it in some pointless, breathless way? It's the American way. It's the Tzadik way. That label has some hilariously overblown descriptions of its product. But it is a great CD. Quote
7/4 Posted September 2, 2010 Author Report Posted September 2, 2010 People always have to oversell stuff. Obviously they're all legends and masters, so why try to qualify it in some pointless, breathless way? It's the American way. It's the Tzadik way. That label has some hilariously overblown descriptions of its product. But it is a great CD. and it's a shame Milford Graves doesn't record more often. (and it's just copy. Don't be such a sausage Allen.) Quote
B. Clugston Posted September 2, 2010 Report Posted September 2, 2010 People always have to oversell stuff. Obviously they're all legends and masters, so why try to qualify it in some pointless, breathless way? It's the American way. It's the Tzadik way. That label has some hilariously overblown descriptions of its product. But it is a great CD. It sure is. And obi strip hyperbole aside, it's a great label. Quote
colinmce Posted October 21, 2010 Report Posted October 21, 2010 If you're looking to fill in some holes, there is a wealth of Braxton for auction on ebay with low starting prices. Some very rare titles. http://shop.ebay.com/i.html?rt=nc&LH_Auction=1&_nkw=anthony+braxton&_trksid=p3286.c0.m301 Quote
AllenLowe Posted October 21, 2010 Report Posted October 21, 2010 mmmmmm......sausage.................... Quote
mjzee Posted January 2, 2011 Report Posted January 2, 2011 Yet two more new releases: Amazon Amazon Release date for both is March 15. Quote
Uncle Skid Posted January 2, 2011 Report Posted January 2, 2011 Yet two more new releases: I thought Braxton was done with the GTM stuff, but then I noticed the dates (2003). Here's another new one, out February 15. It's been mentioned in other threads, but not here yet: Anthony Braxton & John McDonough - 6 Duos (Wesleyan) 2006 (Nessa) Amazon Quote
B. Clugston Posted January 2, 2011 Report Posted January 2, 2011 Yet two more new releases: I thought Braxton was done with the GTM stuff, but then I noticed the dates (2003). He still performs GTM. The duos with Rhodes are actually from 2007.One more new release, a duo with Ben Opie: "In 2008, Anthony Braxton's music was celebrated in Pittsburgh with the "Braxton Plays Pittsburgh Plays Braxton" festival. One of the results of that festival is this double-CD session. Braxton is joined by saxophonist/clarinetist Ben Opie, playing extended performances on two works from Braxton's Ghost Trance Musics series. There are several lines blurred throughout: the division between composition and improvisation, and the differences between the two reed players. It's an intimate and exciting set of recordings." http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/braxtonopie Quote
colinmce Posted February 10, 2011 Report Posted February 10, 2011 Quartet (Mestre) 2008 is now available: http://www.jazzloft.com/p-53588-quartet-mestre-2008.aspx Quote
colinmce Posted February 25, 2011 Report Posted February 25, 2011 I recently spun Six Compositions: Quartet recorded in 1981 for Antilles w/ Mark Helias, Anthony Davis and Ed Blackwell. I would certainly recommend it to a fan who doesn't own it. Very accessible stuff and some of the most... textured? work I've heard from him. Braxton sticks to alto and plays through some of his 70s quartet series of compositions. Quote
colinmce Posted March 1, 2011 Report Posted March 1, 2011 Got this email today: Thank you for signing up on the Tri-Centric Foundation website! This email is to notify you that the site is now open. Please visit http://tricentricfoundation.org and have a look around. As a token of our appreciation, for a limited time, the website will be offering a free album download: Septet (Pittsburgh) 2008 with Taylor Ho Bynum (brass), Jessica Pavone (viola), Jay Rozen (tuba), Carl Testa (bass), Aaron Siegel (percussion), and Mary Halvorson (guitar). The Tri-Centric Foundation website has three components: a one-stop informational home for the composer and the foundation; a 'friendly experiencer' section for an immersive jump into Braxton's sound world; and New Braxton House Records, an online label dedicated to offering Braxton's music for convenient and affordable download. New Braxton House Records will be releasing two album-length downloads per month, with material ranging from recent Ghost Trance Music concerts to rare recordings from the 1970s, from solo saxophone recitals to orchestra performances. The label's initial release will be a Sextet (Philadelphia) 2005, a double album-length performance from Braxton's long-time working ensemble featuring the composer on saxophones, with Taylor Ho Bynum (brass), Jessica Pavone (viola), Jay Rozen (tuba), Carl Testa (bass), and Aaron Siegel (percussion). The full catalog of the old Braxton House imprint from the late 1990s will also be available in downloadable format for the first time. Customers can buy any recording on an a la carte basis, or may choose to become subscribers, receiving each month's two new downloads plus 10% off all back-catalog items for $12+1 a month, with all proceeds from the sales directly supporting the Tri-Centric Foundation. Additionally, in a move reminiscent of Frank Zappa's Beat the Boots, the website will be culling from the hundreds of unauthorized Braxton concert bootlegs available online, 'liberating' those with the most historical value and offering them free-of-charge. Quote
GregK Posted March 2, 2011 Report Posted March 2, 2011 Got this email today: Thank you for signing up on the Tri-Centric Foundation website! This email is to notify you that the site is now open. Please visit http://tricentricfoundation.org and have a look around. As a token of our appreciation, for a limited time, the website will be offering a free album download: Septet (Pittsburgh) 2008 with Taylor Ho Bynum (brass), Jessica Pavone (viola), Jay Rozen (tuba), Carl Testa (bass), Aaron Siegel (percussion), and Mary Halvorson (guitar). The Tri-Centric Foundation website has three components: a one-stop informational home for the composer and the foundation; a 'friendly experiencer' section for an immersive jump into Braxton's sound world; and New Braxton House Records, an online label dedicated to offering Braxton's music for convenient and affordable download. New Braxton House Records will be releasing two album-length downloads per month, with material ranging from recent Ghost Trance Music concerts to rare recordings from the 1970s, from solo saxophone recitals to orchestra performances. The label's initial release will be a Sextet (Philadelphia) 2005, a double album-length performance from Braxton's long-time working ensemble featuring the composer on saxophones, with Taylor Ho Bynum (brass), Jessica Pavone (viola), Jay Rozen (tuba), Carl Testa (bass), and Aaron Siegel (percussion). The full catalog of the old Braxton House imprint from the late 1990s will also be available in downloadable format for the first time. Customers can buy any recording on an a la carte basis, or may choose to become subscribers, receiving each month's two new downloads plus 10% off all back-catalog items for $12+1 a month, with all proceeds from the sales directly supporting the Tri-Centric Foundation. Additionally, in a move reminiscent of Frank Zappa's Beat the Boots, the website will be culling from the hundreds of unauthorized Braxton concert bootlegs available online, 'liberating' those with the most historical value and offering them free-of-charge. Well, as much as I dislike downloads, I'm signing up for this. Thanks for the post! Quote
Chalupa Posted March 2, 2011 Report Posted March 2, 2011 "New Braxton House Records will be releasing two album-length downloads per month, with material ranging from recent Ghost Trance Music concerts to rare recordings from the 1970s, from solo saxophone recitals to orchestra performances. The label's initial release will be a Sextet (Philadelphia) 2005, a double album-length performance from Braxton's long-time working ensemble featuring the composer on saxophones, with Taylor Ho Bynum (brass), Jessica Pavone (viola), Jay Rozen (tuba), Carl Testa (bass), and Aaron Siegel (percussion)." I was at this show. Good times. Quote
jeffcrom Posted March 2, 2011 Report Posted March 2, 2011 Got this email today: Thank you for signing up on the Tri-Centric Foundation website! This email is to notify you that the site is now open. Please visit http://tricentricfoundation.org and have a look around. As a token of our appreciation, for a limited time, the website will be offering a free album download: Septet (Pittsburgh) 2008 with Taylor Ho Bynum (brass), Jessica Pavone (viola), Jay Rozen (tuba), Carl Testa (bass), Aaron Siegel (percussion), and Mary Halvorson (guitar). Thanks for posting this. I downloaded and listened to Septet (Pittsburgh) 2008 today, and it's excellent. It's one hour-long piece, Composition 355, well-played and well-recorded. It doesn't have the "plodding" quality of much of Braxton's Ghost Trance Music - plenty of color and rhythmic variety. And I recognized an old friend about two-thirds of the way through - Composition 23C from New York Fall 1974. Since Braxton often inserts parts of his older music into his longer compositions, there are probably bits of other Braxton pieces in there, too. Anyway, I highly recommend this one. Quote
jlhoots Posted March 2, 2011 Report Posted March 2, 2011 Just purchased Mestre in the one day 15% off sale at Jazz Loft. Quote
JSngry Posted March 2, 2011 Report Posted March 2, 2011 Two album-length downloads a month for $13.00? $6.50 for a new Braxton record every other week (maybe not litereally, but averaged out)? And no shelf space getting crowded as a a result? How can you beat that deal? Quote
GregK Posted March 2, 2011 Report Posted March 2, 2011 Two album-length downloads a month for $13.00? $6.50 for a new Braxton record every other week (maybe not litereally, but averaged out)? And no shelf space getting crowded as a a result? How can you beat that deal? free audience recordings, too. Quote
mjzee Posted March 3, 2011 Report Posted March 3, 2011 Two album-length downloads a month for $13.00? $6.50 for a new Braxton record every other week (maybe not litereally, but averaged out)? And no shelf space getting crowded as a a result? How can you beat that deal? Is it $13 a month? I don't know what "$12+1 a month" actually means. It certainly would be pretty easy to write $13 a month. Quote
jeffcrom Posted March 3, 2011 Report Posted March 3, 2011 Two album-length downloads a month for $13.00? $6.50 for a new Braxton record every other week (maybe not litereally, but averaged out)? And no shelf space getting crowded as a a result? How can you beat that deal? Is it $13 a month? I don't know what "$12+1 a month" actually means. It certainly would be pretty easy to write $13 a month. It's a joke, based on a construction which Braxton uses a lot. When he inserts material from one of his numbered compositions into a recording of another composition, the label reads "Composition No. 107B (+96)" or something like that. Similarly, when he includes pieces which don't fit into the theme of one of his albums, he'll indicate that in the album title: Eight (+3) Tristano Compositions 1989. Quote
JSngry Posted March 3, 2011 Report Posted March 3, 2011 The first freebie offers a choice of FLAC or MP3. No additional charge for the FLAC. Somewhere, somebody gets it. Not let's hope they don't get got by it. Quote
colinmce Posted March 3, 2011 Report Posted March 3, 2011 It's also a reference to his current working large ensemble, the 12+1tet. Quote
GregK Posted March 4, 2011 Report Posted March 4, 2011 I've never heard these bootlegs before. Graz (1976) is almost as good as Dortmund! Quote
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