colinmce Posted March 4, 2011 Report Posted March 4, 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. It seems that this operation is being run by some younger folks who work in Braxton ensembles. I admire and commend their dedication to getting something like this done. Quote
sonnymax Posted March 4, 2011 Report Posted March 4, 2011 I keep getting an error message. I got a rock. Quote
JSngry Posted March 6, 2011 Report Posted March 6, 2011 I was getting the error message yesterday, too. But not now. Quote
Chicago Expat Posted March 6, 2011 Report Posted March 6, 2011 (edited) I'm thrilled by this whole approach. I wish other musicians would take up this model. I can think of several to whom I would pay $8-$12 a month to for download albums and additional VIP-type material and googaws. I also wish labels could do this. P.S. Bonus points for the Peanuts reference. Edited March 6, 2011 by Chicago Expat Quote
David Ayers Posted March 6, 2011 Report Posted March 6, 2011 I'm thrilled by this whole approach. I wish other musicians would take up this model. I can think of several to whom I would pay $8-$12 a month to for download albums and additional VIP-type material and googaws. I also wish labels could do this. P.S. Bonus points for the Peanuts reference. Well yeah the Tricentric is $13 so already outside your price bracket! Leo Records has many Braxton downloads at maybe $5.49 a shot (a few recent releases maybe more), kind of in the area, and you don't have to subscribe, you can just choose what you want (not take whatever they give you). Maybe you should check it out! Quote
David Ayers Posted March 6, 2011 Report Posted March 6, 2011 (edited) BTW currently enjoying the Victoriaville 2007 trio with Halvorson and Bynum. UK-ites might want to check HMV digital for some AB bargains, site is a mess and not kept up but pricing policy favours long tracks and box sets. Edited March 6, 2011 by David Ayers Quote
jeffcrom Posted March 7, 2011 Report Posted March 7, 2011 Since I'm not bright, it took me awhile to find the "bootleg/archive" downloads on the Braxton site, but I've now downloaded several. Tonight I listened to the first two, chronologically speaking. The Quartet (Paris) 1969 DL consists of one 20-minute piece, played by Braxton, Leo Smith (not yet Wadada, I don't think), Leroy Jenkins, and Steve McCall. Sound is good bootleg/broadcast quality, and the music is excellent. I think I like it better than any of the studio recordings by this group, although I haven't listened to those albums for awhile. Then I listened to the 1971 French solo concert, which is also musically top-notch. You know what to expect if you've heard Braxton solo, although I don't think I had ever heard him play "They Say It's Wonderful" as one of the standards he always throws in among the challenging originals. Sound quality is not as good - there is noticeable tape/broadcast distortion - but it's quite listenable. Quote
mracz Posted May 5, 2011 Report Posted May 5, 2011 The list of archive recordings on the site is mouth-watering (especially some of the 70s stuff), but I don't seem to be able to either stream or download the music. When I press the play button I get a 30 second sample, and then silence. I admit I'm not the quickest off the mark with technology, but I can usually manage to stream or download music off websites! Has anyone else had this problem? Quote
jeffcrom Posted May 5, 2011 Report Posted May 5, 2011 The list of archive recordings on the site is mouth-watering (especially some of the 70s stuff), but I don't seem to be able to either stream or download the music. When I press the play button I get a 30 second sample, and then silence. I admit I'm not the quickest off the mark with technology, but I can usually manage to stream or download music off websites! Has anyone else had this problem? Yes, the play button just gives you a short sample. To download, you have to put the concert in your cart, as if you were buying a download, then go through the checkout process. Quote
mracz Posted May 7, 2011 Report Posted May 7, 2011 The list of archive recordings on the site is mouth-watering (especially some of the 70s stuff), but I don't seem to be able to either stream or download the music. When I press the play button I get a 30 second sample, and then silence. I admit I'm not the quickest off the mark with technology, but I can usually manage to stream or download music off websites! Has anyone else had this problem? Yes, the play button just gives you a short sample. To download, you have to put the concert in your cart, as if you were buying a download, then go through the checkout process. Ah, that's better. I've downloaded a 1974 quartet recording with Kenny Wheeler, Dave Holland and Barry Altschul one of my favourite Braxton groups. I look forward to listening to it at leisure later this w/e. Thanks for the technical advice! Quote
John L Posted May 8, 2011 Report Posted May 8, 2011 (edited) I notice that Amazon is going to be offering downloads of The Complete Braxton for $8 beginning on May 10. http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Ddigital-music&field-keywords=the+complete+braxton&x=0&y=0 The series is advertised as being from "The Black Lion Vault." I wonder what other goodies will be offered? Edited May 8, 2011 by John L Quote
David Ayers Posted May 8, 2011 Report Posted May 8, 2011 I notice that Amazon is going to be offering downloads of The Complete Braxton for $8 beginning on May 10. http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Ddigital-music&field-keywords=the+complete+braxton&x=0&y=0 The series is advertised as being from "The Black Lion Vault." I wonder what other goodies will be offered? Welcome development - thanks for the heads up. Let's hope there's more to come. Quote
brownie Posted October 4, 2011 Report Posted October 4, 2011 Interesting article in today's Wall Street Journal on Anthony Braxton rehearsing his new opera 'Trillium J' in Brooklyn Baxton Trillium J Not ever day that a newspaper artice mentions Jorge Luis Borges, Frankie Lymon, Sal Mosca, John Cage, Roger Corman and others in the same story! Quote
colinmce Posted October 4, 2011 Report Posted October 4, 2011 Would love to be able to read that article. Any tips? Quote
B. Clugston Posted October 4, 2011 Report Posted October 4, 2011 Would love to be able to read that article. Any tips? It's behind a paywall, so you'll have to subscribe. Or, if it's in the print edition, hang out at a coffee shop frequented by financial types and take someone's already-read copy. Quote
sonnymax Posted October 4, 2011 Report Posted October 4, 2011 As the rehearsal began, Mr. Braxton smiled and gamely tried to summarize an aesthetic that, like a Borgesian aleph, seems to contain everything. "I'm a post-Abner Jay kind of guy mixed with Roger Corman and Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers." Quote
B. Clugston Posted October 4, 2011 Report Posted October 4, 2011 Trillium E will be released next week on Braxton House: http://tricentricfoundation.org/label/albums/68 Quote
GregK Posted October 5, 2011 Report Posted October 5, 2011 Trillium E will be released next week on Braxton House: http://tricentricfoundation.org/label/albums/68 The download is available now. I've enjoyed most of everything Braxton that I've come across so far, but I'm not sure I can handle an opera. I might be sitting this one out. Quote
brownie Posted October 5, 2011 Report Posted October 5, 2011 Article in The New York Times today. Hope this articles shows in total (not like the Wall Street Journal article from yesterday )! Quote
colinmce Posted October 5, 2011 Report Posted October 5, 2011 I took the plunge and pre-ordered Trillium E from TCO. Looks like a handsome package: Quote
colinmce Posted October 26, 2011 Report Posted October 26, 2011 I was flipping through Forces In Motion and was reminded: just what the he'll came of the massive solo box set that Locke recounts in the book? I don't have it in front of me but I'll check the details when I get home. Braxton recorded I think 8 or 10 LPs of solo saxophone music for release. The discography lists a label and tracklist but obviously this never came out. Where is this stuff and who owns it? THAT would be a major release.I was flipping through Forces In Motion and was reminded: just what the hell came of the massive solo box set that Locke recounts in the book? I don't have it in front of me but I'll check the details when I get home. Braxton recorded I think 8 or 10 LPs of solo saxophone music for release. The discography lists a label and tracklist but obviously this never came out. Where is this stuff and who owns it? THAT would be a major release.(pardon the accidental double post) Quote
B. Clugston Posted October 26, 2011 Report Posted October 26, 2011 I was flipping through Forces In Motion and was reminded: just what the he'll came of the massive solo box set that Locke recounts in the book? I don't have it in front of me but I'll check the details when I get home. Braxton recorded I think 8 or 10 LPs of solo saxophone music for release. The discography lists a label and tracklist but obviously this never came out. Where is this stuff and who owns it? THAT would be a major release. I was flipping through Forces In Motion and was reminded: just what the hell came of the massive solo box set that Locke recounts in the book? I don't have it in front of me but I'll check the details when I get home. Braxton recorded I think 8 or 10 LPs of solo saxophone music for release. The discography lists a label and tracklist but obviously this never came out. Where is this stuff and who owns it? THAT would be a major release. (pardon the accidental double post) From Jason Guthartz's Restructures site: http://www.restructures.net/BraxDisco/BraxDisco.htm all information from Graham Lock (via personal e-mail, Apr-2005); he explains: "In the summer of 1985 Braxton recorded approx 14 LPs worth of solo music for Stil Editions. The recording was done in a church in Paris. (There's info re this in Forces in Motion on pages 136 and 384.) As far as I know, none of this material has ever been issued EXCEPT for one track on a special CD+catalogue issue that Stil released to celebrate their 25th anniversary. It's hard to say what the CD is called - the cover has the following info: 'Stil audio numerique / Un Quart de Siecle / 25 annees d'urgence et de creation / Bonjour, Monsieur BEUYS!' while the disc itself has 'Stil audio numerique / Neuf titres pour 1/4 de siecle, 1971-1996'. The catalogue number is 2103 SAN 97 and the disc was issued in 1997. All the tracks on it except the Braxton are from discs Stil had already released. There's no info re date or place of recording of the Braxton track (but he did tell me in 1985 it was Paris in the summer!). The Braxton track is simply listed as 'Saxo-improvisation, saxo alto', with a timing of 6' 39". I'm certain it's actually a version of 'You Go To My Head' (though, curiously, in the track listing that Braxton gave me for the 14 LPs back in 1985 - see Forces in Motion [p.384] - there's no mention of 'You Go To My Head'!)" Quote
David Ayers Posted October 26, 2011 Report Posted October 26, 2011 Would love to be able to read that article. Any tips? Hm. You want to access it but you dont want to pay... Jim's got tips on that kind of impasse in the Gigi Gryce thread! Quote
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