Anthony Braxton

[Misterioso]

Am I right to assume that CD-Rs are used for the the compact disc version? Can't see the official CD logo anywhere on the product. 

Edit: I contacted "New Braxton House" with this question. Will report back here.

9 minutes ago, 7/4 said:

I hear ya. But it isn't just the money. I moved 15 months ago and don't have the room either. Most of my CDs are boxed up and stored in a spare room.

There is always the (cheaper) option of just buying the files.... If the discs are indeed CD-Rs, I might do this as well.

 

Edited March 7, 2018 by Misterioso

[Misterioso]

7 hours ago, Misterioso said:

Am I right to assume that CD-Rs are used for the the compact disc version? Can't see the official CD logo anywhere on the product. 

Edit: I contacted "New Braxton House" with this question. Will report back here.

Got the answer: proper CDs 

[mjazzg]

Should hope so at those prices...OK, not necessarily too expensive per CD but in such large quantities it's costly

[David Ayers]

As with Jarrett and standards, not quite sure of the premises. So we play the head, more or less, referencing at least some of the chords, and then - fun at first, I suppose. 

[erwbol]

€175 at Jazz Messengers. I just ordered a copy.

https://www.jazzmessengers.com/en/76198/anthony-braxton/sextet-parker-1993

[jlhoots]

Squidco has it.

[erwbol]

This a superbly produced box set. Beautiful non-fatiguing warm sound (now listening to disc 1). Excellent booklet. Many here would enjoy this if they could scrape the cash together.

If you can occasionally spend $150 on a Mosaic set, you might as well get this New Braxton House release. Similar value for money.

 

Edited March 27, 2018 by erwbol

[erwbol]

Only this week 50% off Sextet (Parker) 1993 with the code Romance Without Finance.

Welcome news for cash-strapped Organissimo Braxton fans!

[Misterioso]

Where? Code is not accepted on bandcamp.

[erwbol]

7 minutes ago, Misterioso said:

Where? Code is not accepted on bandcamp.

[Misterioso]

Good one, you got me 😀

[clifford_thornton]

18 hours ago, erwbol said:

Only this week 50% off Sextet (Parker) 1993 with the code Romance Without Finance.

Welcome news for cash-strapped Organissimo Braxton fans!

haha, so it's only a grand?

[erwbol]

16 hours ago, clifford_thornton said:

haha, so it's only a grand?

I think it's value for money.

[erwbol]

Willisau (Quartet) 1991 is once again available.

The first two CDs (studio part) are available for €19.99 from Jazz Messengers here: https://www.jazzmessengers.com/en/75923/anthony-braxton/quartet-willisau-1991-studio

This is essential Braxton.

[B. Clugston]

Anthony Braxton in conversation with Alexander Hawkins.

[B. Clugston]

Graham Lock's excellent book on Braxton, Forces in Motion, has been reissued with some extra material by Dover Publications. The book covers the quartet's 1985 tour on England and provides excellent background on Braxton's approach to music. One of the best jazz books out there.

[JSngry]

One of the best indeed!

[erwbol]

Look inside the new edition: https://www.amazon.com/Forces-Motion-Anthony-Meta-reality-Creative/dp/0486824098

Compared to my hardcover:

Discographical Note (378-379) smaller than old Discography (378-395)

Three new sections, together about 31 pages: Selected Updates to the First Edition; Afterword by Anthony Braxton; Still in Motion: Road, Metaroad, Quartet - A Short Sequel 

[sonnyhill]

Anthony Braxton box - four hour-long slabs dedicated to Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, James Brown, and Merle Haggard, played by AB, Taylor Ho Bynum, Nels Cline, and Greg Saunier out 6/21 on Firehouse 12.

 

Source: Burning Ambulance

[jlhoots]

4 hours ago, sonnyhill said:

Anthony Braxton box - four hour-long slabs dedicated to Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, James Brown, and Merle Haggard, played by AB, Taylor Ho Bynum, Nels Cline, and Greg Saunier out 6/21 on Firehouse 12.

 

Source: Burning Ambulance

Sounds good.

[JSngry]

I don't know if it necessarily sounds "good", but AB & Haggard...more than a little curious to see/hear the lens (lenses?) that goes through on its way to what process on its way to the final music.

I hope there are copious liner notes, and I do mean copious!

[Steve Reynolds]

I’ll get this. I don’t know the drummer. Love Bynum and I think the combination of Cline with Bynum & Braxton has me interested in this.

[Д.Д.]

1 hour ago, JSngry said:

I don't know if it necessarily sounds "good", but AB & Haggard...more than a little curious to see/hear the lens (lenses?) that goes through on its way to what process on its way to the final music.

I hope there are copious liner notes, and I do mean copious!

Braxton has a penchant for dedicating his compositions / performances to people he likes. The Braxton GTM 2001 set had tracks dedicated to Captain Beefheart, Shostakovitch, John Cage, Harry Partch, Betsy Jolas, etc. This is as meaningful as Braxton's drawing for his compositions.

[sonnyhill]

Edited May 23, 2019 by sonnyhill

[jlhoots]

Anyone have an opinion on the 2 CD set on Tubapede?