Knitting Factory (Piano/Quartet) 1994, Vol. 1 | ||||
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Live album by | ||||
Released | 1995 | |||
Recorded | November 8–13, 1994 | |||
Venue | Knitting Factory, NYC | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 151:00 | |||
Label | Leo CD LR 222/223 | |||
Producer | Leo Feigin | |||
Anthony Braxton chronology | ||||
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Knitting Factory (Piano/Quartet) 1994, Vol. 1 is a live album by composer and pianist Anthony Braxton with a quartet, recorded at the Knitting Factory in 1994 and released on the Leo label. [1] [2] [3]
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [4] |
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [5] |
The Allmusic review by Chris Kelsey stated "Braxton's pianistic style is much like his alto style. His rhythms are not even subdivisions of the beat. Braxton treats the pulse as a fence on which to hang the rhythms when he feels the urge, though he's just as likely to run alongside it, or ignore its existence altogether; he treats the harmonies with a similar bashful regard. His technique is that of an ingenious autodidact; he can definitely play, in his own way, but the way he treats the music is almost too personal. There's not much here that relates to tradition, and this vein of jazz is inextricably bound to tradition. This album is interesting in its way, but better to hear Braxton perform his own compositions in his native tongue than someone else's tunes in a borrowed language, even if he speaks that language in such a colorful and discerning dialect". [4]
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Anthony Braxton is an African-American experimental composer, improviser, saxophonist, and multi-instrumentalist. Braxton grew up on Chicago’s South Side and was a key early member of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians. He won acclaim for his 1969 recording For Alto, the first full-length album of solo saxophone music.
Donald Byron is an American composer and multi-instrumentalist. He primarily plays clarinet but has also played bass clarinet and saxophone in a variety of genres that includes free jazz and klezmer.
Hamiet Bluiett was an American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, and composer. His primary instrument was the baritone saxophone, and he was considered one of the finest players of this instrument. A member of the World Saxophone Quartet, he also played the bass saxophone, E-flat alto clarinet, E-flat contra-alto clarinet, and wooden flute.
Marty Ehrlich is a multi-instrumentalist and is considered one of the leading figures in avant-garde jazz.
Discography for jazz saxophonist Anthony Braxton.
Joe Fonda is an American jazz bassist.
9 Standards (Quartet) 1993 is a double CD live album by American saxophonist and composer Anthony Braxton recorded at Wesleyan University in 1993 and released on the English Leo label.
23 Standards (Quartet) 2003 is a live album 4CD box set by American composer and saxophonist Anthony Braxton recorded in Europe in 2003 and released on the Leo label in 2004
Six Compositions (Quartet) 1984 is an album by the American saxophonist and composer Anthony Braxton, recorded in New York in 1984 and released on the Italian Black Saint label.
Quartet (London) 1985 is a live album by composer and saxophonist Anthony Braxton recorded in England by BBC Radio 3 in 1985 and first released on the Leo label as a limited edition 3LP Box Set in 1988 before being released as a double CD in 1990.
2 Compositions (Järvenpää) 1988 is a live album by composer and saxophonist Anthony Braxton recorded in Finland in 1988 and first released on the Leo label on CD in 1996.
Quartet (Coventry) 1985 is a live album by composer and saxophonist Anthony Braxton recorded in England in 1985, first released in heavily edited and unauthorized form on the West Wind label and later reissued in full and authorized form on the Leo label as a double CD in 1993.
Quartet (Birmingham) 1985 is a live album by the composer and saxophonist Anthony Braxton recorded in England in 1985 and released on the Leo label as a double CD in 1991.
Knitting Factory (Piano/Quartet) 1994, Vol. 2 is a live album by composer and pianist Anthony Braxton with a quartet, recorded at the Knitting Factory in 1994 and released on the Leo label in 2000.
Piano Quartet, Yoshi's 1994 is a live album by composer and pianist Anthony Braxton with a quartet, recorded at the Yoshi's in 1994 and released on the Music & Arts label in 1996 as a four-CD box set.
Seven Standards 1995 is an album by pianist/improviser Anthony Braxton and bassist Mario Pavone's Quintet recorded in 1995 and released on the Knitting Factory Works label.
Ninetet (Yoshi's) 1997 Vol. 1 is a live album by composer and saxophonist Anthony Braxton with a ninetet, recorded at the Yoshi's in 1997 and released on the Leo label in 2002 as a double CD.
Solo Piano (Standards) 1995 is a solo album by pianist/improviser Anthony Braxton recorded in 1995 and released on the No More label.
Six Standards (Quintet) 1996 is a live album by pianist/improviser Anthony Braxton with trumpeter Dave Douglas recorded in 1995 at the Knitting Factory and released on the Italian Splasc(H) label in 2004.
Four Compositions (GTM) 2000 is an album by composer/saxophonist Anthony Braxton recorded in 2000 and released in 2003 by the Delmark label.