Ninetet (Yoshi's) 1997 Vol. 4

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Ninetet (Yoshi's) 1997 Vol. 4
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Live album by
Anthony Braxton
Released2002
RecordedAugust 22, 1997
Venue Yoshi's, Oakland, CA
Genre Jazz
Length114:50
Label Leo
CD LR 500/501
Producer Anthony Braxton, Leo Feigin
Anthony Braxton chronology
Ninetet (Yoshi's) 1997 Vol. 3
(1997)		Ninetet (Yoshi's) 1997 Vol. 4
(2002)		 Sax Quintet (NY) 1998
(1998)

Ninetet (Yoshi's) 1997 Vol. 4 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 2007 as a double CD. [1] [2] [3]

Anthony Braxton American musician, composer, and philosopher

Anthony Braxton is an American composer and multi-instrumentalist who is known in the genre of free jazz.

Leo Records is a British record company and label which releases jazz from Russian, American, and British musicians. It concentrates on free jazz.

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The Allmusic review by arwulf arwulf stated "When in August 1997 the Anthony Braxton Ninetet performed live at Yoshi's in Oakland, California, the methodology he called Ghost Trance Music still contained elements of its "first species" stage, in which the primary rhythmic pulse was generated in honor of the First Nation Native American drum ritual tradition. Although by this time Braxton's Ghost Trance Music had been evolving for little more than two years, greater systematic variability is evident throughout the intricate and complex "Composition N. 213" and "Composition N. 214," which may reflect GTM's other primal influence, the Indonesian Shadow Puppet Theater tradition. ... This is the Braxton Ninetet's fourth and final recording made during that five-day engagement at Yoshi's in 1997". [4] On All About Jazz, John Eyles noted "As this release is the fourth volume of the Yoshi's recordings, it seems unlikely to attract listeners who have not already heard the previous volumes. The scored music is entirely consistent with those preceding releases; highly structured and rhythmically tight, it gets into a groove and then stays there for a long time. There are solos on top of the repeated patterns that define each composition, but that is where they are—on top". [5]

<i>All About Jazz</i> comprehensive American website for jazz enthusiasts and professionals, based in Philadelphia

All About Jazz is a website established by Michael Ricci in 1995. A volunteer staff publishes news, album reviews, articles, videos, and listings of concerts and other events having to do with jazz. Ricci maintains a related site, Jazz Near You, about local concerts and events.

Track listing

All compositions by Anthony Braxton

Disc one

  1. "Composition N. 213" – 56:14

Disc two

  1. "Composition N. 214" – 58:40

Personnel

Alto saxophone Type of saxophone

The alto saxophone, also referred to as the alto sax, is a member of the saxophone family of woodwind instruments invented by Belgian instrument designer Adolphe Sax in the 1840s, and patented in 1846. It is pitched in E♭, and is smaller than the tenor, but larger than the soprano. The alto sax is the most common saxophone and is commonly used in concert bands, chamber music, solo repertoire, military bands, marching bands, and jazz. The fingerings of the different saxophones are all the same so a saxophone player can play any type of saxophone.

Soprano saxophone the third smallest member of the saxophone family

The soprano saxophone is a higher-register variety of the saxophone, a woodwind instrument, invented in the 1840s. The soprano is the third smallest member of the saxophone family, which consists of the soprillo, sopranino, soprano, alto, tenor, baritone, bass, contrabass saxophone and tubax. Soprano saxophones are the smallest saxophone in common use.

C melody saxophone type of saxophone

The C melody saxophone is a saxophone pitched in the key of C, one whole step above the B-flat tenor saxophone. In the UK it is sometimes referred to as a "C tenor", and in France as a "tenor en ut". The C melody was part of the series of saxophones pitched in C and F intended by the instrument's inventor, Adolphe Sax, for orchestral use. The instrument enjoyed popularity in the early 1900s, perhaps most prominently used by Rudy Wiedoeft and Frankie Trumbauer, but is now uncommon.

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References

  1. ↑ Anthony Braxton discography accessed June 13, 2017
  2. ↑ Leo Records discography accessed June 13, 2017
  3. ↑ Joe Fonda discography accessed June 13, 2017
  4. 1 2 arwulf, arwulf. Ninetet (Yoshi's) 1997 Vol. 4 – Review at AllMusic . Retrieved June 13, 2017.
  5. 1 2 Eyles, J. All About Jazz Review, February 23, 2008 – accessed June 13, 2017
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