Performance (Quartet) 1979

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Performance (Quartet) 1979
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Live album by
Released1981
RecordedSeptember 1, 1979
VenueWillisau Jazz Festival, Switzerland
Genre Jazz
Length71:14
Label hatART
Producer Werner X. Uehlinger
Anthony Braxton chronology
One in Two – Two in One
(1979)
Performance (Quartet) 1979
(1981)
Anthony Braxton / Robert Schumann String Quartet
(1979)

Performance (Quartet) 1979 is a live album by American composer and saxophonist Anthony Braxton recorded in Switzerland in 1979 and released on the hatART label. [1] [2] The album has also been issued as Performance 9/1/79 and Performance for Quartet.

Contents

Reception

The Allmusic review awarded the album 3 stars. [3]

Professional ratings
Review scores
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Track listing

All compositions by Anthony Braxton.

  1. "Part I" - 36:48
  2. "Part II" - 34:26

Personnel

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References

  1. Anthony Braxton discography accessed December 15, 2011
  2. Filippo, R., Enciclopedia del Jazz: Anthony Braxton accessed November 3, 2016
  3. 1 2 Allmusic Review accessed December 15, 2011
  4. Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 29. ISBN   0-394-72643-X.