Quartet (London) 1985

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Quartet (London) 1985
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Live album by
Anthony Braxton
Released1988
RecordedNovember 13, 1985
Venue Bloomsbury Theatre, London, England
Genre Jazz
Length141:39
Label Leo
LR 414/415/416
Producer Leo Feigin
Anthony Braxton chronology
Seven Standards
(1985)		Quartet (London) 1985
(1988)		 Quartet (Birmingham) 1985
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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. [1] [2] [3] [4]

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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The Allmusic review by Stewart Mason stated "the resulting music is completely fascinating". [5]

Track listing

All compositions by Anthony Braxton.

Disc one

  1. First set - 56:10
    1. "Composition 122 (+ 108 A)"
    2. "Composition 40 (O)"
    3. "Collage Form Structure"
    4. "Composition 52"
    5. "Composition 86 (+ 32 + 96)"
    6. "Piano Solo from Composition 30"
    7. "Composition 115"

Disc two

  1. Second set - 65:30
    1. "Composition 105 A"
    2. "Percussion Solo from Composition 96"
    3. "Composition 40 F"
    4. "Composition 121"
    5. "Composition 116"

Personnel

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References

  1. ↑ Anthony Braxton discography accessed November 9, 2016
  2. ↑ Leo Records discography accessed November 9, 2016
  3. ↑ Enciclopedia del Jazz: Anthony Braxton accessed November 9, 2016
  4. ↑ Anthony Braxton catalog accessed November 9, 2016
  5. 1 2 Mason, Stewart. Quartet (London) 1985 – Review at AllMusic . Retrieved November 9, 2016.
  6. ↑ Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (9th ed.). London: Penguin. p. 161. ISBN   978-0-14-103401-0.
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