Seven Compositions 1978

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Seven Compositions 1978
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Studio album by Anthony Braxton
Released 1980
Recorded November 1979
Studio P.A.L.M. Studio, Paris
Genre Jazz
Length39:39
Label Moers Music
momu 01066
Producer Burkhard Hennen
Anthony Braxton chronology
Anthony Braxton / Robert Schumann String Quartet
(1979) Anthony Braxton / Robert Schumann String Quartet1979		Seven Compositions 1978
(1979)		 Composition No. 94 for Three Instrumentalists (1980)
(1980) Composition No. 94 for Three Instrumentalists (1980)1980

Seven Compositions 1978 is an album by composer Anthony Braxton recorded in Paris in 1979 by a quartet and originally released on the Moers Music label. [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.

Moers Music is a German jazz record label that was founded by Burkhert Henen in Moers, Germany. The label started in 1974 under the name Ring but was changed three years later due to a conflict with a Canadian record label that had the same name. Moers concentrates on free jazz and has released albums by Barry Altschul, Anthony Braxton, John Carter, Anthony Davis, Roscoe Mitchell, James Newton, Wadada Leo Smith, Vienna Art Orchestra, and World Saxophone Quartet.

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The Allmusic review by Brian Olewnick stated: "Seven Compositions (1978) is, overall, a fine documentation of one of Braxton's less heralded bands and a fine compendium of works in its own right, providing a good portrait of the state of his musical concerns at the time." [4]

Track listing

All compositions by Anthony Braxton are graphically titled and the following attempts to translate the title to text.

  1. "2643 K-8--W-B [Composition 69 G]" - 7:25
  2. "W6 4N R6 AH0 [Composition 40 F]" - 9:55
  3. "36 SB7 M-36 [Composition 69 M]" - 3:14
  4. "ANNF (GM-6)--30 [Composition 40 D]" - 5:28
  5. "F04(G)WN OQO-26-- [Composition 40 I]" - 3:57
  6. "---(W6 N6) - K8-4 [Composition 69 H]" - 7:35
  7. "---GM2 (OSM-40) - GRK [Composition 69 K]" - 2:05

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.

Sopranino saxophone musical instrument

The sopranino saxophone is one of the smallest members of the saxophone family. It is tuned in the key of E♭, and sounds an octave higher than the alto saxophone. The sopranino saxophone has a sweet sound and although it is one of the least common of the saxophones in regular use today, it is still being produced by several of the major musical manufacturing companies. Due to their small size, sopraninos are not usually curved like other saxophones. Orsi, however, does make curved sopranino saxophones.

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References

  1. ↑ Anthony Braxton discography accessed November 3, 2016
  2. ↑ Moers Music discography accessed November 3, 2016
  3. ↑ Anthony Braxton Catalog accessed November 3, 2016
  4. 1 2 Olewnick, Brian. Seven Compositions (1978) – Review at AllMusic . Retrieved November 3, 2016.
  5. ↑ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 30. ISBN   0-394-72643-X.
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