Solo: Live at Moers Festival

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Solo: Live at Moers Festival
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Live album by Anthony Braxton
Released 1976
Recorded June 1, 1974
Venue Moers Festival in Moers, Germany
Genre Jazz
Length32:20
Label Ring Ring 01002
Moers Music 01002
Producer Burkhard Hennen
Anthony Braxton chronology
In the Tradition Volume 2
(1974) In the Tradition Volume 21974		Solo: Live at Moers Festival
(1974)		 Quartet: Live at Moers Festival
(1974) Quartet: Live at Moers Festival1974
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Solo: Live at Moers Festival is a live solo album by saxophonist/composer/improviser Anthony Braxton recorded in 1974 at the Third International New Jazz Festival in Moers and originally released on the German Ring label in 1976 and the Moers Music label in 1977 . [1] [2] [3] [4]

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 Festival music festival

The Moers Festival is an annual international music festival in Moers, Germany. The festival has changed from concentrating on free jazz to including world and pop music, though it still invites many avant-garde jazz musicians. Performers at Moers include Lester Bowie, Fred Frith, Jan Garbarek, Herbie Hancock, Abdullah Ibrahim, David Murray, Sun Ra, Archie Shepp, and Cecil Taylor. The festival is officially named "mœrs festival" with lowercase letters.

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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Reception

The Allmusic review by Brian Olewnick awarded the album 4 stars stating "His obvious and remarkable fluency on alto allows Braxton to command the subtlest shadings as well as the harshest split tones at will. At the end, the dramatic impact of his performance is clear from the overwhelmingly positive and enthusiastic audience reaction". [5]

Professional ratings
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Track listing

All compositions by Anthony Braxton.

  1. "Composition 26B: JMK-80 CKN-7" - 8:10
  2. "Composition 26H: NNWZ 48 K N" - 4:50
  3. "Composition 77B: RORRT 33 H7T 4" - 5:18
  4. "Composition 26E: AOTH MBA T" - 5:19
  5. "Composition 26F: 106 Kelvin M-16" - 5:31
  6. "Composition 26G: RZ04M(6) AHW" - 3:12

Personnel

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References

  1. ↑ Anthony Braxton discography accessed March 20, 2015
  2. ↑ Anthony Braxton catalog accessed March 20, 2015
  3. ↑ Moers Music catalog accessed March 20, 2015
  4. ↑ Anthony Braxton Project: 1971-1979 Chronology accessed November 7, 2016
  5. 1 2 Olewnick, B., Allmusic Review accessed March 20, 2015
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