Willisau (Quartet) 1991

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Willisau (Quartet) 1991
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Studio album / Live album by Anthony Braxton
Released 1992
Recorded June 2, 4 & 5, 1991
Genre Jazz
Length259:03
Label hatART
Producer Pia Uehlinger, Werner X. Uehlinger
Anthony Braxton chronology
Duets: Hamburg 1991
(1991)		Willisau (Quartet) 1991
(1992)		 Duo (Amsterdam) 1991
(1991)

Willisau (Quartet) 1991 is a 4CD box set by American composer and saxophonist Anthony Braxton recorded live and in the studio in 1991 and released on the hatART label. [1]

A box set or boxed set is a set of items traditionally packaged in a box and is offered for sale as a single unit.

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.

Hathut Records is a Swiss record company and label founded by Werner Xavier Uehlinger in 1974 that specializes in jazz and classical music. The name of the label comes from the artwork of Klaus Baumgartner. Huthut encompasses the labels hat ART, hatOLOGY, and hat NOIR.

Contents

Reception

The Allmusic review by Thom Jurek awarded the album 4½ stars stating "With this band, he never had to assert himself as a leader because they could instinctively follow his cues. Since that time, he has had to assert himself more and more. And while the music he's writing has every bit of the wonder, awe, and irritation of his earlier work, it has never been played with this virtuosity". [2]

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Track listing

All compositions by Anthony Braxton

Disc One:

  1. "No. 160(+5) +40j" - 13:22
  2. "No. 23 M (+10)" - 16:02
  3. "No. 158 (+96) +40l" - 17:28
  4. "No. 40a" - 13:29
  5. "No. 40b" - 11:34

Disc Two:

  1. "No. 161" - 17:22
  2. "No. 159" - 17:04
  3. "No. 23c +32 +105b (+30)" - 9:10
  4. "No. 23 M (+10)" - 13:46
  5. "No. 40m" - 12:03

Disc Three:

  1. "No. 67 (+147+96)" - 15:03
  2. "No. 140 (+147 +139 + 135)" - 17:04
  3. "No. 34a" - 8:24
  4. "No. 20+86" - 12:13
  5. "No. 23g (+147+30)" - 5:55

Disc Four:

  1. "No. 69 (0) + 135" - 12:47
  2. "No. 69b" - 23:48
  3. "No. 107b (+96)" - 10:27
  4. "No. 101" - 12:02
  • Recorded at Mohren in Willisau, Switzerland on June 2 (Disc Three and Four) and June 4 & 5 (Disc One and Two), 1991

Personnel

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.

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.

Clarinet type of woodwind instrument

The clarinet is a family of woodwind instruments. It has a single-reed mouthpiece, a straight, cylindrical tube with an almost cylindrical bore, and a flared bell. A person who plays a clarinet is called a clarinetist.

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References

  1. ↑ Anthony Braxton discography accessed December 15, 2011
  2. 1 2 Jurek, T. Allmusic Review accessed December 15, 2011
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