Town Hall 1972

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Town Hall 1972
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Live album by
Released1972
RecordedMay 22, 1972
Venue The Town Hall, New York City
Genre Jazz
Length67:43
Label Trio
Producer Kuniya Inaoka, Takafumi Ohkuma
Anthony Braxton chronology
Saxophone Improvisations Series F
(1972)
Town Hall 1972
(1972)
Four Compositions (1973)
(1973)

Town Hall 1972 is a live album by American jazz saxophonist Anthony Braxton recorded in 1972 at The Town Hall in New York City and originally released on the Japanese Trio label and rereleased on the hatART label as Town Hall (Trio & Quintet) 1972 in 1992. [1] [2]

Contents

Reception

The Allmusic review by Thom Jurek awarded the album 4 stars stating "The playing here is soulful and engaging throughout it features some crack improvisation". [3]

Professional ratings
Review scores
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Track listing

All compositions by Anthony Braxton except where noted.

  1. "Composition 6 N / Composition 6 (O)" – 18:18
  2. "All The Things You Are" (Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II) – 14:12
  3. "Composition 6 P I" – 13:46
  4. "Composition 6 P II" – 21:25

Personnel

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References

  1. Anthony Braxton discography accessed December 13, 2011
  2. Anthony Braxton Project: 1971-1979 Chronology accessed November 7, 2016
  3. 1 2 Jurek, T. Allmusic Review accessed December 13, 2011