Quartet (Santa Cruz) 1993
Quartet (Santa Cruz) 1993 | ||||
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Live album by | ||||
Released | 1997 | |||
Recorded | 19 July 1993 | |||
Venue | Kuumbwa Jazz Center, Santa Cruz, CA | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 185:06 | |||
Label | hatART CD 2-6190 | |||
Producer | Larry Blood | |||
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Quartet (Santa Cruz) 1993 is a double CD by American composer and saxophonist Anthony Braxton recorded live in 1993 and released on the hatART label in 1997.[1]
Reception
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [2] |
The AllMusic review by Thom Jurek states: "This double CD documents with a finality just what the quartet had achieved in its eight years together. Braxton had realized within this group of musicians a goal he had previously thought unattainable: the ability to interchange any composition from any of his periods with any other -- and within each other -- in a small group setting. And given the far-reaching musical tenets each of these 'sets of compositions' notated by tracks are, that is no mean feat".[2] The JazzTimes review by John Murph enthused, "this exhausting yet fascinating two-disc adventure transports the listener to a cubist realm of terse tonal manipulations, extreme volume dynamics, and controlled collective chaos".[3]
Track listing
[edit]All compositions by Anthony Braxton.
Disc one
- "Comp. 159 + (30 + 108a) / Comp. 40(o) / Comp. 69f / Comp. 173 / Comp. 69(o) / Comp. 52" - 76:06
Disc two
- "Comp. 172 / Comp. 161 / Comp. 69m / Comp. 23c / Comp. 124 + (108c + 147)" - 69:00
Personnel
[edit]- Anthony Braxton - reeds
- Marilyn Crispell - piano
- Mark Dresser - bass
- Gerry Hemingway - drums, percussion, vibraphone, marimba
References
[edit]- ^ Anthony Braxton discography accessed March 20, 2015
- ^ a b Jurek, T. Allmusic Review accessed March 20, 2015
- ^ Murph, J., JazzTimes Review, November 1997