ANTHONY BRAXTON QUARTET – Live At Moers Festival (2LP-1974)

Label: Moers Music / Ring Records – Ring 01010-11

Format: 2 × Vinyl, LP, Album / Country: Germany / Released: 1974

Style: Free Jazz, Free Improvisation

Recorded at The International New Jazz Festival Moers, June 2nd, 1974, Germany.

New Design by ART&JAZZ Studio; Cover design by VITKO

Engineer – Hans Schlosser, Norbert Freibrück

Photography By – Ralph Quinke, Rob Söteman, Roberto Masotti

Producer – Burkhard Hennen

(Vinyl Rip; 2LP's - four lines)

A  -  6-------77--(NJD)--T AR--36K .............................................. 26:23

B1 - 489M 70-2--(THB) M .......................................................... 21:50

B2 - 84°--KELVIN–M ................................................................... 1:42

C1 - 84°--KELVIN–M ................................................................... 9:00

C2 - BOR---N-K64 (60)--M 0 H S .............................................. 18:15

D1 - F64-- H488 ......................................................................... 10:08

D2 - RBHM-F KNNK .................................................................. 10:59

Anthony Braxton – reeds

Kenny Wheeler – trumpet

Dave Holland – bass

Barry Altschul – drums, percussion

Braxton's new quartet, that basically replaced Corea's piano with Kenny Wheeler's trumpet (keeping Holland and Altschul), debuted on Live at Moers Festival (june 1974), a double-LP that contained six of Braxton's long compositions.

The Moers Festival is an international jazz festival in Moers, Germany, happening yearly every Whitsun.

Many famous musicians have appeared there, including Fred Frith, David Murray, Cecil Taylor, Lester Bowie, Herbie Hancock, Abdullah Ibrahim, Archie Shepp, Sun Ra, and Jan Garbarek.

The festival was founded in 1971 by Burkhard Hennen, as initiator and artistic director. The International New Jazz Festival Moers established itself quickly in the national and international free jazz scene.

In the early years it took place in the paved yard of the castle. Later (1975), it moved to a nearby park because of the growing audience. After a few years outdoors, it moved to a large marquee where it remains now.

In 1974 the Germany-based jazz record label Moers Music was created to document performances at the festival.

In 1979 the festival was enlarged with several morning projects.

In 1968, Anthony Beaxton recorded For Alto, the first-ever recording for solo saxophone. He lived in Paris for a short while beginning in 1969, where he played with a rhythm section comprised of bassist Dave Holland, pianist Chick Corea, and drummer Barry Altschul. Called Circle, the group stayed together for about a year before disbanding (Holland and Altschul would continue to play in Braxton-led groups for the next several years). Braxton moved to New York in 1970. The '70s saw his star rise (in a manner of speaking); he recorded a number of ambitious albums for the major label Arista and performing in various contexts. Braxton maintained a quartet with Altschul, Holland, and a brass player (either trumpeter Kenny Wheeler or trombonist George Lewis) for most of the '70s.

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