Label:
Antilles – AN 1005
Format:
Vinyl, LP, Album / Country: UK / Released: 1982
Style:
Avant-garde Jazz, Free Improvisation
Recorded and
mixed at Generation Sound October 21 & 22, 1981
Design
[Album Design] – Nancy Greenberg
Engineer
– Rob Eaton, Tony May
Executive-Producer,
A&R [Consultant] – Steve Backer
Other
[Executive Director] – Ron Goldstein
Photography
By [Cover] – Benno Friedman
Producer,
Written-By – Anthony Braxton
A1
- Unpk X Composition No. 40B . . . . . 7:11
A2
- Eggg (Mc- Composition No. 69N . . . . . 7:51
A3
- Pzq M C Wh Composition No. 34 . . . . . 6:20
B1
- Dk(Rhx) T U Gil-6 Composition No. 40A . . . . . 9:07
B2
- M R Rjm D Composition No. 40G . . . . . 5:01
B3
- G-Ho Mhh Rwp Composition No. 52 . . . . . 6:12
Anthony
Braxton – alto / tenor saxophones, soprano saxophone [B-flat], soprano saxophone [E-flat],
contrabass clarinet
Anthony
Davis – piano
Mark
Helias – bass
Edward Blackwell –
drums, percussion
Anthony
Braxton (who on this album switches between alto, tenor, clarinets and
contrabass clarinet) heads an all-star avant-garde quartet for a set also
including pianist Anthony Davis, bassist Mark Helias and veteran drummer Ed
Blackwell. There is plenty of diversity in Braxton's six originals and it is
quite interesting to hear him perform with this unique one-time group.
Note:
Front
cover art: Wassily Kandinsky, 'Black Relationship', 1924
Watercolor,
14½" x 14¼"
Collection,
The Museum of Modern Art, New York
If
you find it, buy this album!
