Anthony Braxton - Six Compositions: Quartet (1981) FLAC

Tracks

1. Composition No. 40b
2. Composition No. 69n
3. Composition No. 34
4. Composition No. 40a
5. Composition No. 40g
6. Composition No. 52

Personnel

Anthony Braxton — Clarinet (Contrabass), Clarinet (Soprano), Flute, Sax (Alto), Sax (Soprano), Sax (Tenor)
Anthony Davis — Piano
Mark Helias — Bass
Ed Blackwell — Drums

Anthony Braxton (who on this set plays alto, soprano, C-melody sax, clarinet, and flute) met up with his longtime pianist Marilyn Crispell for the first time on this Black Saint release. With bassist John Lindberg and drummer Gerry Hemingway forming what would be (with Mark Dresser in Lindberg's place) a regular group for nearly a decade, his quartet was off to a strong start. Braxton seems quite comfortable playing this complex music, and his diagrams (which serve as song titles) are actually fairly humorous.

Scott Yanow