Six Compositions: Quartet

Six Compositions: Quartet
Studio album by
Anthony Braxton
Released1982
RecordedOctober 21 & 22, 1981
StudioGeneration Sound Studios, NYC
GenreJazz
Length33:41
LabelAntilles
AN 1005
ProducerAnthony Braxton
Anthony Braxton chronology
Composition No. 96
(1981) 		Six Compositions: Quartet
(1982) 		Open Aspects '82
(1982)

Six Compositions: Quartet is an album by American saxophonist and composer Anthony Braxton, recorded in 1981 and released on the Antilles label.[1][2]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[4]

The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow stated: "Braxton seems quite comfortable playing this complex music, and his diagrams (which serve as song titles) are actually fairly humorous."[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Anthony Braxton are graphically titled and the following attempts to translate the title to text.

  1. "Unpk X [Composition No. 40B]" - 7:09
  2. "Eggg (Mc- [Composition No. 69N]" - 7:52
  3. "Pzq M C Wh [Composition No. 34]" - 6:17
  4. "Dk(Rhx) T U Gil-6 [Composition No. 40A]" - 9:04
  5. "M R Rjm D [Composition No. 40G]" - 5:00
  6. "G-Ho Mhh Rwp [Composition No. 52]" - 6:11

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Anthony Braxton discography accessed November 3, 2016
  2. ^ Jazzlists: Antilles 1000 series discography accessed November 1, 2016
  3. ^ a b Yanow, Scott. Six Compositions: Quartet – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved October 31, 2016.
  4. ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 30. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.