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!