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| Anthony Braxton to Sign Copies of New Box Set On Wednesday, March 28th legendary musician Anthony Braxton will autograph copies of his forthcoming box set, 9 Compositions (Iridium) 2006 (Firehouse 12 Records), at a special free signing event at New York's Downtown Music Gallery. This will also be the first chance for fans to purchase this set, which officially hits the streets on April 3rd. Braxton is in New York to perform with his 7tet at Iridium Jazz Club March 29th-April 1st. 9 Compositions (Iridium) 2006 is a 9-CD box set documenting what Time Out New York called “last Spring's epochal run” by the Anthony Braxton 12+1tet at Iridium in March 2006. Described by Braxton as “THE point of definition in my work thus far,” these concerts featured the world premieres of Compositions 350 through 358, the final works in his 11 year-old Ghost Trance Music series. This definitive set, being released in coordination with Braxton's 2007 return engagement at Iridium, also includes a DVD documentary interspersed with live concert footage, and an extensive collection of essays, commentary and biographical information. Braxton has been called a “jazz legend” (The New York Times), “an obvious genius” (All Music Guide), “an extraordinary musician” (Village Voice), and “one of the past forty years' great radical musical thinkers” (AllAboutJazz.com). His groundbreaking and continually evolving approach to music, developed over the past five decades, embraces a wealth of musical traditions ranging from jazz saxophonists Warne Marsh and Albert Ayler to innovative American composers John Cage and Charles Ives to pioneering European Avant-Garde figures Karlheinz Stockhausen and Iannis Xenakis. Fanatically documented by a dedicated following around the world, his multi-faceted career includes hundreds of recordings, an influential legacy as an educator and author of scholarly writings, and awards such as the prestigious John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation fellowship. write your comments about the article :: © 2007 Jazz News :: home page |