Anthony Braxton News

Kitschy. Somebody else might have a better answer, but I would guess the music was arranged specifically for Woolworth's. If someone knows who the composer was, you could probably dig up some more from them.

Wesleyan graduate, cohort of Professor Anthony Braxton and Taylor Ho Bynum, leader of duo with violist Jessica Pavone, Mary Halvorson brings her Quintet to Firehouse 12 in New Haven for 2 sets of exciting and challenging jazz.

As Tyondai Braxton knows, the process whereby a final master copy of an artist's album is rendered can be stressful.

Red Toucan Records Improvised music is created on the spur of the moment, the players looking for the common thread from which they can go in different directions as they spin their story.

Sometimes you don't need more than a sax and a drum set. Tenor saxophonist Jon Irabagon-winner of the 2008 Thelonious Monk Saxophone Competition and a potent and articulate front man of the post-modern be-bop quartet Mostly Others Do The Killing-and versatile drummer Mike Pride -a collaborator of Anthony Braxton and punk outfits such as Millions of ...

It's not easy to get on Leo Records. The U.K. label, founded 30 years ago by Leo Feigin, is a bastion of the avant-jazz/improv scene, releasing Cecil Taylor, Anthony Braxton, Sun Ra and Eugene Chadbourne.

Clean Feed records, founded in 2001, has been the most prolific and adventurous label for jazz this new century.

Recorded at Vision Festival XIII in 2008, this pairing of French bassist Joelle Leandre and American trombonist George Lewis brings together two of the most gifted and committed musicians in improvised music.

A former student of Jackie McLean and Anthony Braxton, saxophonist/composer Steve Lehman strikes a dramatic balance between the cerebral and the visceral with his bold, innovative music.

THE acclaimed Richard Iles/Tim France Quintet - boasting a trumpet and sax frontline - makes its first appearance in Waen this month for the first in a new series of jazz concerts.

Hard to believe it's been 7 years since Steve Lehman graduated from Wesleyan but not surprising when one sees how busy he's been.

Remarkably, the latest batch of releases from Leo Records marked the labels thirtieth anniversary.

There is always room for a new songsmith in jazz. Pianist/composer Jesse Elder is a prodigious new voice in modern jazz, and his debut recording displays not only his nonpareil composing talents, but those of a very skilled arranger and performer.

The 11th album of their storied 18 year career, Memphis is only the fourth studio recording of the venerable Fonda/Stevens Group, making this release a delightful surprise.

John first fell under the spell of free jazz in the 1970s when he wistfully regarded the loft jazz scene from afar More about John .

One of the most iconic players from the European free-music scene, Han Bennink's 50 plus year career has seen the Dutch master drummer traverse through a multitude of musical settings.

Recorded live in concert at the Willisau Jazz Festival on August 30, 1979, The Long March documents another of drummer Max Roach 's historic duo collaborations with the leaders of the jazz avant-garde. This stellar date with tenor saxophonist Archie Shepp follows Streams of Consciousness , with pianist Abdullah Ibrahim , and Birth and Rebirth , ...

The progeny of legendarily convoluted jazz composer Anthony Braxton, Tyondai is known for adding a dash of looney tunes and loopy vocals to Battles ' otherwise stoic post-rock. His third solo album is promoted as "new classical," but "J. City" sounds more like a grievous stab at alt-rock. Elsewhere, enervating helium vox, kazoos, electronics, and ...

The innovative jazz guitarist - featured in the Dec. 07 issue of GP - brings her cutting-edge music to the Bay Area.

Percussionist Gino Robair's Rastascan label, based in the Bay Area, has long been a sort of outpost for non-idiomatic improvisation in the US, recording groups like the Evan Parker / Barry Guy / Paul Lytton Trio, German reedman Wolfgang Fuchs, saxophonist John Butcher and guitarist Derek Bailey .