Outside of his recording with Wolf Eyes, Quartet (New Haven) 2014 is the most "rock"-ish thing Anthony Braxton has done... not surprisingly, he is perfectly at home with the rock-edged drumming of Greg Saunier and the sonic effects Nels Cline gets from electric guitar.. as it always seems to be with him, Braxton brings out the best of whoever he's improvising with... he and Taylor Ho Bynum already have an established relationship, and it shows, as they often seem to think and respond as one... I've always loved Saunier's drumming in Deerhoof and I just knew he had it in him to be a wonderful totally free player, and he doesn't disappoint here... with the cutting-edge precision of Chris Cutler and the sense of dynamic structure and drama of Robert Wyatt, his drumming is quite inventive here with all the twists and turns the music takes (and it's worth noting that many of those twists and turns are instigated by him as much as anybody)... the music is very fluid, but not meandering, always with a purpose, like the flow of a particularly feisty river... Cline supplies more than just rock guitar, of course... there are lots of electronic, keyboard-like sounds as well as lower-register passages that fill in some of the bass spectrum as well... Braxton is clearly inspired by all this and he turns in some amazing playing on an array of reeds, including wonderful passages on bass and contrabass saxophones... again, no surprise but just beautiful in this context... this is really an amazing set of recordings... take this band on the road and bring them to Richmond, Mr. Braxton!
Playlist 2019-07-22:
*Daniel Barbiero and Cristiano Bocci: 2019-06-22 Rhizome, Washington DC (wav)
*Paul Bley: Ballads
*Anthony Braxton: Creative Music Orchestra (NYC) 2011
*Anthony Braxton: Quartet (New Haven) 2014 (discs 1, 2, 3, 4)
*Pete Christlieb/Warne Marsh Quintet: Apogee
*Decoy with Joe McPhee: Spontaneous Combustion (disc 2)
*Adam Lion/Matt Nelson: 2019-07-13 Gamelan Raga Kusuma, University of Richmond (wav)
*New Ting: 2019-07-08 "Backhand Volley" (wav)
*RAIC: The Heart's Message Cannot be Delivered in Words (wav rough mix)
*RAIC: 2019-07-13 Gamelan Raga Kusuma, University of Richmond (wav)
*Schlippenbach Trio: First Recordings
*Harvey Sorgen/Joe Fonda/Marilyn Crispell: Dreamstruck
*Beatles: With the Beatles (2009 stereo remaster)
*James Brown: The Singles, Vol. 4: 1966-1967 (discs 1, 2)
*Gentle Giant: In a Glass House
*Grateful Dead: Dick's Picks 2 (1971-10-31 Columbus OH)
*John Lee Hooker: Hooker (discs 1, 2, 3)
*Jefferson Pilot: Shadow Hobby
*King Crimson: Heavy ConstruKction (disc 3)
*Little Richard: Specialty Sessions (disc 1)
*Paul McCartney: Beautiful Junk (CDR compilation) (discs 4, 5)
*Esperanza Spalding: Radio Music Society
*Sunn O))) & Boris: Altar
*Various artists: Exotica for Monty (CDR) (disc 1)
*Various artists: Fame Northern Soul
*Various artists: Powerpop Explosion Volume 2 (CDR compilation) (discs 1, 2)
*Various artists: Top Shelf 8/8/88
*Junior Wells' Chicago Blues Band: Hoodoo Man Blues
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