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Anthony Braxton (born June 4, 1945) is an American experimental composer, educator, music theorist, improviser and multi-instrumentalist who is best known for playing saxophones, particularly the alto.
The Tri-Centric Foundation is a non-profit organization which supports the work and legacy of American composer and musician Anthony Braxton. Our primary activities are preservation and dissemination of his scores, recordings, and writings, production of performances, and pedagogy.
Jun 17, 2021 · The saxophonist and composer Anthony Braxton has been a galvanizing figure in American music for more than 50 years – and at 76, he's definitely not slowing down. Braxton has...
May 31, 2024 · Anthony Braxton is an American composer and woodwind improviser, one of the most prolific artists in free jazz. Braxton, who named John Coltrane, Warne Marsh, and Paul Desmond among his inspirations, began playing alto saxophone in his teens and continued to play in a U.S. Army band.
Anthony Braxton (born 1945), the Chicago-born composer and multi-instrumentalist, is recognized as one of the most important musicians, educators, and creative thinkers of the past 50 years.
Jun 16, 2023 · On Thursday night at the Brick, the scrappy Experiments in Opera company pulled off a delirious debut performance of what it’s calling “Anthony Braxton Theater Improvisations.”
Jan 14, 2021 · Anthony Braxton: A Grand Thinker Of American Music. October 15, 2011 • The rap on the composer and saxophonist, now 66, has always been that his music is difficult. But Braxton himself...
Oct 15, 2011 · The rap on composer and multi-instrumentalist Anthony Braxton has always been that his music is difficult. But Braxton himself is far from austere.
In 1970, after a short-lived stint with Barry Altschul, Chick Corea, and Dave Holland in the avant-garde group Circle, Braxton began leading his own bands in New York City, recording in a variety of settings, from duos of saxophone and Moog synthesizer to full orchestras.
Jan 11, 2019 · Anthony Braxton has spent much of the last four years on “Trillium L,” his newest opera. He does not know if it will ever be performed. But he is determined to finish it.
