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Dahinden/Kleeb/Polisoidis/Holdrich: Anthony Braxton (+ Duke Ellington) Concept of Freedom

by Dan McClenaghan
November 12, 2005

This very free set seems like a bait and switch. Bold orange print on the grey cover proclaims Anthony Braxton (+ Duke Ellington) Concepts of Freedom. But this is not a Braxton CD; you have to check the fine print of the back of the cover to find out it's trombonist Roland Dahinden leading a quartet into “...a musical reality through the compositional impetus of Braxton and Ellington," according to Art Lange.I don't know about that. This sounds ...