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To his list of achievements and awards, Anthony Braxton may now add the 1994 MacArthur Fellowship: the so-called "genius" grant of (in his case) $300,000, awarded to individuals nominated for outstanding and original contributions to their field. The timing of this crowning achievement couldn't be better for Braxton's most recent professional goals: he is the founding Artistic Director of the newly incorporated Tri-Centric Foundation, Inc., a New York-based not-for-profit corporation including an ensemble of some 38 musicians, four to eight vocalists, and computer-graphic video artists assembled to perform his compositions. The ensemble's debut at New York's The Kitchen sold out the last and most of the first two of three nights, through the press excitement it generated; the reviews—in Down Beat and the Chicago Tribune (John Corbett), the Village Voice (Kevin Whitehead), and the New York Times (Jon Pareles)—ranged from positive to ecstatic. Most importantly, the musical success of the event inspired Braxton to pursue the "three-day and -night" program concept for this ensemble, including lectures/informances, and splinter chamber performances, around the world. The second New York event, indeed, expanded on the concept: The Knitting Factory presented six nights of Anthony Braxton and his music, in all the variety of its vision
Two Truths
Label: Not Two Records
Released: 2026
Track listing: 1. Productive Cough (Peter Brötzmann, Jörg Fischer)
2. Beside (Per‑Åke Holmlander, Tim Daisy)
3. Conversation I (Joëlle Léandre, Lauren Newton)
4. Truth in the Abstract Blues (Joe McPhee, Ingebrigt Håker Flaten)
5. Goldie (Kirk Knuffke, Mike Pride)
6. Skywriting (Rob Brown, Daniel Levin)
7. Penumbra for woodwind(s) & bass(es) 1+1 (Anthony Braxton, Chris Dahlgren)
8. Improvisation No. 4 (Paulina Owczarek, Tomasz Gądecki)
9. Dear Rafał 1 (Agustí Fernández, Rafał Mazur)
10. Landing Takeoff (Daniel Carter, Matthew Shipp)
11. In Kraków, In November (Satoko Fujii, Natsuki Tamura)
12. Persistence (Thomas Pernes, Andy Manndorff)
13. Gold (Lucas Niggli, Peter Conradin Zumthor)
Articulations
By James Emery
Label: Self Produced
Released: 2026
Track listing: Maguro; Falling River Time; Duo 2.01; Composition No. 167; Nesting; The Next Level.
New Releases and Avant Classics
by Jon Greenbaum
How many new releases are highlighted? Eight. What else? Jazz from the past century--stuff that pushed the tradition a bit and stuff that pushed the tradition a lot.Playlist Cassandra Wilson “Electromagnolia" from Days Aweigh (JMT) 0h 0m 0s Lester Bowie “Sardegna Amore" from The 5th Power (Black Saint) 0h 4m 40s Ishamel Reed “Rhythm ...
A Dave Holland Primer
by Ludovico Granvassu
Here is an audio-companion to Points of View: Celebrating Dave Holland. The playlist contains songs by, or featuring, Dave Holland, selected by those who contributed to that article. It's actually a quite interesting thing to see who selected what (click on the above link and under each individual contribution the selected song is listed).
A Language of His Own: Bill Frisell on Dave Holland
by Ludovico Granvassu
As part of our Celebration of Dave Holland, we invited Bill Frisell to share a few thoughts about a musician who has been an important part of his musical world for decades. Bill had rather a lot to say, and it seemed a shame to stop at a few thoughts. So, rather than squeezing ...
Julius Hemphill: Marty Ehrlich and Tim Berne Remember a Musical Visionary
by Dave Kaufman
Julius Hemphill, a brilliant alto saxophonist and extraordinary composer, was a towering figure in avant-garde jazz and creative music. Yet his body of work remains surprisingly little known, even among aficionados of this sort of adventurous music. Hemphill's music demonstrated a deep feeling for the blues and other African American traditions. His creative vision extended well ...
The Discreet Charm of Tete Montoliu
by Con Chapman
In 1947 tenor saxophonist Don Byas, a transplant from America following a tour of Europe, joined a society orchestra--complete with strings--to play dates in Spain. After their ballroom engagement was over, Byas and the band's rhythm section would jam until the early morning hours when they would be forced to quit “either because the police burst ...
Patricia Brennan and Sylvie Courvoisier: Talamanti
by Mike Jurkovic
It is more than fair to say--right from the start of their kinship in early 2023, in the Sylvie Courvoisier 4 with bassist Thomas Morgan and drummer Dan Weiss--that there was something innate, and perhaps more importantly, intimate, between road-clearing pianist Sylvie Courvoisier and rascally vibraphonist Patricia Brennan. Talamanti proves that big time.
James Emery / Anthony Braxton: Articulations
by Glenn Astarita
Thirty-four years is a long time for a tape to sit in a drawer, but jazz history is littered with such delays, and Anthony Braxton's discography in particular has always unspooled out of chronological order. Articulations, a duo session with guitarist James Emery recorded in Florence on June 19, 1992, finally surfaced this year on Emery's ...
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