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Anthony Braxton: The Complete Arista Recordings

Read "Anthony Braxton: The Complete Arista Recordings" reviewed by Clifford Allen


Anthony BraxtonThe Complete Arista RecordingsMosaic2008 Few artists in the realm of improvised music can claim as important or varied a series of recordings as reedman-composer Anthony Braxton did during his contract to Arista Records in the 1970s. With the financial backing provided by what was then an upstart ...

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Play Kurt Weill

Label: Challenge Jazz
Released: 2008

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Article: Extended Analysis

Bill Cunliffe: The Blues and the Abstract Truth, Take 2

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Bill Cunliffe The Blues and the Abstract Truth, Take 2 Resonance Records 2008Oliver Nelson (1932-1975) was a saxophonist, arranger, and composer who seemed everywhere in the 1960s. In popular culture, Nelson is best remembered for his television scoring for shows including Ironside, Night Gallery, Columbo, The Six Million ...

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Blues Improvisation

Featuring the music of Eric Dolphy
Duration: 6:08

A video clip of the Eric Dolphy Quintet from 1961. Eric Dolphy alto ssxophone, Benny Bailey trumpet, Pepsy Auer piano, George Joyner bass, Buster Smith drums.
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Impressions of Eric Dolphy

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Note: The title refers to a composition by Prince Lasha, recorded on his 1966 UK CBS album Insight. The history of jazz is a recorded history, one that exists on commercially-issued albums (many of which, thankfully, are in print or have been reissued) as well as a vast amount of concert recordings passed ...

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Outward Bound

Label: Prestige Records
Released: 2006
Track listing: G.W.; On Green Dolphin Street; Les; 245; Glad To Be Unhappy; Miss Toni; April Fool (bonus track); G.W. (alternate take); 245 (alternate take).

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The Best Of Eric Dolphy

Label: Challenge Jazz
Released: 2006

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Eric Dolphy Quintet: Outward Bound

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Unlike Ornette Coleman--who wanted to blow orthodox jazz form out of the water--John Coltrane and Eric Dolphy initially worked to change the system from within, making music that fit the jazz standards of the time while injecting their own unique spin. This is why Outward Bound, Dolphy's first recording as a leader, is a not-so-distant relative ...

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245

Featuring the music of Eric Dolphy
Duration: 5:48

Berlin broadcast of the Eric Dolphy Quintet, August 30, 1961.
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The Complete Uppsala Concert

Label: Gambit Records
Released: 2005
Track listing: What Is This Thing Called Love?; 245; Laura; 52nd Street Theme; Bag's Groove; Out of Nowhere; I'll Remember April; 52nd Street Theme; When Lights are Low.


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