Six Compositions: Quartet

Studio album by Anthony Braxton

Released

1982

Recorded

October 21 & 22, 1981
Generation Sound Studios, NYC

Genre

Jazz

Length

33:41

Label

Antilles
AN 1005

Producer

Anthony Braxton

Anthony Braxton chronology

Composition No. 96
(1981)

Six Compositions: Quartet
(1981)

Open Aspects '82
(1982)

Six Compositions: Quartet is an album by American saxophonist and composer Anthony Braxton recorded in 1981 and released on the Antilles label.^[1]^[2]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[3]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	^[4]

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow stated "Braxton seems quite comfortable playing this complex music, and his diagrams (which serve as song titles) are actually fairly humorous".^[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Anthony Braxton are graphically titled and the following attempts to translate the title to text

"Unpk X [Composition No. 40B]" - 7:09
"Eggg (Mc- [Composition No. 69N]" - 7:52
"Pzq M C Wh [Composition No. 34]" - 6:17
"Dk(Rhx) T U Gil-6 [Composition No. 40A]" - 9:04
"M R Rjm D [Composition No. 40G]" - 5:00
"G-Ho Mhh Rwp [Composition No. 52]" - 6:11

Personnel

Anthony Braxton – alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone, E♭ soprano saxophone, contrabass clarinet
Anthony Davis - piano
Mark Helias - bass
Ed Blackwell - drums

References

↑ Anthony Braxton discography accessed November 3, 2016
↑ Jazzlists: Antilles 1000 series discography accessed November 1, 2016
1 2 Yanow, Scott. Six Compositions: Quartet – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved October 31, 2016.
↑ Swenson, J. (Editor) (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 30. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.

Anthony Braxton

Studio albums	3 Compositions of New Jazz For Alto Anthony Braxton This Time... The Complete Braxton Together Alone Donna Lee Saxophone Improvisations Series F Four Compositions (1973) In the Tradition In the Tradition Volume 2 Trio and Duet New York, Fall 1974 Five Pieces 1975 Creative Orchestra Music 1976 Duets 1976 Duets For Four Orchestras For Trio Birth and Rebirth Seven Compositions 1978 Alto Saxophone Improvisations 1979 For Two Pianos Composition 98 Composition No. 96 Six Compositions: Quartet Open Aspects '82 Six Duets (1982) Four Compositions (Quartet) 1983 Six Compositions (Quartet) 1984 Seven Standards (1985) Vols. 1 & 2 Five Compositions (Quartet) 1986 Six Monk's Compositions (1987) Four Compositions (Solo, Duo & Trio) 1982/1988 A Memory of Vienna Eight (+3) Tristano Compositions, 1989: For Warne Marsh Duets: Hamburg 1991 Willisau (Quartet) 1991 4 (Ensemble) Compositions 1992 Beyond Quantum

Live albums	Town Hall 1972 Solo: Live at Moers Festival Quartet: Live at Moers Festival First Duo Concert Elements of Surprise Donaueschingen (Duo) 1976 Dortmund (Quartet) 1976 The Montreux/Berlin Concerts Quintet (Basel) 1977 Creative Orchestra (Köln) 1978 One in Two – Two in One Performance (Quartet) 1979 Anthony Braxton / Robert Schumann String Quartet Composition No. 94 for Three Instrumentalists (1980) Solo (Pisa) 1982 Quartet (London) 1985 Quartet (Birmingham) 1985 Quartet (Coventry) 1985 19 (Solo) Compositions, 1988 Ensemble (Victoriaville) 1988 2 Compositions (Järvenpää) 1988 Eugene (1989) Seven Compositions (Trio) 1989 Willisau (Quartet) 1991 Trio (Victoriaville) 2007 9 Standards (Quartet) 1993 Quartet (Santa Cruz) 1993 Two Compositions (Trio) 1998 23 Standards (Quartet) 2003 20 Standards (Quartet) 2003 19 Standards (Quartet) 2003

With Circle	Circling In Circulus Paris Concert

With Creative Construction Company	Creative Construction Company Creative Construction Company Vol. II

Related	Discography

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