Quartet (Coventry) 1985

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Quartet (Coventry) 1985

Live album by

Anthony Braxton

Released

1987, 1993

Recorded

November 26, 1985

Venue

Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry, England

Genre

Jazz

Length

144:23

Label

Leo
LR 204/205

Producer

Leo Feigin

Anthony Braxton chronology

Quartet (Birmingham) 1985
(1985)

Quartet (Coventry) 1985
(1987)

Five Compositions (Quartet) 1986
(1986)

Quartet (Coventry) 1985 is a live album by composer and saxophonist Anthony Braxton recorded in England in 1985, first released in heavily edited and unauthorized form on the West Wind label and later reissued in full and authorized form on the Leo label as a double CD in 1993.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[4]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	^[5]

The Allmusic review by Stewart Mason stated "What makes this two-disc set stand out above the others in the series of live reissues from this tour is that each disc includes a half-hour interview between Braxton and Graham Lock (who also wrote the album's liner notes), an enlightening, free-ranging discussion that covers Braxton's influences, concepts, and techniques".^[4]

Track listing

All compositions by Anthony Braxton.

Disc one

First set - 42:05
1. "Composition 124 (+30+96)"
2. "Composition 88 (+108C+30+96)"
3. "Piano Solo from Composition 30"
4. "Composition 23G (+30+96)"
5. "Composition 40N"
Interview by Graham Lock - 31:52

Disc two

Second set - 40:35
1. "Composition 69C (+32+96)"
2. "Percussion Solo from Composition 96"
3. "Composition 69F"
4. "Composition 69B"
5. "Bass Solo from Composition 96"
6. "Composition 6A"
Interview by Graham Lock - 29:45

Personnel

Anthony Braxton- clarinet, flute, alto saxophone, C melody saxophone, sopranino saxophone
Marilyn Crispell - piano
Mark Dresser - bass
Gerry Hemingway - drums

References

^ Anthony Braxton discography accessed November 14, 2016
^ Leo Records discography accessed November 14, 2016
^ Enciclopedia del Jazz: Anthony Braxton accessed November 14, 2016
^ ^a ^b Mason, Stewart. (Coventry) 1985 – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved November 4, 2016.
^ Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (9th ed.). London: Penguin. p. 161. ISBN 978-0-14-103401-0.

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Discography
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 Four Compositions (GTM) 2000 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 10 Compositions (Duet) 1995 Duo (Victoriaville) 2005 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	Paris Concert Circling In Circulus
With Creative Construction Company	Creative Construction Company Creative Construction Company Vol. II

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