Braxton chez Leo

Chez Leo Records, il y a toujours quantité de bons et beaux musiciens.

Y compris Anthony Braxon, un habitué de la maison.

Experimental composer, improviser, saxophonist, and multi-instrumentalist, Anthony Braxton is one of the most renowned and prolific free jazz musicians of all-time. Anthony has produced countless classics with Leo Records such as the 19 Standards (Quartet) 2003, Triotone, Trio (Glasgow) 2005, Duo (Heidelberg Loppem) 2007 and Anthony Braxton Quartet (Moscow) 2008.
 

Anthony Braxton's music, in a high-quality downloadable format can be found here; http://leorecordsmusic.com/anthonybraxton

Please be sure to check out the extensive Leo Records catalogue; http://leorecordsmusic.com/catalogue/
 

CD LR 572/575 | 19 Standards (Quartet) 2003
Anthony Braxton

 

In 2003 Anthony Braxton Quartet went on a European tour which had become legendary. The results of the tour were two 4-CD sets entitled “23 Standards (Quartet) 2003” and “20 Standards (Quartet) 2003” released by Leo Records. Both sets received tremendous critical acclaim. The writers noted that Braxton performed jazz standards in an entirely new way. Rather than echoing, aping or diminishing the tradition he was reinventing it making both the past and present much richer than it was before. Now we are releasing the remaining 19 standards (no repeats) – 4.5 hours of music. The set is a must not only for Braxton’s followers but for all jazz fans at large.
 

CD LR 548/549 | Duo (Heidelberg Loppem) 2007 Anthony Braxton, Joëlle Léandre

 

This is the meeting of two giants of improvised music that music lovers have been waiting for for a long time. The double CD documents this meeting in its entirety. Anthony Braxton played sopranino, soprano and alto saxes, and contra-bass clarinet. One can write volumes about this meeting, yet two words would be sufficient to describe what happened in that Heidelberg Cafe on March 17, 2007 – pure magic. Extensive notes by Stuart Broomer.
 

CD LR 518 | Composition 367b Anthony Braxton Quartet (Moscow) 2008
 

Performed in Moscow on June 29, 2008 with Anthony Braxton on sopranino, soprano, alto saxophone and contrabass clarinet, Taylor Ho Bynum on cornet, flugelhorn, piccolo and bass trumpets, Mary Halvorson on electric guitar and Katherine Young on bassoon, to the ecstatic Russian audience, this is one of the best Mr. Braxton performances ever both in terms of music and quality of recording. If it doesn’t become an all-time classic I shall swallow my tongue.
 

CD LR 500/501 | Ninetet (Yoshi's) 1997 | Volume 4 Anthony Braxton

The fourth double CD documenting the legendary five-day residence of Anthony Braxton’s ninetet at Yoshi’s in 1997. These performances at Yoshi’s happened to be a milestone for Anthony Braxton in developing his concept of GTM (Ghost Trance Music). The line-up of musicians is the same as on previous volumes, the liner notes provided, as before, by Steve Day in the form of a listening diary.
 

CD LR 449 | Anthony Braxton Quintet (London) 2004
Live At The Royal Festival

On 15 November, 2004, Anthony Braxton performed at the Royal Festival Hall with his new quintet of young brilliant musicians. They performed his Composition 343. Two thousand people gave them a standing ovation. BBC Radio 3 recorded the concert and later broadcast it on Christmas eve. Two thousand people can’t be wrong. Here is the line-up: Satoshi Takeishi – percussion, Chris Dahlgren – bass, Taylor Ho Bynum – trumpet, Mary Halvorson – guitar, and Anthony Braxton – reeds.