Six Compositions: Quartet is an album by American saxophonist and composer Anthony Braxton, recorded in 1981 and released on the Antilles label.Anthony Braxton discography accessed November 3, 2016Jazzlists: Antilles 1000 series discography accessed November 1, 2016
Reception
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."
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
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