Anthony Braxton

American saxophonist and composer, United States, 1945 to present

Albums

Year Title Average Ratings
1968 3 Compositions of New Jazz 6.0 1
128 more releases
1969 B-X° / NO-I-47ᴬ
1970 This Time...
1971 For Alto
1972 Town Hall 1972
1972 Dona Lee
1972 Saxophone Improvisations, Series F.
1973 Four Compositions (1973)
1973 The Complete Braxton
1974 Trio and Duet
1974 Silence
1974 Together Alone
1974 In the Tradition
1975 New York, Fall 1974
1975 Duo 2
1975 Five Pieces (1975)
1976 Creative Orchestra Music 1976
1976 Duets 1976
1977 In the Tradition, Volume 2
1978 Birth and Rebirth
1978 For Trio
1978 Roscoe Mitchell Duets with Anthony Braxton
1978 For Four Orchestras
1979 Alto Saxophone Improvisations 1979
1980 Seven Compositions 1978
1981 Composition 98
1982 Six Compositions: Quartet
1982 Open Aspects '82
1982 Four Pieces
1982 Composition No. 95, For Two Pianos
1982 Six Duets (1982)
1983 Four Compositions (Quartet) 1983
1984 Braxton & Stockhausen
1985 Seven Standards 1985, Volume 1
1985 Composition 113
1985 Six Compositions (Quartet) 1984
1986 Seven Standards 1985, Volume II
1986 Anthony Braxton · Robert Schumann String Quartet
1986 Five Compositions (Quartet) 1986
1987 Duets 1987
1988 Compositions 99, 101, 107 & 139
1988 Six Monk's Compositions
1989 Composition N.96
1990 Eight (+3) Tristano Compositions 1989
1990 Kol Nidre
1991 Solo (London) 1988
1991 Eugene (1989)
1992 Composition No. 165 (For 18 Instruments)
1992 8 Duets (Hamburg 1991)
1992 2 Compositions (Ensemble) 1989/1991
1993 Moment Précieux
1993 4 (Ensemble) Compositions
1994 Composition No 174 (For Ten Percussionists, Slide Projections, Constructed Environment And Tape)
1995 Charlie Parker Project 1993
1995 Solo Piano (Standards) 1995
1996 Composition No. 102 (For Orchestra & Puppet Theatre)
1996 Piano Music (Notated) 1968-1988
1996 Sextet (Istanbul) 1996
1996 Duets 1995
1996 Composition No. 173
1997 A Memory Of Vienna
1997 Octet (New York) 1995
1997 Eight by Three
1997 11 Compositions (Duo) 1995
1998 14 Compositions (Traditional) 1996
1998 Composition 192 (For Two Musicians & Constructed Environment)
1998 Compositions No. 10 & No. 16 (+101)
1999 Trillium R
1999 Small Ensemble Music (Wesleyan) 1994
1999 Two Lines
2000 Compositions/Improvisations 2000
2000 Quintet (Basel) 1977
2000 Nine Compositions (Hill) 2000
2000 Ten Compositions (Quartet) 2000
2001 Composition N. 247
2002 Duets (Wesleyan) 2002
2003 Four Compositions (GTM) 2000
2003 Six Compositions (GTM) 2001
2003 Anthony Braxton Sonny Simmons Brandon Evans Andre Vida Mike Pride Shanir Blumenkranz
2003 Two Compositions (Trio) 1998
2003 Organic Resonance
2004 Six Standards (Quintet) 1996
2004 23 Standards Quartet
2004 Saturn, Conjunct the Grand Canyon in a Sweet Embrace
2004 The Song Is You
2005 Concept of Freedom
2005 Triotone
2005 Child Reel Eyes
2005 2 + 2 Compositions
2005 Shadow Company
2006 ABCD
2007 Nine Compositions (DVD) 2003
2008 Four Improvisations (Duo) 2007
2008 Piano Music (1968-2000)
2008 Quartet (GTM) 2006
2008 Beyond Quantum
2009 Improvisations (Duo) 2008
2010 Duets (Pittsburgh) 2008
2010 6 Duos (Wesleyan) 2006
2010 GTM (Syntax) 2003 Composition 339 & 340
2011 Duo (Verona) 1989
2012 Syntactical GTM Choir (NYC) 2011
2013 Echo Echo Mirror House
2013 Quartet (FRM) 2007 Vol. 1
2013 Quartet (FRM) 2007 Vol. 2
2013 Quartet (FRM) 2007 Vol. 3
2013 Quartet (FRM) 2007 Vol. 4
2013 Solo Willisau
2013 Ensemble Montaigne (Bau 4) 2013
2014 Trio (New Haven) 2013
2014 12 Duets (DCWM) 2012
2015 Trio (Florence) 1979 - 11.19 - 1
2015 Wesleyan (12 Altosolos) 1992
2016 Duo (DCWM) 2013
2016 Quintet [Tristano] 2014
2016 Trillium J
2016 3 Compositions (EEMHM) 2011
2016 Composition 323 A; Composition 323 B
2017 4 Improvisations (Duets) 2004
2018 Sextet (Parker) 1993
2018 Eight Improvisations (Trio) 2014
2019 GTM (Syntax) 2017
2019 Quartet (New Haven) 2014
2020 Duo (Improv) 2017
2021 12 Comp (ZIM) 2017
2024 Neighbours with Anthony Braxton
2025 2 Comp (2023)
2025 Trillium X
2026 Articulations

EPs

Year Title Average Ratings
1993 Quartet (Victoriaville) 1992
2011 Braxton: Duo Leipzig 1993
2019 Solo (Kent) 1979

Live

Year Title Average Ratings
1971 Recital Paris 71
1972 RBN----3° K12
1974 First Duo Concert
1974 Solo: Live at Moers Festival
1976 Quartet: At Moers Festival
1977 The Montreux/Berlin Concerts
1980 One in Two - Two in One
1984 Royal Volume 1
1987 Live
1988 The Aggregate
1988 Zürich Concerts
1989 Ensemble (Victoriaville) 1988
79 more releases
1989 Seven Compositions (Trio)
1989 19 [Solo] Compositions, 1988
1990 Performance (Quartet) 1979
1990 Prag 1984 (Quartet Performance)
1990 Quartet (Birmingham) 1985
1990 Quartet (London) 1985
1991 Dortmund (Quartet) 1976
1992 Willisau (Quartet) 1991 - Studio/Live
1993 Quartet (Coventry) 1985
1993 Duo (London) 1993
1994 Trio (London) 1993
1994 Duet: Live at Merkin Hall, NYC
1995 Creative Orchestra (Köln) 1978
1995 Knitting Factory (Piano/Quartet) 1994, Vol. 1
1995 Donaueschingen (Duo) 1976
1995 Duo (Wesleyan) 1994
1996 Piano Quartet, Yoshi’s 1994
1996 Istanbul
1996 2 Compositions (Järvenpää) 1988
1996 Tentet (New York) 1996
1996 9 Standards (Quartet) 1993
1997 Duo (Amsterdam) 1991
1997 Quartet (Santa Cruz) 1993
1997 Four Compositions (Quartet) 1995
1997 Ensemble (New York) 1995
1999 Composition No. 94 for Three Instrumentalists (1980)
1999 Four Compositions (Washington, D.C.) 1998
2000 Knitting Factory (Piano/Quartet) 1994, Vol. 2
2001 Composition N. 169 + (186 + 206 + 214)
2002 Ninetet (Yoshi's) 1997, Volume 2
2002 Solo (Koln) 1978
2002 Ninetet (Yoshi's) 1997 Vol. 1
2003 Solo (Skopje) 1995
2003 Solo (Milano) 1979 Vol. 1
2004 Duo Palindrome 2002. Vol. 1
2004 Duo Palindrome 2002. Vol. 2
2004 Solo (Milano) 1979 Vol. 2
2005 Sextet (Victoriaville) 2005
2005 Ninetet (Yoshi's) 1997, Vol. 3
2005 20 Standards (Quartet) 2003
2005 Quintet (London) 2004: Live at the Royal Festival Hall
2006 Composition No. 175 / Composition No. 126 Trillium-Dialogues M
2006 Black Vomit
2006 Duo (Victoriaville) 2005
2006 4 Compositions (Ulrichsberg) 2005 Phonomanie VIII
2007 Solo Live at Gasthof Heidelberg Loppem 2005
2007 12+1tet (Victoriaville) 2007
2007 Trio (Victoriaville) 2007
2007 9 Compositions (Iridium) 2006
2007 Solo (Pisa) 1982
2007 Trio (Glasgow) 2005
2007 Ninetet (Yoshi's) 1997, Vol. 4
2008 Creative Orchestra (Guelph) 2007
2008 Creative Orchestra (Bolzano) 2007
2008 Quartet (Moscow) 2008
2009 Duo (Heidelberg Loppem) 2007
2010 Gtm (Outpost) 2003 Composition 255 & 265
2010 19 Standards (Quartet) 2003
2011 Ensemble (Pittsburgh) 2008
2011 Two Compositions (FONT) 2007
2011 Composition No. 19 (For 100 Tubas)
2011 Orchestra (Los Angeles) 1992
2011 Solo (Brussels) 1985
2011 Septet (Pittsburgh) 2008
2011 Quartet (Mestre) 2008
2011 Quartet (Mannheim) 2010
2013 Quartet (Warsaw) 2012
2013 Quartet/Quintet (NYC) 2011
2013 Creative Music Orchestra (NYC) 2011
2015 Ao Vivo Jazz na Fábrica: Anthony Braxton Quartet
2017 Solo (Victoriaville) 2017
2020 Duo (Bologna) 2018
2020 Solo in Peitz
2021 Quartet (Standards) 2020
2022 Duet (Other Minds) 2021
2024 10 Comp (Lorraine) 2022
2024 Solo Bern 1984, First Visit
2025 Live at Pioneer Works, 26 October 2023
2025 Quartet (England) 1985