New York, Fall 1974

New York, Fall 1974 is an album by American jazz saxophonist Anthony Braxton recorded in 1974 and released on the Arista label.^[1] The album was subsequently included on The Complete Arista Recordings of Anthony Braxton released by Mosaic Records in 2008.

Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4 stars stating "The wide amount of variety on this set makes this album a perfect introduction to Anthony Braxton's potentially forbidding but logical music".^[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Anthony Braxton

1. "Composition 23 B" - 8:50
2. "Composition 23 C" - 3:07
3. "Composition 23 D" - 7:03
4. "Composition 37" - 8:18
5. "Composition 23 A" - 5:29
6. "Composition 38 A" - 6:33

• Recorded at Generation Sound Studios in New York on September 27 (tracks 1-5) and October 16 (track 6), 1974

Personnel

• Anthony Braxton - sopranino saxophone, alto saxophone, clarinet, contrabass clarinet, flute
• Kenny Wheeler - trumpet, flugelhorn (tracks 1-3 & 5)
• Dave Holland - bass (tracks 1-3 & 5)
• Jerome Cooper - drums (tracks 1-3 & 5)
• Julius Hemphill - alto saxophone (track 4)
• Oliver Lake - tenor saxophone (track 4)
• Hamiet Bluiett - baritone saxophone (track 4)
• Leroy Jenkins - violin (track 5)
• Richard Teitelbaum - Moog synthesizer (track 6)

References