Born 4 June 1945, Chicago, Illinois, USA. Influential experimental composer and saxophonist. Member of the AACM where he was influenced by mentors Muhal Richard Abrams and Roscoe Mitchell and friends Joseph Jarman, Wadada Leo Smith and Leroy Jenkins, among others. In 1969 Braxton recorded For Alto, the first full-length album for unaccompanied saxophone. Braxton's compositions are mostly titled with diagrams rather than words.
Braxton plays the sopranino, soprano, C-melody, F mezzo-soprano, E-flat alto, baritone, bass, and contrabass saxophones; the E-flat, B-flat, and contrabass clarinets; and the piano. He is John Spencer Camp Professor of Music, Emeritus, at Wesleyan University in Middletown, CT. In 1994, Braxton was awarded a MacArthur Foundation "genius grant". In 2013, he was named a 2014 National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Master.
Father of Tyondai Braxton.
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October 6, 2023
First Congregational Church of Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California, United StatesFirst solo LA show in over 40 years
View on Setlist.fm →June 5, 2022
deSingel Theaterstudio
Antwerp, Antwerp, BelgiumJune 3, 2022
Teatro San Leonardo
Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, ItalyOctober 17, 2021
The Wilsey Center's Taube Atrium Theater, San Francisco War Memorial & Performing Arts Center
San Francisco, California, United StatesAnthony Braxton, sax & James Fei, sax
View on Setlist.fm →October 10, 2021
Divadlo Archa
Prague, Hlavní Mesto Praha, CzechiaJanuary 23, 2020
Alter Schlachthof
Wels, Upper Austria, AustriaStandard Quartet
View on Setlist.fm →February 16, 2019
Théâtre Jacques Carat
Cachan, Île-de-France, Francesolo
View on Setlist.fm →October 6, 2018
Turners Park
Louisville, Kentucky, United StatesNovember 30, 2017
Firehouse 12
New Haven, Connecticut, United States1. Improvisation Duo
1. Improvisation Duo
November 29, 2017
Firehouse 12
New Haven, Connecticut, United States1. Improvisation Duo
1. Improvisation Duo
November 28, 2017
Firehouse 12
New Haven, Connecticut, United States1. Improvisation Duo
1. Improvisation Duo
November 27, 2017
Firehouse 12
New Haven, Connecticut, United States1. Improvisation Duo
1. Improvisation Duo
October 6, 2017
FringeArts
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United StatesJune 16, 2017
La Sala Rossa
Montreal, Quebec, Canadaas Sextet
View on Setlist.fm →June 9, 2017
Stueler Kirche
Peitz, Brandenburg, GermanyRadio broadcast.
1. Composition #396a
2. You Go to My Head(Larry Clinton & His Orchestra cover)
3. Composition #396b
May 21, 2017
Salle A – Colisée Desjardins
Victoriaville, Quebec, CanadaApril 1, 2016
Bijou Theatre
Knoxville, Tennessee, United StatesAugust 8, 2014
SESC Pompéia
São Paulo, São Paulo, BrazilDiamond Curtain Wall Quartet - with Taylor Ho Byrum, Ingrid Laubrock & Mary Halvorson
1. Composition No. 367b (+ 70, 364g, 365a, 366b)
August 7, 2014
SESC Pompéia
São Paulo, São Paulo, BrazilDiamond Curtain Wall Quartet - with Taylor Ho Byrum, Ingrid Laubrock & Mary Halvorson
1. Composition No. 366d (+ 214, 366e, 366f, 366g)
1.
April 19, 2014
Roulette
Brooklyn, New York, United States1. Composition No. 380
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