b. June 4, 1945 in Chicago, Illinois, USA -
American composer and multi-instrumentalist. Among the instruments he performs on we find; alto sax, bass sax, clarinet, contrabass clarinet, soprano sax, sopranino sax, tenor sax, C-melody sax, baritone sax, bass sax, bass clarinet, Eb clarinet, clarinet, piano, flute, conductor.
Prolific as performer as well as composer, cataloging his output is herculean task which a few passionate fans have endeavored. One such passionate follower is Jason Gutharz. If you follow the link below to Restructures - Anthony Braxton Discography, you'll find an extensive listing of Braxton recordings. Always makes for interesting explorations.
LINKS:
www.wesleyan.edu/music/braxton (home page by Braxton. Contains a lot of information)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Braxton (wikipedia article about Braxton)
http://mheffley.web.wesleyan.edu/almatexts/ab3m/ (link to a series of PDF's for an interview by Mike Heffley entitled: "Anthony Braxton: The Third Millennial Interview")
http://www.newalbion.com/artists/braxtona/ (features an interview with Braxton about Restructuralism, Stylism, Traditionalism.)
http://www.jazzhouse.org/library/?read=panken6 (transcript of an interview by Ted Panken on WKCR-FM, New York, February 1995)
http://www.intaktrec.ch/interbraxton-a.htm (interview by Ted Panken from 2002)
http://www.jazzdiscography.com/Artists/Braxton/index.html (Special project about Braxton's history)
http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/Anthony_BRAXTON/ (Yahoo mailing list centered around disccion about Braxton and his music)
http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/AnthonyBraxtonProject/?yguid=158581114 (The Anthony Braxton Gigography Project. This is a group dedicated to the project of compiling a list of live performances by master saxophonist/multi-instrumentalist/composer/restructuralist Anthony Braxton. )
www.frogpeak.org/fpartists/fpbraxton.html (list of writings by Braxton available to buy)