Beyond Quantum (CD)


Anthony Braxton , Milford Graves , William Parker

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Amoeba Review

Amoeba Staff 10/12/2010


A roiling, tumbling, historic encounter that unites, for the first time on record, three of the leading instrumentalist/composer/theorist figures in the history of creative music. While Graves and Parker have a lengthy performance history together, Braxton has, amazingly, only fairly recently started gigging with Parker (in quartet formation with Cecil Taylor and in trios with Hamid Drake), and this recording may be his first musical meeting with Graves. Nonetheless, these masters of elastic form and composition synergize immediately to create an empathetic, if abstract, whole. Graves is a ravenous global drum choir unto himself but with keen awareness of the appropriate energies of the moment; and his brief uttered incantations engage in terpsichorean teeterings with both horn and arco bass. Parker's aforementioned bass is both berth and behemoth as he provides focus and locus via judicious note choices and a powerful tone. Braxton's reeds (from contrabass clarinet to soprano sax) cut wide passionate swaths through this often dense, bristling terrain. As remarkable as his compositional output continues to be, it is as player/creator of spontaneous song that he most overwhelms the heart and mind. From fierce wood-peckerings to a dulcet dove's coo, Braxton's range and control spurs any setting to take wing. Bill Laswell and John Zorn share a first-ever producer's credit on this album and fortunately they are shrewd enough to stay out of the way as this session beggars both quantum and belief all on its own. (John W. Garcia)



Track Listing



Disc 1 Titles
Artist
Length
1.
First Meeting
Anthony Braxton , Milford Graves , William Parker 14:49
2.
Second Meeting
Anthony Braxton , Milford Graves , William Parker 10:48
3.
Third Meeting
Anthony Braxton , Milford Graves , William Parker 16:34
4.
Fourth Meeting
Anthony Braxton , Milford Graves , William Parker 16:06
5.
Fifth Meeting
Anthony Braxton , Milford Graves , William Parker 05:10

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