Anthony Braxton & Wolf Eyes at Solar Myth, Philadelphia, PA
Nate Young, John Olson, Anthony Braxton
More information here: https://www.arsnovaworkshop.org/programs/wolf-eyes-anthony-braxton/
Wolf Eyes & Anthony Braxton w/ Samara Lubelski & Marcia Bassett Duo at Le Poisson Rouge, NYC
Nate Young, John Olson, and Anthony Braxton
More information here: https://dice.fm/event/89o5r-wolf-eyes-anthony-braxton-w-samara-lubelski-marcia-bassett-duo-18th-apr-le-poisson-rouge-new-york-tickets?lng=en-US
Anthony Braxton and Wolf Eyes at Pioneer Works, NYC
Nate Young, John Olson, and Anthony Braxton
More information here: https://pioneerworks.org/programs/wolf-eyes-and-anthony-braxton-hieroglyphic-being-mesa-ritual-mv-carbon
Anthony Braxton Solo Saxophone ConcertMore than 50 years after he recorded the world’s first solo jazz saxophone album, the landmark For Alto (1971), Anthony Braxton will perform solo in Los Angeles on October 6, 2023. He is writing brand new material for alto saxophone that he will debut at this concert.
Braxton is a visionary in the world of contemporary music, renowned for his groundbreaking work in avant-garde jazz, free improvisation, and experimental music. His numerous commendations have included being named a MacArthur fellow and NEA Jazz Master. His prodigious recordings, performances and writings have proven him to be a composer, performer, philosopher, and educator with few peers.
Since the late 1960’s Braxton has made an indelible mark on the music world; his development of a multi-hierarchic and trans-idiomatic practice has both embraced tradition while also moving into radical new territories. From his early work, including as a key member of the AACM to his later Arista albums, his "Forces in Motion" Quartet, Ghost Trance Music, Trillium Opera Complex and beyond, Braxton has tirelessly sought to investigate and push the boundaries of music and human perception with a rapturous enthusiasm that has inspired generations of artists and listeners.
Braxton’s solo Los Angeles performance, his first in over 40 years, will be a rare opportunity to witness his unmatched musicianship and unparalleled creativity in its most direct, unvarnished form. Armed with his signature alto saxophone, Braxton can be expected to deliver a dynamic performance marked by emotional intensity and technical virtuosity. Defying categorization with blistering solos and delicate melodies, his music spans a vast sonic landscape, drawing from an unparalleled, extensive repertoire of original compositions and improvisations. Performing within the sonorous space of the First Congregational Church, Braxton’s performance promises to be a rare immersive musical spectacle, a must-see event for anyone with a passion for cutting-edge music.
About the organization
The Unwrinkled Ear is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to promoting the international world of improvised music (and its relatives) in events, exhibitions, and objects.
Co-Presented with Black Editions
More Information here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/anthony-braxton-solo-los-angeles-concert-tickets-638546649217
Anthony Braxton with Wolf Eyes
John Olson, Nate Young, and Anthony Braxton
On October 4th, Anthony Braxton joins Wolf Eyes’ Nate Young and John Olson in Los Angeles for an evening of epic collaboration
As the Wolf Eyes project itself now passes the quarter century mark, Nate Young and John Olson operate a duo, issuing their singular stew of noise, pulse, reedcraft, murmur, and snarl. Also core to their approach: creating novel contexts to collab with other key players across generations and idioms. To wit, within the past several years they have performed live with Marshall Allen, Kim Gordon, Raven Chacon, and Jaimie Branch, to name a few.
A multivalent creative force for over a half century, Anthony Braxton continues to experiment across genre lines and modes, as a composer, improvisor, educator, and thinker. On saxophone, Braxton has pushed past the boundaries of Jazz – from his groundbreaking solo recording ‘For Alto’, through his innovative work leading various small ensembles, and the highly intuitive playing he brings to unique meetings such as this.
This L.A. date is an auspicious one, though not a debut per se, as these players’ first (and last) encounter on stage went down in the mid-aughts. Come catch the slight return as these ever-curious artists unfurl as-yet-unheard trajectories of sound.
More information here: https://dice.fm/event/q7ela-wolf-eyes-with-anthony-braxton-4th-oct-zebulon-los-angeles-tickets
For more than half a century Anthony Braxton has played a key role in contemporary and avant-garde music as a composer, multi-instrumentalist, music theorist, teacher, mentor and visionary. Inspired by Jazz, European art music, and music of other cultures, Braxton labels his output Creative Music. This international conference is the first one dealing with his work.
The conference will address a variety of topics which are central to Braxton’s work. In addition to an interview with Braxton himself and a roundtable discussion with some of his close collaborators and experts, there will be several lectures by performers and leading researchers in the field, as well as two interactive workshops to give Summer Course participants a chance to directly engage with Braxton’s Creative Music.
With the friendly support of ARIA (Antwerp Research Institute for the Arts) at the University of Antwerp
More Information Here: https://internationales-musikinstitut.de/en/ferienkurse/festival/programm/braxton-conference1/ and https://internationales-musikinstitut.de/en/ferienkurse/festival/programm/braxton-conference2/
Anthony Braxton: Thunder Music (2023, WP)
Anthony Braxton (Saxophone, Electronics, Composition)
James Fei (Saxophone)
Katherine Young (Bassoon)
William Forman (Trumpet)
Roland Dahinden (Trombone)
Reut Regev (Trombone)
Andreas Borregaard (Accordion)
Anne Rhodes (Voice)
Lisa Willems (Voice – HYOID voices)
Fabienne Seveillac (Voice – HYOID voices)
Juliet Fraser (Voice)
Andreas Halling (Voice – HYOID voices)
Nick Hallett (Voice)
Štěpán Janoušek (Voice)
Carl Testa (Double bass & Electronics)
George Cremaschi (Double bass)
After the pre-opening concert with the PMP Orchestra from Prague, the next highlight in our Braxton project series follows two days later: the world premiere of Thunder Music with an ensemble assembled especially for this concert with 16 internationally acclaimed musicians under the direction of Anthony Braxton himself, a creative combination of artists from the U.S. and Europe, instrumentalists and vocalists, who are well acquainted with Braxton’s language and improvisational practice, but at the same time have to be ready at any second to react to new musical situations of their fellow players. Each ensemble member is given a stand-alone app that includes thunder sounds and super collider manipulations that are integrated into the musical environment in real time on stage. A fascinating journey into an unknown musical world beyond known boundaries.
More Information here: https://internationales-musikinstitut.de/en/ferienkurse/festival/programm/thunder-music/
Anthony Braxton: Trillium X Performed by Prague Music Performance
Opera World Premiere
Anthony Braxton's ambitious multimedia opera project Trillium has been in the making since the 1990’s. The American experimental musician and unique improviser explores in it themes of metaphysics, mysticism, and human consciousness. The world premiere of a part of Trillium X will be performed by the PMP Orchestra with Braxton's active participation. His longtime friend, composer, and trombonist Roland Dahinden will conduct. Don't miss the opportunity to experience this unique poetic opera, which in Braxton’s own words, takes place in "four exploratory dream spaces" with a "imaginatively conceived narrative logic."
More information here: https://www.pmpif.org/en/udalost/world-premiere-3LwCae
The work of the luminary Anthony Braxton does not fit into any pigeonhole: jazz, new music, free improvisation, philosophy and social commitment are just a few strands in the work of the US-american. as a tireless experimenter, he has helped write the musical development of the last 50 years with numerous projects, and throughout his life he feels the pulse of the times and celebrates musical diversity and creativity.
Anthony Braxton Quartet
Anthony Braxton: saxophone
Mette Rasmussen: saxophone
Carl Testa: bass
Mariá Portugal: drums
https://www.theaterneumarkt.ch/en/kalender/unerhort-festival/22092022-135436/
Musician and composer Anthony Braxton has engaged in nearly every conceivable area of creativity throughout his career. He was the first to record an entire album of unaccompanied saxophone music (For Alto, 1968). At the Barbican, he will be performing with a Quartet featuring bassist and multi-instrumentalist Carl Testa, drummer Mariá Portugal, and trumpeter Susana Santos Silva.
Composer Henry Threadgill’s Zooid group performs as well.
https://www.barbican.org.uk/whats-on/2022/event/henry-threadgills-zooid-and-anthony-braxton
Anthony Braxton’s Saxophone Quartet featuring James Fei, Chris Jonas, Ingrid Laubrock, and Andre Vida perform in Europe in Late May and Early June More information can be found via https://www.akamu.net
2022-05-29 Jazz Club – Vilnius
Anthony Braxton Saxophone Quartet feat. James Fei, Chris Jonas and Andre Vida
2022-06-03 Teatro San Leonardo – Bologna
Anthony Braxton Saxophone Quartet feat. Ingrid Laubrock, James Fei and Chris Jonas
2022-06-05 De Singel – Antwerp
Anthony Braxton Saxophone Quartet feat. Ingrid Laubrock, James Fei and Chris Jonas
2022-06-07 Casa del jazz – Roma
Anthony Braxton Saxophone Quartet feat. Ingrid Laubrock, James Fei and Chris Jonas
AXIOM, Jeffrey Milarsky, Music Director conducts a performance of Anthony Braxton’s Composition No. 46 on a program including works by George Lewis, Marcos Balter, and Tania León
More information here: https://www.juilliard.edu/event/154216/axiom
The International Contemporary Ensemble, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, and Tri-Centric will jointly present a panel on the music of Anthony Braxton.
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/braxton75-the-music-of-anthony-braxton-tickets-111183938152
Moderated by Steve Smith, our exploration and discussion will be led by a panel of artists who are master-interpreters of Braxton’s work – Ingrid Laubrock, Josh Modney, Tomeka Reid, and Cory Smythe. We will also hear from the trio Thumbscrew (Tomas Fujiwara, Mary Halvorson, Michael Formanek) with Tri-Centric executive director Kyoko Kitamura in a special video interview celebrating the release of their new album The Anthony Braxton Project. There will also be never-before-seen videos from the Tri-Centric archive.
The event will take place via youtube livestream at https://www.youtube.com/internationalcontemporaryensemble followed by an interactive Q/A session with the artists via zoom (call-in info will be shared during the livestream).
German Radio broadcasts the Berlin Sonic Genome event which took place on October 31, 2019.
00:05 Uhr, 22:05 GMT, 6:05PM EST.
The International Contemporary Ensemble and the Tri-Centric Foundation are collaborating to present the very first free online Braxton75 event accessible to the public: James Fei's talk on the music of Anthony Braxton, July 2, 1PM EST (1700 GMT). Free, open to the public worldwide. Register at link below. This event will be presented by ICE and College of Performing Arts as part of their Ensemble Evolution summer intensive. Seeking and creating new opportunities together during these trying circumstances. Much gratitude to ICE! Together, we are stronger.
Anthony Braxton and Jacqueline Kerrod Duo
https://www.elbphilharmonie.de/de/programm/anthony-braxton/12897
Anthony Braxton and Jacqueline Kerrod Duo POSTPONED DUE TO COVID-19
https://www.otherminds.org/event/other-minds-festival-25-concert-4/
Braxton75 three-day event CANCELLED DUE TO COVID-19
Anthony Braxton solo
Diamond Curtain Wall Trio: Anthony Braxton, Adam Matlock, Jessica Pavone
Thunder Music Ensemble world premiere: Anthony Braxton, Roland Burks, Chris DiMeglio, Nick Hallett, Kyoko Kitamura, Raquel Klein, Adam Matlock, Reut Regev, Anne Rhodes, Kamala Sankaram, Carl Testa.
Anthony Braxton Standard Quartet with Alexander Hawkins (piano), Neil Charles (double bass) and Stephen Davies (drums).
Anthony Braxton’s Standard Quartet with Alexander Hawkins (piano), Neil Charles (double bass) and Stephen Davies (drums).
https://www.cafeoto.co.uk/events/anthony-braxton-standard-quartet/
Anthony Braxton Standard Quartet with Alexander Hawkins (piano), Neil Charles (double bass) and Stephen Davies (drums) performing together for the first time.
https://pardontotu.pl/event/3-nights-with-anthony-braxtons-standard-quartet/?event_date=2020-01-15
Anthony Braxton’s ZIM Music
Anthony Braxton alto sax, soprano sax, sopranino sax
Ingrid Laubrock tenor sax, baritone sax
Erica Dicker violin
Adam Matlock accordion
Jacqueline Kerrod harp
Brandee Younger harp
Dan Peck tuba
Jazzfest Berlin has invited Anthony Braxton to talk about tri-centric views and music. He will be joined by the composer, saxophonist and former student James Fei, who is president of the Tri-Centric Foundation and a close ally of Braxton’s.
For the opening of Jazzfest Berlin 2019, Anthony Braxton and Tri-Centric, in conjunction with Jazzfest Berlin, will present Braxton’s Sonic Genome at the Gropius Bau Museum in Berlin. In its third-ever iteration here in Berlin, the transatlantic cooperation will feature 14 musicians from Braxton’s closest circle, 39 musicians from Berlin’s diverse scene (including members of the Echtzeitmusik scene, Andromeda Mega Express Orchestra, Trickster Orchestra and KIM Collective) and six members of the Australian Art Orchestra that will be prepared in a three-day workshop. A dozen small groups, directed by members of Braxton’s circle, freely navigate a passel of his compositions (up to 450) and improvisational language known as “Ghost Trance Music”, shifting between works and reacting to or ignoring the output of nearby groupings, over a six-hour period. Members of subgroups fracture and reform like recombinant organisms, congregate as small cells or as a big ensemble, moving around the huge space of the Gropius Bau, perpetually forming new communities, while listeners make their own choices, traversing the space to hear new or blended configurations.
Anthony Braxton in duo with harpist Jacqueline Kerrod as part of the Black Fire Sessions.
https://www.thebroad.org/events/black-fire-sessions-anthony-braxton-jacqueline-kerrod-kelsey-lu-beans-jimetta-rose-and
The Anthony Braxton Octet performs after the Tri-Centric Project Ensemble at the 2019 Edition Festival.
Tri-Centric is collaborating with Edition Festival in Stockholm this February. 6 Tri-Centric musicians will work with 10 Stockholm-based musicians and perform Anthony Braxton’s large ensemble works.
The Tri-Centric Project Ensemble will perform Anthony Braxton's music for the Fourth Edition Festival for Other Music on Friday 8th February at Eric Ericssonhallen. They will be working together all week at Fylkingen in the lead up to that concert and for this evening, the musician's will form both pre-determined and ad hoc small groups to play their own written and collectively improvised music.
Kyoko Kitamura – voice, Lisa Ullén – piano, Erica Dicker – violin, Tomeka Reid – cello, Finn Loxbo – guitar, Elsa Bergman – contrabass, Carl Testa – contrabass & electronics, Ville Bromander – contrabass, Susana Santos Silva – trumpet, Ingrid Laubrock – tenor saxophone, Isak Hedtjärn – clarinet, Johan Arrias – saxophone & clarinet, Dan Peck – tuba, Erik Carlsson – drums & percussion, Mattias Stahl – vibraphone
