Resources — Tri-Centric Foundation

Braxton Primer

Books

Anthony Braxton Creative Music [German Text] by Timo Hoyer
Forces in Motion: Anthony Braxton and the Meta-reality of Creative Music: Interviews and Tour Notes, England 1985 by Graham Lock

VIDEO Interviews and talks

In July 2016, a group of Tri-Centric collaborators convened in New Haven to spend some time together, which resulted in Sound American's Anthony Braxton issue (http://soundamerican.org/). At that time, Anthony Braxton gave a talk about the role of Tri-Centric and the surrounding community in these turbulent times, the paths of the artist and how his musical systems relate to reality and universality beyond art.

AUDIO-ONLY Interviews

Anthony Braxton in conversation with Studs Terkel at WFMT Radio from Aug. 24, 1989.
Anthony Braxton in conversation with pianist Alexander Hawkins at Cafe OTO in London which took place on May 31, 2018 (transcript also available at link) about ZIM Music, explanation of musical systems, historical perspective, music as nation state.
In-depth interview conducted on April 7th 2014 at WKCR as part of WKCR's special coverage of the Tri-Centric Music Festival
NPR interview from October 2011 "A Grand Musical Thinker, Inviting 'Friendly Experiencers'"

SELECT Interview Articles

2019-Jan-11 The New York Times “Anthony Braxton Composes Together Past, Present and Future” by Seth Colter Walls
2019-June-18 The Rolling Stone “Avant-Garde Legend Anthony Braxton on His ‘Trans-Idiomatic’ Improv Odyssey” by Hank Shteamer

2016-Feb-18 The New York Times "Anthony Braxton’s Tempo Emphasizes the Upbeat" by Ben Ratliff
2014-Apr-10 The New York Review of Books "Blasting Opera Forward" by Seth Colter Walls
2014-Apr-07 BOMB "Anthony Braxton" by Nate Wooley

Recent press and Reviews

2019-June-7 The New York Times “Opera Lives in Cycles” by Seth Colter Walls, a music critics’ take on multi-opera works of Wagner, Stockhausen and Braxton.
2018-June-8 The New York Times "High School Musicians Take On the (Almost) Unplayable" by Seth Colter Walls, in-depth article on Tri-Centric's collaboration with the student ensembles of Face the Music preparing Braxton repertoire
2018-March-23 Village Voice review of Sextet (Parker) 1993 by Michael J. Agovino
2018-February-28 Bandcamp "A Guide to Anthony Braxton’s Robust Jazz Discography on Bandcamp" by Seth Colter Walls
2016 March issue Point of Departure Ezz-thetics column by Stuart Broomer on 3 Compositions (EEMHM) 2011
2016-March-28 Pitchfork "3 Composition (EEMHM) 2011" by Seth Colter Walls
2016 April and May LondonJazz multi-part essay on Anthony Braxton by pianist Alexander Hawkins.
- Part 1 on 3 Compositions (EEMHM) 2011
- Part 2 on Quintet (Tristano) 2014
- Part 3 on Trillium J