Anthony Braxton Diamond Curtain Wall Trio w/Mary Halvorson and Taylor Ho Bynum
Taylor Ho Bynum (trumpet, cornet, flugelhorn, trombone, trumpbone); Anthony Braxton (alto sax, soprano sax, electronics); Mary Halvorson (guitar).
Anthony Braxton Diamond Curtain Wall Trio with Mary Halvorson
and Taylor Ho Bynum (US)
Anthony Braxton is one of the giants of free improvised music. A
man who exerts great influence, for example on the young John Zorn
(currently artist in residence). Zorn heard Braxton's album For
Alto (1968) in his youth and it made a tremendous impression on
him. Antony Braxton (1945) plays various reed instruments and also
holds a degree in philosophy. Over the years he has composed an
enormous oeuvre. As a member of the legendary Association for the
Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM), Braxton became a leader
in free jazz. He later worked with, among others, Chick Corea,
Derek Bailey, Max Roach and Willem Breuker. If you listen quietly
to Braxton's music, you will hear tension, humor, surprises and
ecstasy. Braxton performs with his Diamond Curtain Wall Trio in
which he not only plays the sax but also uses an electronic
SuperCollider program. In this way he creates, as it were, a fourth
member of the line-up alongside guitarist Mary Halvorson and cornet
player Taylor Ho Bynum.