Sextet (Istanbul) 1996

Sextet (Istanbul) 1996 is a live album by composer and saxophonist Anthony Braxton with an sextet, recorded at the AkBank Jazz Festival in Turkey in 1995 and released on his own Braxton House label.[1][2][3][4]

Sextet (Istanbul) 1996
Live album by
Anthony Braxton
Released1996
RecordedOctober 14, 1995
VenueAkBank Jazz Festival, Istanbul, Turkey
GenreJazz
Length97:57
LabelBraxton House
BH 001
ProducerAnthony Braxton, Velibor Pedevski
Anthony Braxton chronology
Four Compositions (Quartet) 1995
(1995)		 Sextet (Istanbul) 1996
(1996)		 Solo (Skopje) 1995
(1995)

Reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[5]

The Allmusic review by Thom Jurek stated "Of the Braxton House recordings, the Sextet (Istanbul, 1996) issue is the best of the instrumental recordings released by the label. Recorded at the Akbank Jazz Festival in October of 1995, the sextet Braxton employs to perform the first compositions in his Ghost Trance Musics series is made of veteran improvisers rather than students ... Make no mistake, this ensemble isn't nearly as capable of careening through Braxton's music as the classic quartet was, but they don't have to be because this music is far more structured and doesn't lend itself as much to individual improvisational voice or to fiery pyrotechnics. Instead the sextet is a unit that relies of nuance and the trace elements in the composition that lend themselves to acts of surprise and spontaneity".[5]

Track listing

All compositions by Anthony Braxton

Disc one

  1. "Composition No. 185" – 38:31
  2. "Composition No. 186" – 19:09

Disc two

  1. "Composition No. 186 (Continued)" – 40:17

Personnel

References
  1. Anthony Braxton discography accessed June 13, 2017
  2. Enciclopedia del Jazz: Anthony Braxton accessed June 13, 2017
  3. Tri-Centric Foundation Catalog accessed June 13, 2017
  4. Joe Fonda discography accessed June 13, 2017
  5. Jurek, Thom. Sextet (Istanbul) 1996 – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved June 13, 2017.
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