Anthony Braxton - Three Compositions of New Jazz

Artist: Anthony Braxton | Label: Delmark 415 | Format: CD Genre: Jazz | CD Condition: New | Jewel Box Condition: Sealed Anthony Braxton  THREE COMPOSITIONS OF NEW JAZZDelmark 415Three Compositions of New Jazz features like-minded Chicago musicians from the AACM, including Leroy Jenkins, Leo Smith, & Muhal Richard Abrams. Anthony Braxton’s debut LP introduced an unconventional, often controversial new talent whose career – spanning decades and still going, without nearly enough attention, today – has been one of the most fascinating in jazz. At the time this was recorded, Braxton was just under 23 years old, an affiliate of the Chicago-based Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM), which had been active (but barely documented on record) since 1965. The boldly titled 3 Compositions of New Jazz was among the first statements of the group, preceded by AACM co-founder Muhal Richard Abrams’ Levels and Degrees of Light (on which Braxton made his first recorde