In the Tradition (Anthony Braxton album)

1974 studio album by Anthony Braxton

In the Tradition

Studio album by

Anthony Braxton

Released| 1974
Recorded| May 29, 1974
Studio| Rosenberg Studie, Copenhagen, Denmark
Genre| Jazz
Length| 47:23
Label| SteepleChase SCS 1015
Producer| Nils Winther
Anthony Braxton chronology
| Four Compositions (1973)
(1973)  | In the Tradition
(1974)  | In the Tradition Volume 2
(1974)

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In the Tradition is an album by American saxophonist and composer Anthony Braxton recorded in 1974 and released on the Danish SteepleChase label.[1][2][3][4] The album features Braxton's interpretations of jazz standards and was followed by a second volume recorded at the same sessions which was released in 1976. It was originally going to be a Dexter Gordon album, but due to Dexter being ill, Braxton filled in for him.[1]

## Reception

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The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow stated: "The great avant-gardist Anthony Braxton threw the jazz world a curve with this album. ...A historical curiosity, this set is not as essential as Braxton's explorations of his own music."[5]

Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
AllMusic| [5]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music| [6]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide| [7]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide| [8]

## Track listing

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1. "Marshmallow" (Warne Marsh) - 7:51
2. "Goodbye Pork Pie Hat" (Charles Mingus) - 4:56
3. "Just Friends" (John Klenner, Sam M. Lewis) - 9:50
4. "Ornithology" (Benny Harris, Charlie Parker) - 7:24
5. "Lush Life" (Billy Strayhorn) - 12:02
6. "Trane's Blues" (John Coltrane) - 5:34 Bonus track on CD reissue

## Personnel

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* Anthony Braxton – alto saxophone, contrabass clarinet
* Tete Montoliu \- piano
* Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen \- bass
* Albert Heath \- drums

## References

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1. ^ a b Anthony Braxton discography, accessed March 16, 2015
2. ^ SteepleChase Records discography, accessed March 16, 2015
3. ^ Anthony Braxton Catalog, accessed March 17, 2015
4. ^ Anthony Braxton Project: 1971-1979 Chronology accessed November 7, 2016
5. ^ a b Yanow, S., AllMusic Review, accessed March 16, 2015
6. ^ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 1\. MUZE. p. 815.
7. ^ The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. pp. 80–81.
8. ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 29\. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.

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Discography

Studio albums|

* 3 Compositions of New Jazz
* For Alto
* Anthony Braxton
* This Time...
* The Complete Braxton
* Together Alone
* Donna Lee
* Saxophone Improvisations Series F
* Four Compositions (1973)
* In the Tradition
* In the Tradition Volume 2
* Trio and Duet
* New York, Fall 1974
* Five Pieces 1975
* Creative Orchestra Music 1976
* Duets 1976
* Duets
* For Four Orchestras
* For Trio
* Birth and Rebirth
* Seven Compositions 1978
* Alto Saxophone Improvisations 1979
* For Two Pianos
* Composition 98
* Composition No. 96
* Six Compositions: Quartet
* Open Aspects '82
* Six Duets (1982)
* Four Compositions (Quartet) 1983
* Six Compositions (Quartet) 1984
* Seven Standards (1985) Vols. 1 & 2
* Five Compositions (Quartet) 1986
* Six Monk's Compositions (1987)
* Four Compositions (Solo, Duo & Trio) 1982/1988
* A Memory of Vienna
* Eight (+3) Tristano Compositions, 1989: For Warne Marsh
* Duets: Hamburg 1991
* Willisau (Quartet) 1991
* 4 (Ensemble) Compositions 1992
* Four Compositions (GTM) 2000
* Beyond Quantum

Live albums|

* Town Hall 1972
* Solo: Live at Moers Festival
* Quartet: Live at Moers Festival
* First Duo Concert
* Elements of Surprise
* Donaueschingen (Duo) 1976
* Dortmund (Quartet) 1976
* The Montreux/Berlin Concerts
* Quintet (Basel) 1977
* Creative Orchestra (Köln) 1978
* One in Two – Two in One
* Performance (Quartet) 1979
* Anthony Braxton / Robert Schumann String Quartet
* Composition No. 94 for Three Instrumentalists (1980)
* Solo (Pisa) 1982
* Quartet (London) 1985
* Quartet (Birmingham) 1985
* Quartet (Coventry) 1985
* 19 (Solo) Compositions, 1988
* Ensemble (Victoriaville) 1988
* 2 Compositions (Järvenpää) 1988
* Eugene (1989)
* Seven Compositions (Trio) 1989
* Willisau (Quartet) 1991
* 10 Compositions (Duet) 1995
* Duo (Victoriaville) 2005
* Trio (Victoriaville) 2007
* 9 Standards (Quartet) 1993
* Quartet (Santa Cruz) 1993
* Two Compositions (Trio) 1998
* 23 Standards (Quartet) 2003
* 20 Standards (Quartet) 2003
* 19 Standards (Quartet) 2003

With Circle|

* Paris Concert
* Circling In
* Circulus

With Creative
Construction Company|

* Creative Construction Company
* Creative Construction Company Vol. II

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Tete Montoliu

Years given are for the recording(s), not first release.

As leader
or co-leader|

* A Tot Jazz (1965)
* A Tot Jazz/2 (1965)
* Tete Montoliu Presenta Elia Fleta (1966)
* Piano for Nuria (1968)
* Body & Soul (1971)
* Lush Life (1971)
* Songs for Love (1971)
* That's All (1971)
* Catalonian Fire (1974)
* Music for Perla (1974)
* Tete! (1974)
* Tête à Tete (1976)
* Tootie's Tempo (1976)
* Words of Love (1976)
* Blues for Myself (1977)
* Boleros (1977)
* Catalonian Folksongs (1977)
* Meditation (with George Coleman, 1977)
* Secret Love (1977)
* Yellow Dolphin Street (1977)
* Live at the Keystone Corner (1979)
* Lunch in L.A. (1979)
* Boston Concert (1980)
* I Wanna Talk About You (1980)
* Catalonian Nights Vol. 1 (1980)
* Catalonian Nights Vol. 2 (1980)
* Catalonian Nights Vol. 3 (1980)
* Face to Face (with Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, 1982)
* Carmina (1984)
* The Music I Like to Play Vol. 1 (1986)
* The Music I Like to Play Vol. 2 (1986)
* The Music I Like to Play Vol. 3 (1990)
* The Music I Like to Play Vol. 4 (1990)
* The Man from Barcelona (1990)
* A Spanish Treasure (1991)
* Catalonian Rhapsody (1992)

With
Dexter Gordon|

* Billie's Bounce (1964)
* Cheese Cake (1964)
* I Want More (1964)
* It's You or No One (1964)
* King Neptune (1964)
* Love for Sale (1964)
* Bouncin' with Dex (1975)

With
others|

* In the Tradition (with Anthony Braxton, 1974)
* In the Tradition Volume 2 (with Anthony Braxton, 1974)
* Steps Up (with Eddie Harris, 1981)
* Dog Years in the Fourth Ring (1963)
* Kirk in Copenhagen (with Roland Kirk, 1963)
* The House I Live In (wih Archie Shepp & Lars Gullin, 1963)

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