Composition No. 165 (for 18 instruments) explained

Composition No. 165 (for 18 instruments)
Type:	Live
Artist:	Anthony Braxton
Cover:	Composition No. 165 (for 18 instruments).jpg
Released:	1992
Recorded:	February 4, 1992
Venue:	Foellinger Great Hall of the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, IL
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	50:05
Label:	New Albion NA 050 CD
Chronology:	Anthony Braxton
Prev Title:	Duo (Amsterdam) 1991
Prev Year:	1991
Next Title:	Two Lines
Next Year:	1992

Composition No. 165 (for 18 instruments) is a live album by composer and conductor Anthony Braxton with the University of Illinois Creative Music Orchestra recorded in Illinois in 1992 and released on the New Albion label.^[1] ^[2] ^[3]

Reception

The AllMusic review by "Blue" Gene Tyranny called it "Wonderful acoustic music that winds its way through many textures and energy levels, not reducible to a simple description. Enjoyable, as well as music of a grand vision".

Track listing

All compositions by Anthony Braxton.

"Composition No. 165 (for 18 instruments)" – 50:05

Personnel

- - University of Illinois Creative Music Orchestra, conducted by Anthony Braxton Paul Martin Zonn – alto saxophone, clarinet, slide saxophone
- Graham Kessler – alto saxophone, clarinet
- Andrew Mitroff – tenor saxophone, flute
- Kevin Engel – tenor saxophone, bassoon, clarinet
- Mark Barone – baritone saxophone, bass clarinet
- Thomas Tait, Jeff Helgesen, Judd G. Danby – trumpet
- Erik Lund, Douglass Farwell, Keith Moore – trombone
- Jesse Seifert-Gram – tuba
- Tom Paynter – piano
- Mark Zanter – guitar
- Drew Krause – synthesizer
- Adam Davis – bass
- Justin Kramer, Tom Sherwood – percussion

Notes and References

http://www.restructures.net/BraxDisco/BraxDisco.htm Anthony Braxton discography
https://enciclopediadeljazz.wordpress.com/2016/09/04/anthony-braxton/ Enciclopedia del Jazz: Anthony Braxton
http://www.newalbion.com/blog/-anthony-braxton-composition-no-165 New Albion Records, Inc Archives