Town Hall 1972 Explained

Town Hall 1972
Type:	Live album
Artist:	Anthony Braxton
Cover:	Town Hall 1972.jpg
Released:	1972
Recorded:	May 22, 1972
Venue:	The Town Hall, New York City
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	67:43
Label:	Trio
Producer:	Kuniya Inaoka, Takafumi Ohkuma
Chronology:	Anthony Braxton
Prev Title:	Saxophone Improvisations Series F
Prev Year:	1972
Next Title:	Four Compositions (1973)
Next Year:	1973

Town Hall 1972 is a live album by American jazz saxophonist Anthony Braxton recorded in 1972 at The Town Hall in New York City and originally released on the Japanese Trio label and rereleased on the hatART label as Town Hall (Trio & Quintet) 1972 in 1992.^{[1] [2]}

Reception

The Allmusic review by Thom Jurek awarded the album 4 stars stating "The playing here is soulful and engaging throughout it features some crack improvisation".^[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Anthony Braxton except where noted.

1. "Composition 6 N / Composition 6 (O)" – 18:18
2. "All The Things You Are" (Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II) – 14:12
3. "Composition 6 P I" – 13:46
4. "Composition 6 P II" – 21:25

Personnel

• Anthony Braxton – soprano saxophone, alto saxophone, soprano clarinet, clarinet, contrabass clarinet, flute, percussion
• Dave Holland – bass
• Phillip Wilson – drums (tracks 1 & 2)
• John Stubblefield – tenor saxophone, flute, bass clarinet, gong, percussion (tracks 3 & 4)
• Jeanne Lee – vocals (tracks 3 & 4)
• Barry Altschul – percussion, marimba (tracks 3 & 4)

Notes and References

1. http://www.restructures.net/BraxDisco/BraxDisco.htm Anthony Braxton discography
2. http://www.jazzdiscography.com/Artists/Braxton/brax-1971-1979.php Anthony Braxton Project: 1971–1979 Chronology
3. Jurek, T. Allmusic Review accessed December 13, 2011