Axioms // 75ab

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albert pin I love the great Braxton recordings of the 1970's like the "Montreux-Berlin (75) or Dortmund ( 76 ) or Basel ( 77 ) concerts and I'm very happy to discover such beautiful and inventive versions of the 40 or 23 series. Braxton music is a continent and the journey is always worthwhile.
Original compositions by Axioms are very interesting too ! Favorite track: 6i.

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1.	Fronk 06:14 video	info	buy track
2.	Everybody's Doing It 08:21	info
3.	Marquis 8 04:31	info	buy track
4.	Of the Trellis 07:49	info
5.	Alt-Center 06:22	info	buy track
6.	23c 08:20	info
7.	23e 06:22	info	buy track
8.	40o 05:14	info
9.	40b 08:19	info	buy track
10.	23h 05:50	info
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These performances of compelling new and original music by members of the ensemble, set alongside probing versions of classic Braxton compositions from the 1970s, reflects the wide expressive range and dynamism to be experienced on this album.

-George Lewis

When I was studying with Anthony Braxton in the early 90’s, if your teacher told you to get a Real Book, you would go to the main street in a town in Central Connecticut and there was this luggage store that didn’t seem like it sold very much luggage and you’d go down to the basement and there would be an old man there and you’d tell him you wanted to buy a Real Book and he would open a naugahyde suitcase and it would be full of Real Books. Imagine what he had in the other suitcases. Now, imagine an alternate universe version of that story where the Real Books are full of the mid-70’s compositions of Anthony Braxton.

These pieces from the 23 series or the 40 series look like they could be in the Real Book. They fit on one page. You can improvise on them in ways that aren’t totally foreign to mainstream jazz practice. They should be in the Real Book. Now that I’m the teacher who sends the students to the virtual luggage store, these are the compositions that I’m hoping they’ll find. This record is evidence of what happens when people find them, when they make the connection.

-Ted Reichman

Fronk by Raef Sengupta
Everybody’s Doing It and Alt-Center by Phillip Golub
Marquis 8 and Of the Trellis by Mario Layne Fabrizio
23c, 23e, 40o, 40b, 23h, and 6i by Anthony Braxton

Special thanks to Joe Morris, Ted Reichman, and Ruth Lepson

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released May 15, 2020

Voice: Laila Smith
Alto Saxophone: Raef Sengupta
Piano (& aux percussion): Phillip Golub
Bass: Zachary Lavine
Drums & Percussion: Mario Layne Fabrizio

Recorded Oct 5 & 6, 2019 at Wellspring Sound.
Engineer: Matt Hayes, Ryan Gallagher, Matt Swanton
Mixing Engineer: Ted Reichman
Mastering Engineer: Jon Rosenberg
Produced by Ted Reichman, Phillip Golub, and Mario Layne Fabrizio

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Tropos is an ever-morphing collective ensemble of improviser-composers based in New York City led by pianist/composer Phillip Golub and drummer/composer Mario Layne Fabrizio. While Tropos’ members shift from project to project, the multiple iterations of Tropos over the years share an ethos. ... more

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