19 (Solo) Compositions, 1988

19 Compositions, 1988 is a live album by composer and saxophonist Anthony Braxton featuring solo performances recorded in 1988 and released on the New Albion label.

Reception

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Allmusic

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow stated:

These live concerts feature Anthony Braxton on 19 selections, each of which explore a different idea or mood. ... Although free in spots, Braxton's performances also have their own logic and are quite concise.
— Yanow, Scott. Anthony Braxton: 19 Solo Compositions – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved November 11, 2016.

Track listing

All compositions by Anthony Braxton except where noted.

"138A (ballade)" - 2:57
"106D (relationship)" - 3:25
"118F (buzz logic)" - 2:46
"138B (african violets)" 2:26
"77G (whole)" - 3:14
"118A (intervallic)" - 3:17
"138C (long)" - 2:25
"106J (pointillistic)" - 2:40
"77C (triplet diatonic)" - 3:05
"26F (104/M kelvin)" - 1:50
"You Go to My Head" (J. Fred Coots, Haven Gillespie) - 4:17
"119I (+99E) (medium dance)" - 1:47
"119G (multiphonic)" - 1:58
"Round 'Bout Midnight" (Thelonious Monk, Cootie Williams, Bernie Hanighen) - 2:44
"99B (line)" - 3:47
"106A (quarter)" - 2:56
"138D (ballade)" - 2:17
"Half Nelson" (Miles Davis) - 5:10
"106C (triadic spiral)" - 3:04

Recorded at Killian Hall, Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Massachusetts on April 8, 1988 (tracks 1-16) and Intersection for the Arts in San Francisco, CA on April 16, 1988 (tracks 17-19)

Personnel

Anthony Braxton - alto saxophone

References

Anthony Braxton discography Archived 2012-09-11 at the Wayback Machine accessed November 11, 2016
Enciclopedia del Jazz: Anthony Braxton accessed November 11, 2016
Yanow, Scott. Anthony Braxton: 19 Solo Compositions – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved November 11, 2016.

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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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