Composition No. 165 (for 18 instruments)
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{{Infobox album
| name = Composition No. 165
(for 18 instruments)
| type = Live
| artist = Anthony Braxton
| cover = Composition No. 165 (for 18 instruments).jpg
| alt =
| 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
| studio =
| genre = Jazz
| length = 50:05
| label = New Albion
NA 050 CD
| producer =
| chronology = Anthony Braxton
| prev_title = Duo (Amsterdam) 1991
| prev_year = 1991
| next_title = Two Lines
| next_year = 1992
}}{{italic title|all=yes|noerror}}
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.[http://www.restructures.net/BraxDisco/BraxDisco.htm Anthony Braxton discography] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120911043319/http://www.restructures.net/BraxDisco/BraxDisco.htm |date=2012-09-11 }} accessed June 13, 2017[https://enciclopediadeljazz.wordpress.com/2016/09/04/anthony-braxton/ Enciclopedia del Jazz: Anthony Braxton] accessed June 13, 2017[http://www.newalbion.com/blog/-anthony-braxton-composition-no-165 New Albion Records, Inc Archives] accessed June 13, 2017
Reception
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
|rev2 = The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings
|rev2score = {{Rating|3.5|4}}{{cite book|last = Cook|first = Richard|author-link = Richard Cook (journalist)|author2 = Brian Morton|author2-link = Brian Morton (Scottish writer)|title = The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings|edition = 9th|series = The Penguin Guide to Jazz|year = 2008|publisher = Penguin|location = London|isbn = 978-0-14-103401-0 | page = 162}}
}}
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".{{AllMusic|first="Blue" Gene |last=Tyranny |class=album |id=mw0000293321 |title=Composition No. 165 (for 18 instruments) – Review |accessdate=June 13, 2017}}
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