Performance (Quartet) 1979

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{{Infobox album

| name = Performance (Quartet) 1979

| type = Live album

| artist = Anthony Braxton

| cover = Performance (Quartet) 1979.jpg

| alt =

| released = 1981

| recorded = September 1, 1979

| venue = Willisau Jazz Festival, Switzerland

| studio =

| genre = Jazz

| length = 71:14

| label = hatART

| producer = Werner X. Uehlinger

| chronology = Anthony Braxton

| prev_title = One in Two – Two in One

| prev_year = 1979

| next_title = Anthony Braxton / Robert Schumann String Quartet

| next_year = 1979

}}

Performance (Quartet) 1979 is a live album by American composer and saxophonist Anthony Braxton recorded in Switzerland in 1979 and released on the hatART label.[http://www.restructures.net/BraxDisco/BraxDisco.htm Anthony Braxton discography] accessed December 15, 2011Filippo, R., [https://enciclopediadeljazz.wordpress.com/2016/09/04/anthony-braxton/ Enciclopedia del Jazz: Anthony Braxton] accessed November 3, 2016 The album has also been issued as Performance 9/1/79 and Performance for Quartet.

Reception

The Allmusic review awarded the album 3 stars.[http://www.allmusic.com/album/performance-quartet-1979-r282298 Allmusic Review] accessed December 15, 2011

{{Music ratings

| rev1 = Allmusic

| rev1Score = {{rating|3|5}}

|rev2 = The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide

| rev2Score = {{rating|5|5}}{{Cite book

|editor-last=Swenson

|editor-first=J.

| author-link =

| year = 1985

| title = The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide

| publisher = Random House/Rolling Stone

| location = USA

| isbn = 0-394-72643-X

| pages = 29

}}

}}

Track listing

All compositions by Anthony Braxton.

  1. "Part I" - 36:48
  2. "Part II" - 34:26

Personnel

References