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
|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.
- "Part I" - 36:48
- "Part II" - 34:26
Personnel
- Anthony Braxton - soprano saxophone, alto saxophone, clarinet, contrabass clarinet
- Ray Anderson - trombone, alto trombone, little instruments
- John Lindberg - bass
- Thurman Barker - percussion, xylophone, gongs
References
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Category:Hathut Records live albums