KPFA-FM Music Dept. ➔ An Interview with Anthony Braxton in 1971
Analog Audio
Event Type
Interview and MusicOrigin
KPFAIdentifier
AM.1971.10.10Program Length
23 minDates
| broadcast| 1971-10-10 | created
Description
Avant-garde jazz saxophonist, composer, and philosopher, Anthony Braxton, is interviewed by Roland Young, Glen Howell, and Sandy Silver, on the night before a concert of his music was to be held at the Palace of the Legion of Honor on October 10th, 1971. In his typical brash and provocative style Braxton makes a series of pronouncements, including that he can be best viewed as a frustrated scientist who makes nonfunctional music that can not be used but only enjoyed, and that music as communication is an illusion. The epitome of the cool, African American jazzman, Braxton’s edited comments, interspersed with brief excerpts of his solo performances, are as much a reflection of the times in which they were recorded as they are of the man himself.Genres
JazzAvant-garde
Musical Selections
[multiple brief excerpts of solo saxophone music]Subjects
Avant-garde (Music)Jazz
Saxophone music
Improvisation (Music)
Related places
Berkeley (Calif.) (was recorded at)Berkeley (Calif.) (was broadcast at)
Related Entities
California Palace of the Legion of HonorBraxton, Anthony
Young, Roland P.
Howell, Glen
Silver, Sandy