Quartet for Tubas

Anthony Braxton and the Meta-reality of Creative Music-A #1 New Release in Jazz Music on Amazon!'Absolutely essential reading.' — The Wire One of modern music's towering figures composer and multi-instrumentalist Anthony Braxton has redefined critical concepts of jazz and the wider world of creative music. The Chicago native's works range from an early piece for 100 tubas to proposed compositions for orchestras on different planets. A modern classic  Forces in Motion follows Braxton's lauded quartet on a 1985 tour of England noting his opinions of his musical predecessors — including Charlie Parker John Coltrane and Karlheinz Stockhausen — as well as histhoughts on racism and poverty.For this new 30th anniversary edition Graham Lock provides a new chapter detailing later encounters with Braxton and the quartet; Anthony Braxton has penned a new Afterword as well. In addition to inside views of the mind of a musical visionary this book offers an entertaining chronicle of a touring band. Braxton's subjects run the gamut from chess and hamburgers to astrology feminism and ancient Egypt. Above all it offers a captivating view of the frustrations and rewards that result from an artist's dedication of his life to creative music.'This book should be required reading for anyone interested in my music ' Anthony Braxton has observed. 'Graham Lock writes from the perceptual plane of insight and dedication — coupled with a keen wit and a dynamic intellect. This is serious writing and thinking. I could not have been more fortunate.' Reprint of the Da Capo Press New York 1988 edition with new material added for the Dover edition.

In the words of the composer 'Insomnia was written between March and November 2002. Technically speaking it is a set of variations based on a harmonic model separated by a Ritornello-like section which is essentially a pedalpoint on the note e. The sound of Insomnia is darker and deeper than that of some of my other orchestral works. I decided to add a quartet of Wagner Tubas to the brass section for the very particular sonority only these rare andweird instruments can produce.'