Forces In Motion: The Music And Thoughts Of Anthony Braxton

Acknowledgements xiii Foreword xv Introduction 1 Astro Black Mythology i Magic was my name 11 ii Doors of the cosmos 14 iii House of light 17 iv Astro Black 20 Road Tuesday 12, London 24 Wednesday 13, London 25 Metaroad i Sweet Home Chicago – Factories of death 32 ii Biography 1, 1945–69 39 Road Thursday 14, Newcastle 56 Metaroad Foreground music 1 62 Road Friday 15, Manchester 72 Metaroad Biography 2, 1969–74 82 Road Saturday 16, Manchester 97 Metaroad Foreground music 2 99 Road Sunday 17, Birmingham 109 Quartet Mark Dresser, bass 117 Road Monday 18, Liverpool 124 Metaroad Biography 3, 1974–85 129 Road Tuesday 19, Sheffield 143 Metaroad Foreground music 3 150 Road Wednesday 20, Leicester 157 Metaroad Sound logic, sound magic 1: Musical evolution 162 Road Thursday 21, Bristol 175 Quartet Marilyn Crispell, piano 179 Road Friday 22, Southampton 189 Metaroad Sound logic, sound magic 2: Pulse tracks, collage forms, multi-orchestralism 195 Road Saturday 23, Leeds 212 Metaroad Sound logic, sound magic 3: Titles, colours, shapes 216 Road Sunday 24, Leeds 226 Metaroad Sound logic, sound magic 4: The metaphysics of structure 231 Road Monday 25, Huddersfield 244 Quartet Gerry Hemingway, percussion 252 Road 1983, Belgrade/Venice 265 Metaroad Coda 271 Road Tuesday 26, Coventry 285 Wednesday 27, London 289 Thursday 28, London Postscript 1 Celestial harmonies: A note on music, mysticism, ancient Egypt and world culture 294 Postscript 2 'In the light of the greater forces': A note on Tri-Axium Writings 308 Postscript 3 Lecture notes: i) Language music; ii) Repetition and structural generation; iii) Spatial distance and alternative structural models 321 Catalogue of works, 1966–86 332 Discography i) Anthony Braxton; ii) Marilyn Crispell, Mark Dresser, Gerry Hemingway; iii) Other artists 378 Bibliography 396 Index 402