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Creative Orchestra (Guelph) 2007

Anthony Braxton& the AIMToronto Orchestra

Anthony Braxton, conductor & soprano sax;

Christine Duncan, voice;

Parmela Attariwala, violin;

Tilman Lewis, cello;

Ken Aldcroft, guitar;

Justin Haynes, guitar & harmonica;

Nicole Rampersaud, trumpet;

Scott Thomson, trombone;

Rob Piilonen, flute;

Ronda Rindone, Eb & bass clarinet;

Kyle Brenders, soprano sax;

Evan Shaw, alto sax;

Colin Fisher, tenor sax;

Tania Gill, piano;

Victor Bateman, bass;

Rob Clutton, bass;

Brandon Valdivia, xylophone;

Nick Fraser, drums;

Joe Sorbara, drums.

Works: Compositions No. 306, No. 307 & No. 91 with three Language Improvisations. Recorded September 7, 2007 in Guelph, Canada.

What the critics are saying:

"Braxton went to Ontario to realize the operatically inclined vocal music on Creative Orchestra (Guelph) 2007 (Spool 30; 88:46) ***. The AIMToronto Orchestra was formed specially for this performance but there's no beginner hesitation in the dense woodwind textures, arrhythmic percussive figures and clanking electric guitar punctuation they bring to this jagged and forbidding music."

--Bill Meyer. 

Downbeat December 2009 p. 68