Anthony Braxton

"The Koeln concert shows us these positive vibrations marching through "the complete continuance of creative music," and on towards the next millennium. The "success of the future" is not a lost cause as long as there is music like this in the air."-Graham Lock

Anthony Braxton takes this wonderful legacy of bebop and makes it speak anew. But in doing so, he is only renewing Charlie Parker’s promise – the promise that runs throughout the African-American creative tradition – that now is the time the music can and must address. — Graham Lock

The resulting music – a step into virtuoso improv within «vibrational space» – sings with a relaxed exhilaration that will make it a certain pleasure for all who listen. Here, I guess (to steal an image from William Blake), is the sound of «Joy as it flies». — Graham Lock