Mary Halvorson

Genius is a rare commodity in any art form, but at the end of the 20th century it seemed all but non-existent in jazz, a music that had ceased looking ahead and begun swallowing its tail. If it seemed like the music had run out of ideas, it might be because Anthony Braxton covered just about every conceivable area of creativity during the course of his extraordinary career.

Stop the presses! This is not only one record amongst thousands, it’s the very first with Tom Rainey’s name on the cover.