The ‘Creative Music’ of Anthony Braxton

From Examiner.com, a preview of the remixed Braxton Black Saint / Soul Note recordings:

Most important is that, among those musicians currently alive and plying their trade, Braxton’s work may well be that which most defies any form of classification. Clearly Giovanni Bonandriri, who was responsible for much of what went into the Black Saint and Soul Note catalogs, saw Braxton as a jazz musician; and he certainly has done some impressive jamming with the best of them (including, in this particular collection, Max Roach, Mal Waldron, and Don Byron). On the other hand musicians more commonly associated with the “classical” side of the avant-garde, such as Richard Teitelbaum and Frederick Rzewski, have also performed with him in what may best be called both “chamber” and “orchestral” settings.