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Anthony Braxton

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American musician, composer and philosopher (born 1945)

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Anthony Braxton is an American experimental composer, educator, music theorist, improviser, and multi-instrumentalist who is best known for playing saxophones, particularly the alto sax. He grew up on the South Side of Chicago and was a key early member of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians.

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2009Honorary doctor of the University of Liège
1994MacArthur Fellows Program
Guggenheim Fellowship
NEA Jazz Masters
Doris Duke Performing Artist Award

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Anthony Braxton is an American experimental composer, educator, music theorist, improviser, and multi-instrumentalist who is best known for playing saxophones, particularly the alto sax. He grew up on the South Side of Chicago and was a key early member of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians. He received great acclaim for his 1969 double-LP record For Alto, the first full-length album of solo saxophone music.

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United States
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Musicians
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Singer / Musician
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Born 1945 · age 81
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