Anthony Braxton Random Moment in the Park

[polar123454321ralop]

These questions are horrible, and whoever asked these should be ashamed for disrespecting Mr. Braxton. Yet, the questions are hilarious and Braxton does a great job trying to answer them. Thank you for posting this.

[booksteve]

It is unfortunate that a great composer like AB has to deal with people asking these kind of questions. He is very much a gentleman to even entertain this kind of emptiness.

[RaiderEleven]

Yeah, I agree AB was very kind to an "interviewer" (and I use that word facetiously) who couldn't even frame a simple question for a wonderful musician. I think the fact that Braxton is considered a genius made her attempt to be something she is not: a person capable of asking a simple, interesting question.

[gioni]

These question are stupid and nonsensical..

[VintageFuzz]

These English are flawed and grammatically incorrect.

[nedmanxxx]

MAN...you AB sycophants have done gone and drank the kool-ade pitcher dry...guess PARIS HILTON is your idea of some kinda genius actress too. BIRD LIVES...WORDS ARE TURDS WHEN YOU DONT KNOW SHIT

[TV3020001]

Nedmanxxx makes his own point about words and turds. I played a big band concert with braxton in 1982. We did Bird's Au Privau and you don't need me to tell you that he smoked it. For anyone that doubts his "inside" abilities, the first half of the concert was him playing Giant Steps solo at 300BPM on alto. MESSAGE: shut mouth & open mind. Re this interview: look at some interviews of Bird and Diz. Same thing: trying not to make the interviewer look dumb despite obviously stupid questions.

[nedmanxxx]

what'd ab do , play screetchy, schmeery, pukey arythmic animal sounds over giant steps? plus ...i hear no love or beauty in his nonlanguage. his main talent is foolin' squares...and fools.

[PhuckHue]

glad he's still around, I saw him perform in detroit around 1980. I wish more musicians would discover his music and become more inspired. Anything is better than hearing the same 60 year old Charlie Parker licks over and over

[Jazzman303]

It's amazing that peole like you two have such strong feelings for the past when instead of bitching about someone elses art you aren't slaving over the hours to replicate the past. It's like a solo section.. The peice has to have something to move forward to. I feel that you guys aren't killin Jazz your Just putting it in a Museum

[Jazzman303]

Hoookcattt... Im gettin tired of your shit man. Yeah... Man im tired of all of this... Saxophoney, why would you say Jazz is dead? It's alive and Kickin. If you don't look forward you aren't going to get anywhere with an artform.

[alexrobes]

yo man, there is no point in talking to hoookat, all he does is find music that he doesnt understand and than he insults it without any knowledge on the subject. than, people that know something about the music try to explain it to him and he gets off on insulting them. its really pathetic. have you seen hoookats video, hes a rock guitarist for some wedding band or something. somehow im not surprised at his ignorance.

[Jazzman303]

Yeah it is really weak. I feel even worse for him because he looks like hes 28 and he hasn't reached a higher level of musicianship than a shitty wedding gig. Really, It makes me laugh.

[hoookcattt]

Gad what a waste of air, at least we don't have to hear him torture any weird instruments to sound like farm animals fighting which is what we usually does.

[VintageFuzz]

I don't know your music...what do you mean when you say "what we usually do"?

[VintageFuzz]

If Braxton is too esoteric for the masses, thank God! We've got more than enough jazzers who can play the same standard everynight and talk about "America's Classical Music" ad nauseam.

[saxophoney]

With this I agree.How many times must Autumn Leaves be rehashed? I've made a pledge to stop buying the jazz recordings of dead men or rehashed musical ideas generated 50+ years ago.On the positive side:Give me new and fresh, yet listenable music. I'll buy new rock music or concert saxophone artists'music. M.Braxton music certainly is always new, but I find it not listenable.

[saxophoney]

This is why jazz is dead. Mr. Braxton, who made no sense, coupled with the inane questions of the babe. She must have been good looking.

[VintageFuzz]

She was sexaphoney, yes. I still don't get how this proves that jazz is dead. Is Braxton even considered a jazzman?

[saxophoney]

Don't know what he does right now, but he certainly was a jazzer. Jazz as an idiom became wacked out, self absorbed, unapproachable and unpopular long ago and is now kept alive only via academic subsidy. And this view is from someone who loves jazz.

[VintageFuzz]

I love jazz, too. And I certainly have some Braxton records that can be labelled as Jazz. But at the same time, I believe that Braxton is coming at it from a different approach -- some would call it "whacked out" while others would argue that he is working towards a new african-american music that demands an intellectual approach and re-evaluation of the jazz idiom. His approach certainly beats the "jazz education mumbo-jumbo" that Marsalis peddles on every stage and PBS station.

[BelBivDevoeRules]

This guy is the fucking man. I'm very fortunate to be on the planet during the Braxton time-space.

[CosmicDean]

crikey, whose asking those crazy questions!?!

[2128169]

Great to see and hear Braxton talking about these things...thanks for posting this! I like the fact that we live on a planet where we can be behind!

[VintageFuzz]

Agreed. Braxton should talk more because his extemporaneous comments are fascinating, beautiful, and intriguing. Filmmakers: get out there and document this man's mind!

[nycic]

baghdad.

[mendali]

awesome thanks