Anthony Braxton / Maral Yakshieva
Improvisations (Duo) 2008
2009 - SoLyd Records: SLR 0383/4 
http://www.solyd-records.ru/

* Anthony Braxton: saxophones
* Maral Yakshieva: piano
 
http://tricentricfoundation.org/anthony-braxton/ 
http://www.letov.ru/maral.htm

Recorded 12 July 2008 at Wesleyan University Music Department
(http://www.wesleyan.edu/), Middletown, CT (Connecticut), USA.

Review
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By Bruce Lee Gallanter 
http://search2.downtownmusicgallery.com/lookup.cgi?item=2010_03_05_18_02_29

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This double disc set was recorded in July of 2008 at Wesleyan University where
Mr. Braxton is a professor. The sound is superb and has been recorded and
mastered by Jon Rosenberg. The first disc is appropriately called
"Improvisations 1" and the duo wind their way into a long journey-like set of
stories. At first Mr. Braxton is playing a sopranino sax sublimely while
Ms. Yakshieva plays elegant, dream-like piano. Braxton then switches to alto
while Maral plays an exquisite solo passage. Mr. Braxton seems more reflective
than usual, his tone, the warmest and most enchanting in recent memory. The
tempo and the tension increases as the duo take off with more flurries of
notes, intertwining marvelously in tight spirals. This entire disc has a most
relaxed vibe as if both of the musicians have been playing together for many
years and feel completely comfortable. About halfway through the first disc,
Braxton plays this cool melody which Ms. Yakshieva picks up on and the duo
weave their ideas around that melody for a bit anticipating each other's
lines. Each of these two discs is over 50 minutes long and each disc is filled
with some magnificent, magical improvising. Yet another treasure from the vast
Braxton catalogue of wonders.