Anthony Braxton – Four Compositions (Quartet) 1983 Black Saint BSR 0066 (1983)
A good one for sure, but overshadowed by what came before and after. This is a transitional album. George Lewis is still around, but Braxton is essentially putting together a new quartet (Marilyn Crispell would soon replace Lewis). New ideas are surfacing, but they aren’t quite fully developed yet. This is a man who recorded and released music so prolifically that, for better or worse, you get to hear him evolve. “Composition No. 69 Q” is the highlight here; it kind of looks back to Braxton’s 70s work.