Joseph Jarman, Anthony Brazton
Together Alone
Delmark Records (UK) 1974
DS-428 (LP)
MAT: DS 428-A (ᵛᵛ)21871 ∽ ⓢ / (ᵛᵛ)21871 DS 428-B (“Tulip” symbol stamped on both side.)
sleeve : VG+(SRW, some wear on edge and corner, dirts.)
media : EX-/EX-(some slightly surface noise and some light pop noise.)
Released in 1974, this duo album brings together Joseph Jarman—one of the most spiritually potent voices to emerge from the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians, the non-profit collective founded at the urging of Muhal Richard Abrams, and a figure equally revered as a composer and poet—and fellow AACM luminary Anthony Braxton, who since the 1960s has left behind more than 100 works while mastering a wide range of reed instruments. A historic masterpiece of deep, inward-looking improvisation, the album unfolds in a consistently hushed yet intense register: A1 opens with spoken word before the two saxophones slowly intertwine and drift in space, A2 paints a shadowed landscape with piano and flute, and B3 is especially stunning, with the vibrato-rich low resonance of bass clarinet or alto saxophone (maybe?) and the delicate shimmer of chimes generating microscopic tremors in the air. We’re pleased to offer a particularly scarce UK edition. Vinyl was made in US probably, and outer sleeve is same as US edition, but distinguished by UK-distribution labels affixed to both sides of the record.
A1: CK7(GN)
A2: SBN-A-1 66K
B3: Morning (Including Circles)