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Anthony Braxton

1945 - Today

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Anthony Braxton (born June 4, 1945) 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. A prolific composer with a vast body of cross-genre work, the MacArthur Fellow and NEA Jazz Master has released hundreds of recordings and compositions. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2024). Anthony Braxton is the 1,937th most popular musician (down from 1,888th in 2024), the 10,243rd most popular biography from United States (down from 9,586th in 2019) and the 758th most popular American Musician.

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Anthony Braxton ranks 1,937 out of 3,175. Before him are The Proclaimers, Richard Ashcroft, Buddy Miles, Giovanni D'Anzi, Lionel Tertis, and Steve Gaines. After him are Fito Páez, Baaba Maal, Cedar Walton, Sébastien Izambard, Matthew Tuck, and Central Cee.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1945, Anthony Braxton ranks 582. Before him are Brewster H. Shaw, Svetlana Tširkova-Lozovaja, June Gable, Elton Dean, Javier Guzmán, and Franz Keller. After him are Vashti Bunyan, Bruce Broughton, Naftali Bon, Daniel Ona Ondo, Manuel Chaves, and Nicholas Meyer.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Anthony Braxton ranks 10,245 out of 20,380. Before him are Ray Gillen (1959), Clifford Truesdell (1919), Marcia Fudge (1952), Virginia Fox (1902), Forrest Tucker (1919), and Mark McGwire (1963). After him are Ted McGinley (1958), Norman Z. McLeod (1898), Dorothy Comingore (1913), Kellan Lutz (1985), Harry Turtledove (1949), and Debra Mooney (1947).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Anthony Braxton ranks 758. Before him are Harold Budd (1936), Lynn Harrell (1944), Alan Jay Lerner (1918), Jimmy Heath (1926), Buddy Miles (1947), and Steve Gaines (1949). After him are Cedar Walton (1934), Flavor Flav (1959), Steve Albini (1962), John Prine (1946), Red Mitchell (1927), and Chris Hillman (1944).

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