For Alto

  • Listeners

    26.5K

  • Scrobbles

    134.2K

  • Listeners

    26.5K

  • Scrobbles

    134.2K

  • Last.FM User
  • Last.FM User
  • Last.FM User

Join others and track this album

Scrobble, find and rediscover music with a Last.fm account

Sign Up to Last.fm
For Alto
Add artworkView all artwork
Length
8 tracks, 72:53
Release Date
1 January 1970
For Alto is a studio album by Anthony Braxton, released in 1971. Braxton performs the pieces on this album entirely on alto saxophone, with no additional musicians, instrumentation or overdubbing. Although other jazz musicians, such as Coleman Hawkins, Sonny Rollins, and Eric Dolphy, had recorded unaccompanied saxophone solos, For Alto was the first jazz album composed solely of solo saxophone music. View wiki
For Alto is a studio album by Anthony Braxton, released in 1971. Braxton performs the pieces on this album entirely on alto saxophone, with no addit… read more
For Alto is a studio album by Anthony Braxton, released in 1971. Braxton performs the pieces on this album entirely on alto saxophone, with no additional musicians, instrumentation or o… read more

Related Tags

Add tagsView all tags

Don't want to see ads? Upgrade Now

Tracklist

Track number Play Loved Track name Artist name Buy Options Duration Listeners
1 Play track Dedicated to Multi-Instrumentalist Jack Gell
  • Loading
 0:42 24,851 listeners
2 Play track To Composer John Cage
  • Loading
 9:30 7,729 listeners
3 Play track To Artist Murray De Pillars
  • Loading
 4:17 6,799 listeners
4 Play track To Pianist Cecil Taylor
  • Loading
 5:18 6,276 listeners
5 Play track Dedicated to Ann and Peter Allen
  • Loading
 12:54 5,215 listeners
6 Play track Dedicated to Susan Axelrod
  • Loading
 10:24 4,926 listeners
7 Play track To My Friend Kenny McKenny
  • Loading
 10:01 4,457 listeners
8 Play track Dedicated To Multi-Instrumentalist Leroy Jenkins
  • Loading
 19:47 4,045 listeners

Similar Albums

  1. 1,563 listeners

    Thoughts of Dar Es Salaam
    • Loading

  2. 15,507 listeners

    Fire Music
    • Loading

  3. 313,001 listeners

    Blue Train
    • Loading

  4. 39,165 listeners

    'Out to Lunch!'
    • Loading

  5. 7,358 listeners

    Guitar
    • Loading

  6. 41,098 listeners

    Science Fiction
    • Loading

  7. 5,042 listeners

    Trencadis: a selection from Migration of Silence Into and Out of The Tone World
    • Loading

  8. 30,249 listeners

    Jazz Advance
    • Loading

  9. 7,916 listeners

    Contours
    • Loading

  10. 79,581 listeners

    Sound Sun Pleasure
    • Loading

  11. 7,330 listeners

    Nothung
    • Loading

  12. 5,588 listeners

    Fo deuk Revue
    • Loading

Scrobble Stats

What is scrobbling?

Scrobbling is when Last.fm tracks the music you listen to and automatically adds it to your music profile.

Learn more

Recent Listening Trend

Day Listeners
21
10
18
14
14
14
17
13
16
12
15
15
14
13
45
30
28
30
21
14
17
42
39
18
18
27
23
21
20
17
15
20
15
21
16
16
12
23
28
26
19
17
14
17
31
21
21
21
21
19
21
17
16
19
16
14
15
17
18
19
16
17
13
14
19
17
23
26
17
21
14
18
19
25
19
16
14
16
19
24
17
21
29
27
13
16
13
23
16
17
16
18
20
10
18
12
17
14
15
15
16
16
16
10
11
8
12
18
21
15
20
11
17
8
17
25
18
22
14
11
16
17
11
15
17
14
11
17
19
16
18
13
27
13
10
17
16
16
15
19
19
22
16
25
19
29
16
13
15
17
12
22
19
16
25
21
16
23
19
18
20
12
14
22
21
21
24
17
14
13
29
31
20
18
14
12
19
17
17
20
21

External Links

Don't want to see ads? Upgrade Now

Shoutbox

Javascript is required to view shouts on this page. Go directly to shout page

About This Artist

Artist images

29 more

Anthony Braxton

85,697 listeners

Related Tags

Anthony Braxton (born June 4, 1945) is an American , , , , and philosopher. He has created a large body of highly complex work. Braxton is one of the most prolific American musicians/composers to date, having released well over 100 albums since the 1960s. Among the vast array of instruments he utilizes are the flute; the sopranino, soprano, C-Melody, F alto, E-flat alto, baritone, bass, and contrabass saxophones; and the E-flat, B-flat, and contrabass clarinets. Braxton's music is difficult to categorize, and because of this, he lik… read more
Anthony Braxton (born June 4, 1945) is an American , , , , and philosopher. He has created a large body of highly complex work. Braxton is one … read more
Anthony Braxton (born June 4, 1945) is an American , , , , and philosopher. He has created a large body of highly complex work. Braxton is one of the most prolific American musicians/compos… read more

View full artist profile

Similar Artists

  1. 97,673 listeners

    Avatar for Cecil Taylor

  2. 35,907 listeners

    Avatar for Peter Brötzmann

  3. 145,919 listeners

    Avatar for Albert Ayler

  4. 345,521 listeners

    Avatar for Ornette Coleman

  5. 14,938 listeners

    Avatar for Roscoe Mitchell

  6. 20,364 listeners

    Avatar for Evan Parker

  7. 13,562 listeners

    Avatar for Henry Threadgill

  8. 31,260 listeners

    Avatar for Marion Brown

  9. 248,793 listeners

    Avatar for Eric Dolphy

View all similar artists

Trending Tracks

  • 1

  • 2

  • 3

  • 4

  • 5

  • 6

View all trending tracks

API Calls

Scrobble from Spotify?

Connect your Spotify account to your Last.fm account and scrobble everything you listen to, from any Spotify app on any device or platform.

Connect to Spotify

Dismiss