For Alto

For Alto
Studio album by Anthony Braxton
Released	1970
Recorded	February 1969
Genre	Free jazz
Length	72:58
Label	Delmark Records
Anthony Braxton chronology
Three Compositions of New Jazz (1968) For Alto (1969) Anthony Braxton (1969)

For Alto is a jazz double-LP by composer/multi-reedist Anthony Braxton. Delmark Records released the double-album in 1970. The tracks on this album are performed by Braxton on alto saxophone, with no additional instrumentation or musicians and no overdubbing.

Reception

The Penguin Guide to Jazz gives For Alto a four-star rating (of a possible four) along with its "crown" token of merit, and describes it as "one of the genuinely important American recordings. While some landmark performances retain only a mystical aura of their original significance, [For Alto] remains powerfully listenable and endlessly fascinating."^[1]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	link
Penguin Guide to Jazz
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	[2]

Track listing

1. "Dedicated to Multi-Instrumentalist Jack Gell"  – 0:42
2. "To Composer John Cage"  – 9:30
3. "To Artist Murray dePillars"  – 4:17
4. "To Pianist Cecil Taylor"  – 5:18
5. "Dedicated to Ann and Peter Allen"  – 12:54
6. "Dedicated to Susan Axelrod"  – 10:24
7. "To My Friend Kenny McKenny"  – 10:06
8. "Dedicated to Multi-Instrumentalist Leroy Jenkins"  – 19:47

References

1. Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2006) [1992]. "Anthony Braxton". The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (8th ed.). New York: Penguin. p. 150. ISBN 0-14-102327-9.
2. Swenson, J. (Editor) (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 29. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.