For Alto

Infobox Album
Name = For Alto
Type = Double album
Artist = Anthony Braxton


Released = 1969
Recorded =
Genre = Jazz
Length = 72:58
Label = Delmark Records
Producer =
Reviews =
* Allmusic rating|5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:spdsyl48xppb link]
*"Penguin Guide to Jazz" rating|4|4
Last album = "Three Compositions of New Jazz" (1968)
This album = "For Alto" (1969)
Next album = "Anthony Braxton" (1969)

"For Alto" is a jazz double-LP by composer/multi-reedist Anthony Braxton. Delmark Records released the double-album in 1969. The tracks on this album are performed by Braxton on alto saxophone, with no additional instrumentation or musicians. "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." [cite book|last = Cook|first = Richard|authorlink = Richard Cook|coauthors = Brian Morton|title = The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings|origyear = 1992|edition = 8th ed.|series = The Penguin Guide to Jazz|year = 2006|publisher = Penguin|location = New York|language = English|isbn = 0-141-02327-9|pages = p. 150|chapter = Anthony Braxton]

Track listing

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

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