20 Dec
2002
20 Dec
'02
5:38 p.m.
Braxton's piano style kind of comes out of both Dave Brubeck and Cecil Taylor, and it can be very jarring in the context of an otherwise straightahead session. <<<
I drove to Oakland from SoCal to see this incarnation of Braxtonmetabop. The friend I met there found it quite 'jarring.' I was blown away. Watching Braxton was just delightful. My friend thought perhaps Braxton was on weekend pass from a local institution.