For Alto

For Alto
Studio album by
Anthony Braxton
Released1971
Recorded1969
GenreJazz
Length72:58
LabelDelmark Records
Anthony Braxton chronology
Three Compositions of New Jazz
(1968) 		For Alto
(1971) 		Silence
(1969)

For Alto is a jazz double-LP by composer/multi-reedist Anthony Braxton, recorded in 1969 and released on Delmark Records in 1971.[1][2] 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,[3] For Alto was the first jazz album composed solely of solo saxophone music.[4]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference aaj was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Shatz, Adam (29 October 2000). "70's Redux: Notes From the Jazz Underground". The New York Times. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
  3. ^ Shoemaker, Bill (April 25, 2019). "Solo Saxophone Flights". JazzTimes.com. Retrieved June 27, 2022.
  4. ^ Martin, Henry; Waters, Keith (2009). Essential Jazz: The First 100 Years (2nd ed.). Schirmer. p. 205.