title: Six Compositions: Quartet
text: # Six Compositions: Quartet
  
  Six Compositions: Quartet is an album by American saxophonist and composer Anthony Braxton, recorded in 1981 and released on the Antilles label.
  
  ## Reception
  
  Professional ratings :
  
  | Review scores ||
  | - | - |
  | Source | Rating |
  | AllMusic | |
  | The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | |
  
  The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow stated: "Braxton seems quite comfortable playing this complex music, and his diagrams (which serve as song titles) are actually fairly humorous."
  
  ## Track listing
  
  All compositions by Anthony Braxton are graphically titled and the following attempts to translate the title to text.
  
  * "Unpk X [Composition No. 40B]" - 7:09
  * "Eggg (Mc- [Composition No. 69N]" - 7:52
  * "Pzq M C Wh [Composition No. 34]" - 6:17
  * "Dk(Rhx) T U Gil-6 [Composition No. 40A]" - 9:04
  * "M R Rjm D [Composition No. 40G]" - 5:00
  * "G-Ho Mhh Rwp [Composition No. 52]" - 6:11
  
  ## Personnel
  
  * Anthony Braxton – alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone, E♭ soprano saxophone, contrabass clarinet
  * Anthony Davis - piano
  * Mark Helias - bass
  * Ed Blackwell - drums
  