title: 19 (Solo) Compositions, 1988
text: # 19 (Solo) Compositions, 1988
  
  19 [Solo] Compositions, 1988 is a live album by composer and saxophonist Anthony Braxton featuring solo performances recorded in 1988 and released on the New Albion label.
  
  ## Reception
  
  Professional ratings :
  
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  | Allmusic | |
  
  The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow stated:
  
     These live concerts feature Anthony Braxton on 19 selections, each of which explore a different idea or mood. ... Although free in spots, Braxton's performances also have their own logic and are quite concise.
  
  ## Track listing
  
  All compositions by Anthony Braxton except where noted.
  
  * "138A (ballade)" - 2:57
  * "106D (relationship)" - 3:25
  * "118F (buzz logic)" - 2:46
  * "138B (african violets)" 2:26
  * "77G (whole)" - 3:14
  * "118A (intervallic)" - 3:17
  * "138C (long)" - 2:25
  * "106J (pointillistic)" - 2:40
  * "77C (triplet diatonic)" - 3:05
  * "26F (104/M kelvin)" - 1:50
  * "You Go to My Head" (J. Fred Coots, Haven Gillespie) - 4:17
  * "119I (+99E) (medium dance)" - 1:47
  * "119G (multiphonic)" - 1:58
  * "Round 'Bout Midnight" (Thelonious Monk, Cootie Williams, Bernie Hanighen) - 2:44
  * "99B (line)" - 3:47
  * "106A (quarter)" - 2:56
  * "138D (ballade)" - 2:17
  * "Half Nelson" (Miles Davis) - 5:10
  * "106C (triadic spiral)" - 3:04
  * Recorded at Killian Hall, Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Massachusetts on April 8, 1988 (tracks 1-16) and Intersection for the Arts in San Francisco, CA on April 16, 1988 (tracks 17-19)
  
  ## Personnel
  
  * Anthony Braxton - alto saxophone
  