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| name       = Marilyn Crispell, Mark Dresser, Gerry Hemingway Play Braxton
| type       = album
| artist     = [[Marilyn Crispell]], [[Mark Dresser]], and [[Gerry Hemingway]]
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| released   = 2012
| recorded   = April 19, 2011
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| studio     = Tedesco Studios, Teaneck, New Jersey
| genre      = [[Free jazz]]
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| label      = [[Tzadik Records|Tzadik]]<br><small>TZ 7640</small>
| producer   = Gerry Hemingway
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'''''Marilyn Crispell, Mark Dresser, Gerry Hemingway Play Braxton''''' is an album by pianist [[Marilyn Crispell]], bassist [[Mark Dresser]], and drummer [[Gerry Hemingway]], recorded at Tedesco Studios in Teaneck, New Jersey.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.jazzmusicarchives.com/album/marilyn-crispell(united-states)/marilyn-crispell-mark-dresser-gerry-hemingway-%E2%80%8E-play-braxton |title=Marilyn Crispell, Mark Dresser, Gerry Hemingway Play Braxton |website=Jazz Music Archives |access-date=March 26, 2022}}</ref> Although the CD booklet states that it was recorded in April 2010, it was actually recorded in April 2011, and was released in 2012 by [[Tzadik Records]].<ref name="gh_news">{{cite web |url=https://www.gerryhemingway.com/news.html |title=Gerry Hemingway: News |first=Gerry |last=Hemingway |website=GerryHemingway.com |access-date=March 26, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Lock |first=Graham |title=Forces in Motion: Anthony Braxton and the Meta-reality of Creative Music |publisher=Courier Dover Publications |year=2018 |pages=402 }}</ref>
The album features compositions by [[Anthony Braxton]]. Crispell, Dresser, and Hemingway were members of Braxton's quartet during the 1980s and 1990s, and reunited in 2010 for a concert in honor of his 65th birthday.<ref name="tz">{{cite web |url=https://www.tzadik.com/index.php?catalog=7640 |title=Marilyn Crispell, Mark Dresser, Gerry Hemingway Play Braxton |website=Tzadik |access-date=March 26, 2022}}</ref> A discussion following the concert led to the recording of the album the following year.<ref name="tz" /><ref name="gh_news" />
==Reception==
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1Score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref name="allmusic">{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/play-braxton-mw0002364416 |title=Marilyn Crispell, Mark Dresser, Gerry Hemingway Play Braxton |first=arwulf |last=arwulf |website=AllMusic |access-date=March 26, 2022}}</ref>
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In a review for [[AllMusic]], arwulf arwulf wrote: "The trio... achieves and sustains an empowered communion while celebrating Braxton's highly advanced formulae for collective improvisation... the archetypal changes wrought by a great and influential composer are expanded upon by artists whose close involvement made it possible to further the ideas and methodology of the masters."<ref name="allmusic" />
Writing for ''[[The New York City Jazz Record]]'', Stuart Broomer commented: "Crispell is magnificent, displaying the breadth of her playing... Dresser and Hemingway play at a level of thought and interaction most can only imagine and all three navigate this music with an intimacy that blurs compositional and improvisational methodologies into indivisible music. It's a masterpiece in itself, as well as an invitation to investigate all the original quartet's recordings."<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Broomer |first=Stuart |date=March 2013 |title=Play Braxton  |magazine=New York City Jazz Record |pages=15 |url=http://nycjazzrecord.com/issues/tnycjr201303.pdf}}</ref>
Robert Bush, in a review for the ''[[San Diego Reader]]'', stated: "To me, Braxton is an irrefutable genius and a singular visionary whose music will bear serious study for hundreds of years to come... This is a must for creative music fans."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sandiegoreader.com/weblogs/jam-session/2012/jun/19/crispell-dresser-hemingway-play-braxton |title=Marilyn Crispell, Mark Dresser, Gerry Hemingway Play Braxton |first=Robert |last=Bush |date=June 19, 2012 |website=San Diego Reader |access-date=March 26, 2022}}</ref>
==Track listing==
All compositions by Anthony Braxton.
# "Composition 116" – 5:55
# "Composition 23C" – 4:15
# "Composition 108C / 110 / 69Q" – 9:54
# "Composition 69B [8.2]" – 6:48
# "Composition 40N / 40B" – 12:57
== Personnel ==
* [[Marilyn Crispell]] – piano
* [[Mark Dresser]] – bass
* [[Gerry Hemingway]] – drums
==References==
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[[Category:2012 albums]]
[[Category:2012 collaborative albums]]
[[Category:Marilyn Crispell albums]]
[[Category:Mark Dresser albums]]
[[Category:Tzadik Records albums]]