If ever a recording needed to be trumpeted from the rooftops, it's this one, and perhaps we all owe a debt of gratitude to
John Zorn for making it happen. This initial trio meeting of saxophonist
Anthony Braxton, drummer
Milford Graves, and ubiquitous bassist
William Parker is a vanguard jazz fan's dream come true.
Beyond Quantum places these three modern legends in a completely improvised setting in producer
Bill Laswell's studio for 63 minutes of pure inspirational, communicative fire. First is the fact that
Graves performs seldom and records even less. Secondly, he's never appeared with either of these men before.