Anthony Braxton
Awards

1972
Swing Journal 1972 Gold Disk Award for Paris Concert (Circle)

1973
Swing Journal 1973 Gold Disc Award for Town Hall '72
French Jazz Academy 1973 Prix du Oscar for The Complete Braxton

Down Beat International Critics Poll "Talent Deserving Wider Recognition", 1st place
Melody Maker International Critics Poll "Talent Deserving Wider Recognition, 1st place

1974
Down Beat International Critics Poll "Talent Deserving Wider Recognition", 1st place

1975
Stereo Review Record of the Year: Circle
Down Beat International Critics Poll Talent Deserving Wider Recognition, 1st place

1976
Melody Maker International Critics Poll, lst place: Alto Saxophone; 1st place: Clarinet; 1st place: Multi-Instrumentalist; 3rd place: Composer
French Jazz Academy Prix du oscar Award for Creative Orchestra Music
NEA Fellowship for Composition Piece for Four Orchestras
Willisau, Switzerland Jazz Poll 1st place: Alto Saxophone

1977
Jazz Forum Poland: 1st place: Alto Saxophone; 2nd place: Clarinet; 3rd place: Musician of the Year

1981
Guggenheim Fellowship
National Endowment for the Arts commission
Down Beat Critics Poll, first place, clarinet
Italian Jazz Society's Album of the Year award (for duet album with Max Roach, Birth and Rebirth )

1986
International Musician of the Year Award, Wire Magazine, England

1987
New Musical Express, Four Compositions 1984 , Record of the Year, Great Britain
National Endowment for the Arts commission


1989
Wire Magazine, London, England, "Records of the Year," five mentions
Wire Magazine, London, England, "Best Record of the Decade," Quartet (London) 1984