Claim: For Four Orchestras by American jazz saxophonist and composer Anthony Braxton had over 20 instruments played by four different orchestras.
Evidence: For Four Orchestras is an album by American jazz saxophonist and composer Anthony Braxton recorded in 1978 and first released on the Arista label a triple LP. violin II viola cello bass flute and piccolo alto flute clarinet and E♭clarinet bass clarinet oboe English horn bassoon trumpet trombone tuba harp percussion violin I clarinet Francine Swartzentruber
Shelley Fowle
Lilyn Graves
Lorraine Adel
Robert Scarrow Barry Sargent
Zabeth Oechlin
Edward Shlasko
Steven Schuch
Audrey Hale Karin von Gierke
Stanislav Branovicki
Susan Demetris
Monique Reid
Judith Bixler Peter Jaffe
Diane Cooper
David Wilson
Pamela Stuckey
Mary Bolling Marriane Smith
Marcus Woo
Amorie Robinson
Jennifer Steiner
Kathy Blackwell Lori Fay
Andra Marx
Alison Feuerwerker
Ellen Ziontz
Lauri Gutman Sally Becker
Elizabeth Welch
Susan Brenneis
Julie Badger
Jane Moon Shannon Simonson
Lynda Mapes
Margaret Morgan
Johnathan Dunn
Jennifer Doctor Naomi Barlow
James Thomas
Sarah Bloom
Rachel Yurman Amy Leventhal
Jeffery Durachta
Kathleen Elliott
Helen McDermott Nanci Severance
David Rogers
Dee Ortel
Beth Thorne Norin Saxe
Theodore Chemey
Alex Guroff
Igor Polisitsky Steven Harrison
Elizabeth Warren
Suzanne Wijsman
Elizabeth Knowles Tom Rosenberg
Steven Drake
Dawn Wilder
Sarah Binford Carol Elliott
Aaron Henderson
Matthew Wexler
Michele McTeague Kathy Kelly
Daniel Kazez
Carole Stipleman
Steven Wise Mark Shapire
Suzanne Tarshis
Leon Dorsey Michael Talbert
Robert Adair
Mikkel Jordan Jeffrey Hill
Matthew McCauley
Jeffrey Soule Arthur Kell
David Seckinger
Daniel Savage Celeste Johnson Leonard Garrison Betsy Adler Virginia Elliott Joel Karr Wendy Tarnoff Adam Kuenzel Carol Goodwillow Michael Zakim David Hostetler Bela Schwartz James Colbert John Guest Marty Rossip David Bell Marta Schworm Mark Gallagher Cynthia Douglass David Ballon Carol Robinson Pamela Hill Carolyn Hove James Hois Michael Harrison Cameron McClusky Giselle Lautenbach Bernard Gabis Claudia Patton Allen Smith Ann Kosanovic Deanna Kory Mark Gross John Bourque
David Driesen Alan Campbell
Thomas Gotwals Dave Rinaldi
Chris Kerrebrock James Kirchenbauer
William Camp Robert Asmussen
Richard Ruotolo
Mark Kaiser David Fogg
Ann Mondragon
David Stocklosa Bradley Cornell
Kadie Nichols
Mark Adams Brian Campbell
Eileen Jones
Erik Johnson Barry Jenson Brian Bailey Steven Box John Lomonaco Cynthia Mowery Naomi Markus Nancy Lendrim Susan Kelly John Gardner
Andrew Collier
Stephen Pascher David Wiles
John Kennedy
Philip Seeman Galen Work
Gregg Linde
Victor Thomas Andre Whatley
Charles Wood
Derek Davidson