9 Standards (Quartet) 1993

9 Standards (Quartet) 1993
Live album by Anthony Braxton and the Fred Simmons Trio
Released	1993
Recorded	February 25, 1993 (1993-02-25)
Genre	Jazz
Length	117:02
Label	Leo
Anthony Braxton chronology
Duets (1993) (1993) 9 Standards (Quartet) 1993 (1993) 4 (Ensemble) Compositions 1992 (1993)

9 Standards (Quartet) 1993 is a double CD live album by American saxophonist and composer Anthony Braxton recorded at Wesleyan University in 1993 and released on the English Leo label. ^[1]

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	[3]

The AllMusic review by Chris Kelsey awarded the album 4½ stars stating "Braxton plays this entire live set as if he's got something to prove, and the result is very possibly the most inspired mainstream playing he's ever put on record". ^[2]

Track listing

Disc One

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"In Motion"	Fred Simmons	14:00
2.	"Cherokee"	Ray Noble	16:21
3.	"You Go to My Head"	John Frederick Coots, Haven Gillespie	14:18
4.	"On Green Dolphin Street"	Bronisław Kaper, Ned Washington	11:40
5.	"All the Things You Are"	Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern	9:29

Disc Two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Mr. P.C."	John Coltrane	13:34
2.	"I Remember You"	Johnny Mercer, Victor Schertzinger	13:05
3.	"What's New?"	Johnny Burke, Bob Haggart	14:25
4.	"Impressions"	Coltrane	10:10

• Recorded at Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut on February 25, 1993

Personnel

• Anthony Braxton – alto saxophone, sopranino saxophone, flute
• Fred Simmons - piano
• Paul Brown - bass
• Leroy Williams - drums

References

1. "Anthony Braxton discography". Archived from the original on September 11, 2012. Retrieved October 23, 2012.
2. Kelsey, C. "Allmusic Review" . Retrieved October 23, 2012.
3. Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (9th ed.). London: Penguin. p. 162. ISBN   978-0-14-103401-0.