9 Standards (Quartet) 1993

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9 Standards (Quartet) 1993
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Live album by
Anthony Braxton and the Fred Simmons Trio
Released1993
RecordedFebruary 25, 1993 (1993-02-25)
Genre Jazz
Length117:02
Label Leo
Anthony Braxton chronology
Duets (1993)
(1993)
9 Standards (Quartet) 1993
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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]

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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.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."In Motion"Fred Simmons14:00
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.TitleWriter(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"Coltrane10:10

Personnel

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References

  1. "Anthony Braxton discography". Archived from the original on 11 September 2012. Retrieved 23 October 2012.
  2. 1 2 Kelsey, C. "Allmusic Review" . Retrieved 23 October 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.