Together Alone (Anthony Braxton and Joseph Jarman album)

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Together Alone
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Studio album by
Released1974
RecordedDecember 29, 1971
Genre Jazz
Length42:46
Label Delmark
Producer Robert G. Koester
Anthony Braxton chronology
Paris Concert
(1971)
Together Alone
(1974)
Donna Lee
(1972)
Joseph Jarman chronology
As If It Were the Seasons
(1968)
Together Alone
(1971)
Egwu-Anwu
(1977)

Together Alone is an album by American jazz saxophonists Joseph Jarman and Anthony Braxton recorded in 1971 and released on the Delmark label. [1] [2]

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
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Scott Yanow, in his review for AllMusic calls the album a "disappointment considering the talents involved". He states "not a lot of magic or close communication occurs, and the improvisations tend to ramble." [3]

Track listing

  1. "Together Alone" (Joseph Jarman) – 5:39
  2. "Dawn Dance One" (Jarman) – 13:46
  3. "Morning [Including Circles]" (Jarman) – 2:18
  4. "Ck7 (GN) 436" – (Anthony Braxton) – 6:10
  5. "SBN-A-1 66k" (Braxton) – 14:53

Personnel

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References

  1. Anthony Braxton discography accessed December 13, 2011
  2. Anthony Braxton Project: 1971–1979 Chronology accessed November 7, 2016
  3. 1 2 Yanow, Scott. Anthony Braxton and Joseph Jarman – Together Alone: Review at AllMusic . Retrieved February 3, 2014.
  4. Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 29. ISBN   0-394-72643-X.
  5. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 767. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.