Trio and Duet

Trio and Duet
Studio album by Anthony Braxton
Released	1974
Recorded	October 8, 1974
Studio	Thunder Sound in Toronto, Canada
Genre	Jazz
Length	45:28
Label	Sackville 3007
Producer	Bill Smith
Anthony Braxton chronology
Royal Volume 1 (1974) Trio and Duet (1974) New York, Fall 1974 (1974)

Trio and Duet is an album by American jazz saxophonist Anthony Braxton recorded in 1974 and released on the Canadian Sackville label. ^{[1] [2] [3]} The album features a trio performance of one of Braxton's compositions and three duets on jazz standards. It was reissued in 2015 by Delmark Records, which purchased the catalog of the Sackville label, with two bonus tracks.

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[4]
All About Jazz	[5]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	[6]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	[7]

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4 stars stating "This is a well-rounded album that features the remarkable Anthony Braxton in two separate settings. ...Recommended". ^[4] The album was reissued in 2015 and received many accolades. Troy Collins noted on All About Jazz that "Among the many historically important and innovative recordings Braxton made in the 1970s, Trio and Duet stands out as a major signifier of his all-encompassing, artistic vision". ^[5] In JazzTimes Michael J. West wrote "Forty years later, 1974’s Trio and Duet remains one of Anthony Braxton’s best albums. If anything, it’s even more compelling today because of its weight in Braxtonian history". ^[8]

Track listing

All compositions by Anthony Braxton except where noted.

1. "Composition 36: HM 421 (RTS) 47" - 19:13
2. "The Song Is You" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern) - 11:49
3. "Embraceable You" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) - 5:47
4. "You Go to My Head" (J. Fred Coots, Haven Gillespie) - 8:39

bonus tracks (Delmark CD reissue)

5. "On Green Dolphin Street" (Bronisław Kaper, Ned Washington) - 11:05
6. "I Remember You" (Victor Schertzinger, Johnny Mercer) - 7:58

Personnel

• Anthony Braxton - alto saxophone, clarinet, contrabass clarinet, chimes, bass drum
• Leo Smith - trumpet, flugelhorn, pocket trumpet, percussion, small instruments (track 1)
• Richard Teitelbaum - Moog synthesizer, percussion (track 1)
• Dave Holland - bass (tracks 2-6)

References

1. Anthony Braxton discography accessed March 20, 2015
2. Anthony Braxton catalog accessed March 20, 2015
3. Anthony Braxton Project: 1971-1979 Chronology accessed November 7, 2016
4. Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed March 20, 2015
5. Collins, T., All About Jazz Review, January 10, 2015
6. Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 29. ISBN   0-394-72643-X.
7. Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (9th ed.). London: Penguin. p. 160. ISBN   978-0-14-103401-0.
8. West, M. J., JazzTimes Review, May, 2015