Trio and Duet

Trio and Duet
Studio album by Anthony Braxton
Released 1974
Recorded October 8, 1974 at 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] 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

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".[3] 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".[4]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [3]
All About Jazz [4]

Track listing

All compositions by Anthony Braxton except as indicated

  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)

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

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ Anthony Braxton discography accessed March 20, 2015
  2. ↑ Anthony Braxton catalog accessed March 20, 2015
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed March 20, 2015
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Collins, T., All About Jazz Review, January 10, 2015