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Anthony Braxton
20 Standards (Quartet) 2003
Genres: Jazz, Pop

Track Listings (5) - Disc #1
1. All the Things You Are - Anthony Braxton, Hammerstein, O.
2. Lines for Lions - Anthony Braxton, Mulligan, G.
3. April in Paris - Anthony Braxton, Duke, V.
4. Green Dolphin Street - Anthony Braxton, Kaper
5. Blues for Alice - Anthony Braxton, Parker, C.
Track Listings (5) - Disc #2
1. Alone Together - Anthony Braxton, Dietz, H.
2. Waltz for Debbie - Anthony Braxton, Evans, B.
3. For Heaven's Sake - Anthony Braxton, Edward, S.
4. Freedom Jazz Dance - Anthony Braxton, Harris, Eddie [1]
5. The Song Is You - Anthony Braxton, Hammerstein, Oscar
Track Listings (5) - Disc #3
1. The Duke - Anthony Braxton, Brubeck, D.
2. I Love You - Anthony Braxton, Porter, C.
3. Lonnie's Lament - Anthony Braxton, Coltrane, J.
4. Blue Rondo à la Turk - Anthony Braxton, Brubeck, B.
5. Invitation - Anthony Braxton, Kaper, Bronislaw
Track Listings (5) - Disc #4
1. Tune Up - Anthony Braxton, Davis, Miles
2. Remember - Anthony Braxton, Berlin, I.
3. Moonlight in Vermont - Anthony Braxton, Suessdorf, K.
4. Take Five - Anthony Braxton, Desmond, P.
5. Serenity - Anthony Braxton, Henderson, J.

CD Details

All Artists: Anthony Braxton
Title: 20 Standards (Quartet) 2003
Members Wishing: 4
Total Copies: 0
Label: Leo Records UK
Original Release Date: 1/1/2005
Re-Release Date: 8/23/2005
Album Type: Box set
Genres: Jazz, Pop
Style: Avant Garde & Free Jazz
Number of Discs: 4
SwapaCD Credits: 4
UPC: 5024792043125

CD Reviews

The best standards group working today

Dean Monti | 09/20/2005

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Yes, this group is simply the best jazz quartet playing standards that exists on the planet. This music grooves through various moods; at times buoyant, exuberant, melancholy, always unpredictable and -- unlike some music from Braxton that might scare some away -- very accessable. This group is re-interpreting the standards in a way that should give them much more recognition than they've received. I was, and still am, a huge Keith Jarrett fan and appreciate what he's doing with his Standards group, but this music by Braxton does all that Jarrett's group does, plus that much more.

Braxton is ever-inventive on reeds and if Kevin O'Neil is not soon known as one of the finest jazz guitarists in the world, something is amiss with the world. They are ably backed by the rich sounds of Andy Eulau on bass and Kevin Norton on drums.

This package, like it's companion 4-CD set, "23 Standards" (also on Leo Records) is generous -- most CDs run 70 mins each, so you about five hours of astounding music. Freedom Jazz Dance is a standout for me -- if for no other reason than I dont' think I've ever heard Braxton backed by music that could be called "funky," and yet, this is. Quirky, yes, but definitely funky.

This CD highlights cool West Coast jazz compositions, with a nod to Dave Brubeck on tunes like Blue Rondo ala Turk and Take Five (Paul Desmond was an influence on Braxton), amoung others, but, again, played like you've never heard them before.

The Leo Records site reports that it is sold out of its limited edition of 1,000 copies of the 23 Standards CD. This new CD is also limited to 1,000 copies. So you've been warned. Get it before you end up paying a fortune on E-Bay or worse, never hearing it at all. This is THE jazz group to pay attention to.

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Glorious

vers la flamme | New Haven, CT | 04/20/2008

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Just when you thought that the practice of playing on standards had been exhausted of all fire and imagination, this album appears ("23 Standards" is just as good, by the way). . . extraordinary, unforgettably moving playing, by Braxton and O'Neil in particular, with more ideas on one track than in the entire recorded corpuses of certain "young Turks" who will go unmentioned. . . Braxton forever!"