Duo (Amsterdam) 1991 is an album by American jazz saxophonist Anthony Braxton and German pianist Georg Gräwe, which was released in 1997 on Okka Disk.[1]
| Duo (Amsterdam) 1991 | ||||
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| Live album by Anthony Braxton, Georg Gräwe | ||||
| Released | 1997 | |||
| Recorded | October 1991 | |||
| Venue | Cristofori, Amsterdam | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 45:55 | |||
| Label | Okka Disk | |||
| Producer | John Corbett | |||
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Reception
edit| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz | [3] |
In his review for AllMusic, Brian Olewnick states "Grawe plays with great fluidity, often serving as a near mirror image (though decidedly flavored with his own musical nature) to Braxton's typically liquid and flowing flights of creativity."[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz says "There are continual hints and reminders of Braxton’s current compositional interests, palindromic shapes and stretching pulses, which suggest the extent to which he used public performance of this sort as a laboratory for ideas which would take on a more detailed form later."[3]
In an article for the Boston Phoenix Ed Hazell states "Like Braxton’s most satisfying keyboard partner, Marilyn Crispell, Georg Gräwe brings quick reflexes to the music and a style that mixes contemporary classical and free jazz vocabularies in a densely detailed, confrontational style that leaves Braxton no choice but to meet him head on."[4]
Track listing
edit- All compositions by Braxton/Gräwe
- "Duet I" – 25:12
- "Duet II" – 16:00
- "Duet III" – 4:43
Personnel
edit- Anthony Braxton – soprano sax, clarinet, flute, alto sax
- Georg Gräwe – piano
References
edit- ^ Duo (Amsterdam) 1991 at Okka Disk
- ^ a b Olewnick, Brian. Anthony Braxton/Georg Gräwe – Duo (Amsterdam) 1991: Review at AllMusic. Retrieved July 13, 2015.
- ^ a b Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2002). The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (6th ed.). London: Penguin. p. 180. ISBN 0140515216.
- ^ Tea for twos by Ed Hazell Archived 2015-07-13 at the Wayback Machine at Boston Phoenix