Solo Piano (Standards) 1995

1995 studio album by Anthony Braxton

Solo Piano (Standards) 1995

Studio album by

Anthony Braxton

Released| 1995
Recorded| December 27, 1995
Studio| Baby Monster Studios, NYC
Genre| Jazz
Length| 121:03
Label| No More
No.2
Producer| Alan Schneider
Anthony Braxton chronology
| Ensemble (New York) 1995
(1995)  | Solo Piano (Standards) 1995
(1995)  | 14 Compositions (Traditional) 1996
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Solo Piano (Standards) 1995 is a solo album by pianist/improviser Anthony Braxton recorded in 1995 and released on the No More label.[1][2][3]

## Reception

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Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
AllMusic| [4]

The Allmusic review by Chris Kelsey stated "This is Braxton's first solo piano album, finally recorded after years of woodshedding on the traditional jazz repertoire. That it doesn't sound like any other pianist as much as it sounds like Braxton the saxophonist should not surprise anyone. Braxton approaches standards on piano in much the same way he does on alto. He doesn't just go "out" on the structure; he uses the chords, but he doesn't play patterns or contrived licks over them in the way a bebop player would. Every time he approaches a piece, it's as if he's playing it for the first time, using his accumulated knowledge to decipher just that specific composition's secrets. Braxton doesn't use the tune as a whole. Rather, he dissects the component parts, using the separate elements as material for his improvisation as he makes his way through the piece".[4]

## Track listing

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Disc one

1. " Variations on the Scene"(George Coleman) – 11:17
2. "Black Nile" (Wayne Shorter) – 7:15
3. "Sue's Changes" (Charles Mingus) – 7:25
4. "Along Came Betty" (Benny Golson) – 7:26
5. "Central Park West" (John Coltrane) – 3:36
6. "Straight Street" (Coltrane) – 6:15
7. "Duke Ellington's Sound of Love" (Mingus) – 8:11
8. "Dee's Dilemma" (Mal Waldron) – 5:19
9. "Pannonica" (Thelonious Monk) – 6:32

Disc two

1. "Remember Rockefeller at Attica" (Mingus) – 7:35
2. "April in Paris" (Vernon Duke, E.Y. "Yip" Harburg) – 5:18
3. "Orbits" (Shorter) – 7:00
4. "Countdown" (Coltrane) – 4:47
5. "Dee's Dilemma" [1st take] (Waldron) – 6:21
6. "Reflections" (Monk) – 5:03
7. "Skippy" (Monk) – 6:27
8. "Pannonica" [1st take] (Monk) – 7:25
9. "Milestones" (Miles Davis) – 7:51

## Personnel

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* Anthony Braxton – piano

## References

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1. ^ Anthony Braxton discography accessed June 13, 2017
2. ^ Enciclopedia del Jazz: Anthony Braxton accessed June 13, 2017
3. ^ FMP Records discography accessed June 13, 2017
4. ^ a b Kelsey, Chris. Solo Piano (Standards) 1995 – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved June 13, 2017.

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Discography

Studio albums|

* 3 Compositions of New Jazz
* For Alto
* Anthony Braxton
* This Time...
* The Complete Braxton
* Together Alone
* Donna Lee
* Saxophone Improvisations Series F
* Four Compositions (1973)
* In the Tradition
* In the Tradition Volume 2
* Trio and Duet
* New York, Fall 1974
* Five Pieces 1975
* Creative Orchestra Music 1976
* Duets 1976
* Duets
* For Four Orchestras
* For Trio
* Birth and Rebirth
* Seven Compositions 1978
* Alto Saxophone Improvisations 1979
* For Two Pianos
* Composition 98
* Composition No. 96
* Six Compositions: Quartet
* Open Aspects '82
* Six Duets (1982)
* Four Compositions (Quartet) 1983
* Six Compositions (Quartet) 1984
* Seven Standards (1985) Vols. 1 & 2
* Five Compositions (Quartet) 1986
* Six Monk's Compositions (1987)
* Four Compositions (Solo, Duo & Trio) 1982/1988
* A Memory of Vienna
* Eight (+3) Tristano Compositions, 1989: For Warne Marsh
* Duets: Hamburg 1991
* Willisau (Quartet) 1991
* 4 (Ensemble) Compositions 1992
* Four Compositions (GTM) 2000
* Beyond Quantum

Live albums|

* Town Hall 1972
* Solo: Live at Moers Festival
* Quartet: Live at Moers Festival
* First Duo Concert
* Elements of Surprise
* Donaueschingen (Duo) 1976
* Dortmund (Quartet) 1976
* The Montreux/Berlin Concerts
* Quintet (Basel) 1977
* Creative Orchestra (Köln) 1978
* One in Two – Two in One
* Performance (Quartet) 1979
* Anthony Braxton / Robert Schumann String Quartet
* Composition No. 94 for Three Instrumentalists (1980)
* Solo (Pisa) 1982
* Quartet (London) 1985
* Quartet (Birmingham) 1985
* Quartet (Coventry) 1985
* 19 (Solo) Compositions, 1988
* Ensemble (Victoriaville) 1988
* 2 Compositions (Järvenpää) 1988
* Eugene (1989)
* Seven Compositions (Trio) 1989
* Willisau (Quartet) 1991
* 10 Compositions (Duet) 1995
* Duo (Victoriaville) 2005
* Trio (Victoriaville) 2007
* 9 Standards (Quartet) 1993
* Quartet (Santa Cruz) 1993
* Two Compositions (Trio) 1998
* 23 Standards (Quartet) 2003
* 20 Standards (Quartet) 2003
* 19 Standards (Quartet) 2003

With Circle|

* Paris Concert
* Circling In
* Circulus

With Creative
Construction Company|

* Creative Construction Company
* Creative Construction Company Vol. II

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