Seven Standards (1985), Vols. 1 & 2 is a two volume set by free jazz musician Anthony Braxton. It was recorded January 30 – 31, 1985. The album is less free than most of Braxton's previous work and features jazz standards arranged in the usual jazz-combo style.
Track listing
Volume 1 "Joy Spring" (Clifford Brown) – 7:33 "Spring Is Here" (m. Richard Rodgers w. Lorenz Hart) – 3:53 "I Remember You" (m. Victor Schertzinger w. Johnny Mercer) – 5:22 "Toy" (Clifford Jordan) – 6:33 "You Go to My Head" (m. J. Fred Coots w. Haven Gillespie) – 9:35 "Old Folks" (m. Willard Robison w. Dedette Lee Hill) – 7:10 "Background Music" (Warne Marsh)– 5:34
Volume 2 "Moment's Notice" (John Coltrane) – 8:33 "Ruby, My Dear" (Thelonious Monk) – 5:11 "Groovin' High" (Dizzy Gillespie) – 6:40 "Yardbird Suite" (Charlie Parker) – 4:31 "Nica's Dream" (Horace Silver) – 4:19 "Milestones" (Miles Davis) – 4:35 "Trinkle Tinkle" (Thelonious Monk) – 6:20
Personnel Anthony Braxton - saxophones Rufus Reid - bass Victor Lewis - drums Hank Jones - piano Michael Cuscuna - producer Steve Backer - executive producer
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