20 Standards (Quartet) 2003

20 Standards (Quartet) 2003
Live album by Anthony Braxton
Released	August 23, 2005
Recorded	February 19 to November 20, 2003 in Europe
Genre	Jazz
Length	298:16
Label	Leo LR 431/434
Producer	Anthony Braxton and Leo Feigin
Anthony Braxton chronology
23 Standards (Quartet) 2003 (2003) 20 Standards (Quartet) 2003 (2003) 19 Standards (Quartet) 2003 (2003)

20 Standards (Quartet) 2003 is a live album 4CD box set by American composer and saxophonist Anthony Braxton recorded in Europe in 2003 and released on the Leo label in 2005.^[1][2]

Reception

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

The AllMusic review by François Couture states, "one is struck by the multifaceted balance of the album as a whole... Braxton pays a loving tribute to each tune, respecting the melody, pushing it beyond the composer's wildest dreams, taking it apart and reassembling it in the most natural-sounding way. ...These are masterfully creative revisitations of chunks of jazz history, big and small".^[3] All About Jazz reviewer Christinan Carey noted "Much of the repertoire featured here was integral to the cool jazz of the fifties, but the quartet tears into it like it was written yesterday. ...If you want to hear your favorite old standards sounding brand new again, this set fits the bill".^[4]

Track listing

Disc One:

1. "All the Things You Are" (Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II) - 20:08
2. "Lines for Lyons" (Gerry Mulligan) - 13:53
3. "April in Paris" (Vernon Duke, Yip Harburg) - 12:25
4. "Green Dolphin Street" (Bronisław Kaper, Ned Washington) - 16:07
5. "Blues for Alice" (Charlie Parker) - 13:32

Disc Two:

1. "Alone Together" (Howard Dietz, Arthur Schwartz) - 18:32
2. "Waltz for Debbie" (Bill Evans) - 12:28
3. "For Heaven's Sake" (Elise Bretton, Sherman Edwards, Donald Meyer) - 13:40
4. "Freedom Jazz Dance" (Eddie Harris) - 14:48
5. "The Song Is You" (Kern, Hammerstein) - 19:12

Disc Three:

1. "The Duke" (Dave Brubeck) - 12:24
2. "I Love You" (Cole Porter) - 13:48
3. "Lonnie's Lament" (John Coltrane) - 8:05
4. "Blue Rondo à la Turk" (Brubeck) - 14:42
5. "Invitation" (Kaper) - 17:09

Disc Four:

1. "Tune Up" (Miles Davis) - 19:15
2. "Remember" (Irving Berlin) - 18:03
3. "Moonlight in Vermont" (John Blackburn, Karl Suessdorf) - 15:05
4. "Take Five" (Paul Desmond) - 10:24
5. "Serenity" (Joe Henderson) - 13:25

• Recorded on February 19 at De Singel in Antwerp, Belgium (Disc Three: track 1, 3, & 5 and Disc Four: track 5), on February 22 at Flagey in Brussels, Belgium (Disc Three: track 4), on November 11 at Teatro Central in Sevilla, Spain (Disc Four: track 1), on November 13 at Nevers Jazz Festival in Nevers, France (Disc One: tracks 1 & 3-5), on November 14 at The Vooruit in Gent, Belgium (Disc Two: tracks 1-4, Disc Three: track 2 and Disc For: track 3), on November 17 at Teatro Filarmonico in Verona, Italy (Disc Four: track 4), and on November 20 at Auditorio da Universidade de Minho in Guimaraes, Portugal (Disc One: track 2)

Personnel

• Anthony Braxton - reeds
• Kevin O'Neil - guitar
• Andy Eulau - bass
• Kevin Norton - percussion

References