Zurich Concerts is a double live album by Barry Guy and the London Jazz Composers' Orchestra featuring recordings of two large-scale compositions, one by Guy, the other by guest artist Anthony Braxton. The Guy work was recorded on November 11, 1987, at Rote Fabrik in Zürich, while the Braxton work was recorded on March 27, 1988, at the same location. The album was initially released on LP in 1988 by Intakt Records, and was reissued on CD in 1995.[1][2][3][4][5]
| Zurich Concerts | ||||
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| Live album by Barry Guy and the London Jazz Composers' Orchestra with Anthony Braxton | ||||
| Released | 1988 | |||
| Recorded | November 11, 1987; March 27, 1988 | |||
| Venue | The Taktlos Festival, Rote Fabrik, Zürich | |||
| Genre | Free jazz | |||
| Length | 1:34:17 | |||
| Label | Intakt CD 005 | |||
| Producer | Intakt Records | |||
| Barry Guy and the London Jazz Composers' Orchestra chronology | ||||
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Reception
edit| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz |  [6] |
In a review for AllMusic, Thom Jurek wrote: "the attendees at these Zurich concerts were treated to the most intimate and prophetic of expressions in these two evenings. They were also given evidence of the very ground on which free improvisation and new composition stand linked to one another."[1]
The authors of The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings noted that "this is one of the few occasions when [Braxton's] contact with British and European improvisors has seemed to yield a genuinely communicative music," and stated that "whereas Guy likes to work with existing sub-groups of the orchestra, Braxton layers compositions... in dense palimpsests."[6]
CD track listing
edit- Disc 1
- "Polyhymnia " (Barry Guy) – 37:30
- Disc 2
- "Composition 135 (+41, 63, 96), 136 (+96), 108B (+86, 96), 134 (+96)" (Anthony Braxton) – 56:47
Personnel
edit- Barry Guy – bass (disc 2), conductor (disc 1)
- Anthony Braxton – conductor (disc 2)
- Evan Parker – reeds
- Paul Dunmall – reeds
- Peter McPhail – reeds
- Simon Picard – reeds
- Trevor Watts – reeds
- Henry Lowther – trumpet
- Jon Corbett – trumpet
- Marc Charig – cornet
- Alan Tomlinson – trombone
- Paul Rutherford – trombone
- Radu Malfatti – trombone
- Steve Wick – tuba
- Philipp Wachsmann – violin
- Howard Riley – piano
- Barre Phillips – bass (disc 1)
- Dave Holland – bass (disc 2)
- Paul Lytton – drums
- Tony Oxley – drums (disc 2)
References
edit- ^ a b c Jurek, Thom. "Anthony Braxton / Barry Guy / London Jazz Composers' Orchestra: Zurich Concerts". AllMusic. Retrieved January 15, 2023.
- ^ "Barry Guy - Zurich Concerts". Jazz Music Archives. Retrieved January 15, 2023.
- ^ "Barry Guy / London Jazz Composers' Orchestra / Zurich Concerts". Intakt Records. Retrieved January 15, 2023.
- ^ "Intakt 005 Zurich concerts". EFI Group. Retrieved January 15, 2023.
- ^ "London Jazz Composer's Orchestra discography". JazzLists. Retrieved January 15, 2023.
- ^ a b Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. Penguin Books. p. 906.