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Jazz Consumer Guide
Low Rent
The real possibilities open up when it doesn't cost a bundle to pursue your muse
by Tom Hull
December 9th, 2005 7:05 PM
Pick Hits
ANTHONY BRAXTON
20 Standards (Quartet) 2003
Leo
Four more CDs from the same tour that yielded last year's four-CD 23 Standards (Quartet) 2003. The bounty results from Braxton picking fresh songs each show—jazz pieces more often than the usual chestnuts, with old favorites Brubeck and Desmond most prominent. Tracks stretch out leisurely, with Kevin O'Neil's deft guitar often the highlight, and Braxton's saxes favoring the high registers. The most accessible and simply pleasurable set he's done—smart and cool. A