tranemonk Posted August 25, 2021 Author Report Posted August 25, 2021 22 hours ago, Chuck Nessa said: My hard copy landed along with the Lee Morgan box. Much listening to do. I'm in the same boat as you.. This is going to take a while to digest properly.... Quote
northwood Posted August 30, 2021 Report Posted August 30, 2021 Sold out? That would appear to not be true... 13-CD Box Set with 16-page booklet Limited Edition 13-CD Box. Includes unlimited streaming of Quartet (Standards) 2020 via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more. ships out within 4 days edition of 300 10 remaining Buy Compact Disc $130 USD or more https://newbraxtonhouse.bandcamp.com/album/quartet-standards-2020 Quote
jazzbo Posted August 30, 2021 Report Posted August 30, 2021 Apparently it was sold out and more copies were found and added. There are 9 left now. Quote
jlhoots Posted August 30, 2021 Report Posted August 30, 2021 58 minutes ago, jazzbo said: Apparently it was sold out and more copies were found and added. There are 9 left now. 8 Quote
northwood Posted August 31, 2021 Report Posted August 31, 2021 Three sets remain... By the way, my August 26th Bandcamp order was filled by Squidco. Quote
mjazzg Posted September 1, 2021 Report Posted September 1, 2021 My box just delivered, also fulfilled by Squidco. Disc 1. playing now. Until now I've only dipped into the download copy so now starts the real listen. Quote
Chuck Nessa Posted September 2, 2021 Report Posted September 2, 2021 So far, my favorite song is ""I'm So Glad We Had This Time Together". Quote
Chuck Nessa Posted September 2, 2021 Report Posted September 2, 2021 1 hour ago, JSngry said: Tup. Quote
Alexander Hawkins Posted September 2, 2021 Report Posted September 2, 2021 (edited) 7 hours ago, Chuck Nessa said: So far, my favorite song is ""I'm So Glad We Had This Time Together". Perhaps because of my age, and because I'm not aware the Carol Burnett show was 'exported' over here, I was completely unaware of this tune, and it totally knocked me out...absolutely beautiful. Similarly with 'Where the Blue of the Night (Meets the Gold of the Day)' from elsewhere in the set - a total gem of a song which I have to confess I just didn't know... Edited September 2, 2021 by Alexander Hawkins Quote
mjazzg Posted September 2, 2021 Report Posted September 2, 2021 Weirdest listening experience, so far, 'The 59th Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy)'. Neil Charles, ladies and gentlemen! Terrific performance all round, mind. To think I had a ticket but couldn't go... Five discs in and the set is a treasure trove which is going to be mined for years. Quote
Alexander Hawkins Posted September 2, 2021 Report Posted September 2, 2021 25 minutes ago, mjazzg said: Weirdest listening experience, so far, 'The 59th Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy)'. Neil Charles, ladies and gentlemen! Terrific performance all round, mind. To think I had a ticket but couldn't go... Five discs in and the set is a treasure trove which is going to be mined for years. One bit of trivia which none of us realised at the time, but which I discovered a couple of days after this gig...and beautifully fitting considering Anthony's love of Brubeck etc: I believe it's Eugene Wright and Joe Morello on the studio recording of the tune with Simon & Garfunkel! Quote
Rabshakeh Posted September 2, 2021 Report Posted September 2, 2021 Given how many and how lengthy Mr. Braxton's standards releases are, is the growing view that this is one of the very best? Quote
JSngry Posted September 4, 2021 Report Posted September 4, 2021 Mine arrived today, also from Squidco. How did that work, Braxton House Bandcamp working as a broker? Win-win? Quote
mjazzg Posted September 4, 2021 Report Posted September 4, 2021 On 02/09/2021 at 0:08 PM, Alexander Hawkins said: One bit of trivia which none of us realised at the time, but which I discovered a couple of days after this gig...and beautifully fitting considering Anthony's love of Brubeck etc: I believe it's Eugene Wright and Joe Morello on the studio recording of the tune with Simon & Garfunkel! That's a great story. 3 hours ago, JSngry said: Mine arrived today, also from Squidco. How did that work, Braxton House Bandcamp working as a broker? Win-win? I get the impression from my communications with them that BH is very much an almost volunteer-based organisation, a very well run one. So maybe push came to shove it just made resource sense for them to employ Squidco's fulfilment expertise. Two good organisations working together. Quote
tranemonk Posted September 6, 2021 Author Report Posted September 6, 2021 I'm a couple of cds' in (probably 2 or 3). I'm enjoying it via small bites at a time. Quote
tranemonk Posted September 11, 2021 Author Report Posted September 11, 2021 On 9/6/2021 at 11:42 AM, tranemonk said: I'm a couple of cds' in (probably 2 or 3). I'm enjoying it via small bites at a time. Have to say I'm about halfway through and I'm loving it. My only annoyance is there seems to be very few tracks which include the audience response, which is frustrating. Wasn't all of this recorded live in front of audiences pre-COVID? Why wouldn't it be included??? Quote
mjazzg Posted September 11, 2021 Report Posted September 11, 2021 2 minutes ago, tranemonk said: Have to say I'm about halfway through and I'm loving it. My only annoyance is there seems to be very few tracks which include the audience response, which is frustrating. Wasn't all of this recorded live in front of audiences pre-COVID? Why wouldn't it be included??? I have spotted that a number of tracks fade bout which seems odd given the size of the boxset. Heavens alone knows how many discs would have been required to hold all the concerts in their entirety. Also, the start of some of the tracks seem very abrupt, presumably because they've cut the audience appreciation of the previous tune. All of which may be a product of AB's decision not to present the music as played on each night but to cut/paste from different nights and venues. None of the above detracts in any significant way for me from what is a tremendous release overall. Quote
tranemonk Posted September 21, 2021 Author Report Posted September 21, 2021 I'm just about finished listening to this set. Overall I really like it. As previously mentioned my main pet peeve is the lack of audience response. Much of sounds like a studio recording (which would be fine) but if I didn't know better I would not assume this was recorded before an audience. My only other minor complaint is a few tracks (not many) just feel uneven. I can't really explain but that is what it feels like to me. However generally..... I'm a happy camper... On to Lee Morgan sometime later this week. Quote
king ubu Posted November 15, 2021 Report Posted November 15, 2021 Taking some time off and finally making my way through all of this ... I was in Wels for the final three nights, and what I heard there is amongst the very best concerts I've experienced so far. Glad to report that almost all of the Wels material is included (not "Bemsha Swing" and "Unforgettable", alas). I put together the playlists of all the sets, fixed some mistakes in the sources (a attributed title here, a switch of sequence there), spotted the mistakes in the booklet (tracks assigned to wrong dates) and marked the tracks that had been shortened. https://www.dropbox.com/s/wqa4rebqnbo46of/AnthonyBraxton-Quartet-Standards2020.pdf?dl=0 So, the tracks shortened are (chronologically, as performed; dates and CD/Track nos. in brackets): - Do Not Forsake Me, O My Darlin' (Theme from "High Noon") (Jan 15 / 4-5) - Take Ten (Jan 15 / 3-2) - Minority (Jan 21 / 1-1) - Too Marvelous for Words (Jan 23 / 2-2) - I'm So Glad We Had This Time Together (Jan 23 / 2-4) - Jinkrisha (Jan 25 / 8-1) - I'll Never Smile Again (Jan 25 / 13-1) Wrong dates (the ones in brackets here, I've added CD numbers to quickly find them; check the PDF above for correct sequence) are given for the following titles: "Desafinado", "Why Shouldn't I" (both Jan 17, CD 1); "Invitation" (Jan 19, CD 3); , "Out of Nowhere" (Jan 21, CD 1), "Lullaby in Rhythm", "Impressions", "The 59th Street Bridge Song", "Prelude to a Kiss" (all Jan 21, CD 5). As the AUD versions obviously have applause, I didn't bother to pin the exact amount of music cut for each of the tunes. That "Marvelous" has a cut somewhere in the released part I'd not previously noticed - I think it's the only such edit present, the others seem to just quickly fade at some point (sometimes noticeable, sometimes barely so). That they chose to not include any applause ... well, not sure what to make of it, but it certainly does not spoil the listening experience for me). Either way, while my initial impression has been confirmed that the band grew considerably, got into much freer stylings and grew pretty tight with its leader during those nine nights, and still considering the final nights in Wels the high point here, I love all of what's on this box (okay, maybe not "Who's Afraid of the Big Band Wolf", but that's a minor quibble). I'm not sure it had to be rearranged as it was, also not sure the cuts were necessary (the biggest one was performed on "Too Marvelous for Words", which lasted nearly a quarter of an hour but got cut to 6:30 minutes - what's interesting there is that a portion of Braxton's own solo was cut, too - the bits from around the 6 minute mark only happen around 8:30/9 minutes in the uncut version). -- (And yeah, all well here, just too busy elsewhere to drop by here regularly ) Quote
Rabshakeh Posted August 30, 2023 Report Posted August 30, 2023 Just listening to the 11th disk, and I notice that all of the tracks are 11 minutes long. Not exactly, but between 11:00 and 11:59 minutes. Are there any other quirks like that which anyone has noticed? Quote
disaac Posted May 3, 2024 Report Posted May 3, 2024 If anyone who procured this set decides to part with it, I'd be very interested in purchasing it at a fair price. Quote
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