''First Duo Concert'' is an album by American jazz saxophonist

Anthony Braxton Anthony Braxton (born June 4, 1945) is an American experimental composer, educator, music theorist, improviser and multi-instrumentalist who is best known for playing saxophones, particularly the alto. Braxton grew up on the South Side of Ch ...

and British guitarist Derek Bailey recorded in 1974 at the

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in London and released by Emanem.Anthony Braxton discography
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Reception

The

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review by Steve Loewy awarded the album 4½ stars stating "surprisingly accessible, and contrasts two complementary approaches within the free music genre".Loewy, S
Allmusic Review
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Track listing

:''All compositions by Anthony Braxton and Derek Bailey except as indicated'' # "The First Set - Area 1" – 8:22 # "The First Set - Area 2" – 3:12 # "The First Set - Area 3 (Open)" – 8:44 # "The First Set – Area 4 (Solo)" (Bailey) – 2:43 # "The First Set – Area 5" – 5:21 # "The First Set – Area 6" – 6:08 # "The Second Set – Area 7" – 6:48 # "The Second Set – Area 8" – 6:23 # "The Second Set – Area 9 (Solo)" (Braxton) – 5:56 # "The Second Set – Area 10" – 4:29 # "The Second Set – Area 11 (Open)" – 15:29 # "The Second Set – Area 12" – 3:57 **Recorded at the Wigmore Hall in London on June 30, 1974

Personnel

– soprano saxophone, alto saxophone,

soprano clarinet A soprano clarinet is a clarinet that is higher in register than the basset horn or alto clarinet. The unmodified word ''clarinet'' usually refers to the B clarinet, which is by far the most common type. The term ''soprano'' also applies to t ...

, clarinet,

contrabass clarinet The contrabass clarinet (also pedal clarinet, after the pedals of pipe organs) and contra-alto clarinet are the two largest members of the clarinet family that are in common usage. Modern contrabass clarinets are transposing instruments pitc ...

, flute * Derek Bailey –

electric guitar An electric guitar is a guitar that requires external amplification in order to be heard at typical performance volumes, unlike a standard acoustic guitar (however combinations of the two - a semi-acoustic guitar and an electric acoustic gu ...

, acoustic guitar (tracks 1–8 & 10–12)

References

{{Authority control Emanem Records albums Anthony Braxton live albums Derek Bailey (guitarist) live albums 1974 albums