Double Trouble is an album by Barry Guy and the London Jazz Composers' Orchestra. Documenting a large-scale, 46-minute composition by Guy, it was recorded in April 1989 in Zürich, Switzerland, and was released in 1990 by Intakt Records.[1][2][3][4][5]
| Double Trouble | ||||
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| Studio album by Barry Guy and the London Jazz Composers' Orchestra | ||||
| Released | 1990 | |||
| Recorded | April 5 and 6, 1989 | |||
| Studio | Radio Studio DRS, Zürich, Switzerland | |||
| Genre | Free jazz | |||
| Length | 46:30 | |||
| Label | Intakt CD 019 | |||
| Producer | Intakt Records | |||
| Barry Guy and the London Jazz Composers' Orchestra chronology | ||||
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The title refers to the fact that the work was originally conceived as a double concerto for pianists Howard Riley and Alexander von Schlippenbach, joined by the combined forces of the London Jazz Composers' Orchestra and the Globe Unity Orchestra.[6] A second recorded realization of the piece can be found on Double Trouble Two, released by Intakt in 1998.[7]
Reception
edit| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz | [8] |
In a review for AllMusic, Brian Olewnick noted that the album "gives a fine example of what this group could do." He commented: "Guy deploys his 18-piece orchestra in ever-shifting groupings and conjures forth a wide-ranging array of thematic material that still coalesces into a satisfying whole... A superb recording... Very highly recommended."[1]
The authors of The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings wrote: "the piece has a tremendous centrifugal coherence that balances the apparently anarchic but highly organized behaviour of soloists and section-players."[8]
Writing for Dusted Magazine, Tim Daisy stated that Double Trouble was "an access point into a new world of sound" for him, and praised the playing of drummer Paul Lytton, who presented "a whole new vocabulary than what I was used to hearing; an amazing array of sounds on the drums."[9]
Track listing
edit- "Double Trouble" (Barry Guy) – 46:30
Personnel
edit- Barry Guy – bass, conductor
- Evan Parker – reeds
- Trevor Watts – reeds
- Paul Dunmall – reeds
- Peter McPhail – reeds
- Simon Picard – reeds
- Henry Lowther – trumpet
- Jon Corbett – trumpet
- Marc Charig – cornet
- Paul Rutherford – trombone
- Alan Tomlinson – trombone
- Radu Malfatti – trombone
- Steve Wick – tuba
- Philipp Wachsmann – violin
- Howard Riley – piano
- Barre Phillips – bass
- Paul Lytton – drums
References
edit- ^ a b c Olewnick, Brian. "Barry Guy / London Jazz Composers' Orchestra: Double Trouble". AllMusic. Retrieved November 23, 2022.
- ^ "Barry Guy - Double Trouble". Jazz Music Archives. Retrieved November 23, 2022.
- ^ "Barry Guy / London Jazz Composers' Orchestra / Double Trouble". Intakt Records. Retrieved November 23, 2022.
- ^ "Intakt 019 Double trouble". EFI Group. Retrieved November 23, 2022.
- ^ "Intakt discography (Intakt 001 to 099)". JazzLists. Retrieved December 13, 2022.
- ^ Cook, Richard (1990). Double Trouble (liner notes). Barry Guy and the London Jazz Composers' Orchestra. Intakt Records. CD 019.
- ^ "Barry Guy - Double Trouble Two". Jazz Music Archives. Retrieved December 13, 2022.
- ^ a b Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. Penguin Books. p. 906.
- ^ Daisy, Tim (June 13, 2014). "Listed — Tim Daisy". Dusted Magazine. Retrieved November 23, 2022.