Seven Standards
{{Infobox album
| name = Seven Standards (1985),
Vols. 1 & 2
| type = Studio
| artist = Anthony Braxton
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| released = 1985
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| genre = Jazz
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| label = Magenta
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{{Album ratings
| rev1 = Allmusic
| rev1Score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}{{AllMusic|class=album|id=seven-standards-1985-vol-1-r135769|pure_url=yes}} Vol. 1
| rev2 = Allmusic
| rev2Score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}{{AllMusic|class=album|id=seven-standards-1985-vol-2-r244326|pure_url=yes}} Vol. 2
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Seven Standards (1985), Vols. 1 & 2 is a two volume set by free jazz musician Anthony Braxton. It was recorded January 30 – 31, 1985. The album is less free than most of Braxton's previous work and features jazz standards arranged in the usual jazz-combo style.
Track listing
=Volume 1=
- "Joy Spring" (Clifford Brown) – 7:33
- "Spring Is Here" (m. Richard Rodgers w. Lorenz Hart) – 3:53
- "I Remember You" (m. Victor Schertzinger w. Johnny Mercer) – 5:22
- "Toy" (Clifford Jordan) – 6:33
- "You Go to My Head" (m. J. Fred Coots w. Haven Gillespie) – 9:35
- "Old Folks" (m. Willard Robison w. Dedette Lee Hill) – 7:10
- "Background Music" (Warne Marsh)– 5:34
=Volume 2=
- "Moment's Notice" (John Coltrane) – 8:33
- "Ruby, My Dear" (Thelonious Monk) – 5:11
- "Groovin' High" (Dizzy Gillespie) – 6:40
- "Yardbird Suite" (Charlie Parker) – 4:31
- "Nica's Dream" (Horace Silver) – 4:19
- "Milestones" (Miles Davis) – 4:35
- "Trinkle Tinkle" (Thelonious Monk) – 6:20
Personnel
- Anthony Braxton - saxophones
- Rufus Reid - bass
- Victor Lewis - drums
- Hank Jones - piano
- Michael Cuscuna - producer
- Steve Backer - executive producer