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Solo Piano (Standards) 1995
Studio album by Anthony Braxton
Released	1995
Recorded	December 27, 1995
Studio	Baby Monster Studios, NYC
Genre	Jazz
Length	121:03
Label	No More No.2
Producer	Alan Schneider
Anthony Braxton chronology
Ensemble (New York) 1995 (1995) Solo Piano (Standards) 1995 (1995) 14 Compositions (Traditional) 1996 (1995)

Solo Piano (Standards) 1995 is a solo album by pianist/improviser Anthony Braxton recorded in 1995 and released on the No More label.

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic

The Allmusic review by Chris Kelsey stated "This is Braxton's first solo piano album, finally recorded after years of woodshedding on the traditional jazz repertoire. That it doesn't sound like any other pianist as much as it sounds like Braxton the saxophonist should not surprise anyone. Braxton approaches standards on piano in much the same way he does on alto. He doesn't just go "out" on the structure; he uses the chords, but he doesn't play patterns or contrived licks over them in the way a bebop player would. Every time he approaches a piece, it's as if he's playing it for the first time, using his accumulated knowledge to decipher just that specific composition's secrets. Braxton doesn't use the tune as a whole. Rather, he dissects the component parts, using the separate elements as material for his improvisation as he makes his way through the piece".

Track listing

Disc one

1. " Variations on the Scene"(George Coleman) – 11:17
2. "Black Nile" (Wayne Shorter) – 7:15
3. "Sue's Changes" (Charles Mingus) – 7:25
4. "Along Came Betty" (Benny Golson) – 7:26
5. "Central Park West" (John Coltrane) – 3:36
6. "Straight Street" (Coltrane) – 6:15
7. "Duke Ellington's Sound of Love" (Mingus) – 8:11
8. "Dee's Dilemma" (Mal Waldron) – 5:19
9. "Pannonica" (Thelonious Monk) – 6:32

Disc two

1. "Remember Rockefeller at Attica" (Mingus) – 7:35
2. "April in Paris" (Vernon Duke, E.Y. "Yip" Harburg) – 5:18
3. "Orbits" (Shorter) – 7:00
4. "Countdown" (Coltrane) – 4:47
5. "Dee's Dilemma" (Waldron) – 6:21
6. "Reflections" (Monk) – 5:03
7. "Skippy" (Monk) – 6:27
8. "Pannonica" (Monk) – 7:25
9. "Milestones" (Miles Davis) – 7:51

Personnel

• Anthony Braxton – piano

References

1. Anthony Braxton discography accessed June 13, 2017
2. Enciclopedia del Jazz: Anthony Braxton accessed June 13, 2017
3. FMP Records discography accessed June 13, 2017
4. ^ Kelsey, Chris. Solo Piano (Standards) 1995 – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved June 13, 2017.

• Anthony Braxton albums
• Solo piano jazz albums
• 1995 albums