''Azurety'' is an album by trombonist/tubist Ray Anderson, drummer

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and guitarist

Christy Doran Christy Doran (born 1949) is a jazz guitarist born in Dublin, Ireland, and raised in Lucerne, Switzerland. Doran founded OM with Fredy Studer, Urs Leimgruber, and Bobby Burri in the 1970s; this ensemble recorded for ECM. He and Studer also work ...

which was released on the

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label in 1994.European Free Improvisation: album details
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accessed June 29, 2018

Reception

The

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review by Glenn Astarita stated "On this release, the trio is simply having a blast as they surge forward with the intensity of your average high-octane, heavy metal rock outfit. ... The trio engages in uninhibited dialogue in concert with ominous sounding undercurrents thanks to a rollicking and rolling presentation of pieces spanning bluesy, dirge-like progressions and turbulently executed exchanges. ... The musicians also provide the listener with softly enacted swing vamps along with some downright riotous interplay. Recommended!".

Track listing

All compositions by Ray Anderson except where noted # "Open House" (Christy Doran) – 11:21 # "Azurety" – 7:04 # "B & D" (Han Bennink, Christy Doran) – 4:29 # "March of the Hipsters" – 6:54 # "Heights" (Doran) – 10:55 # "

Just Squeeze Me "Just Squeeze Me (But Please Don't Tease Me)" is a 1941 popular song composed by Duke Ellington, with lyrics by Lee Gaines. The song has been recorded numerous times by a number of artists in the years since, having become a jazz standard. Hit reco ...

" (

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) – 3:29 # "A B D" (Anderson, Bennink, Doran) – 3:26 # 'The Waters Dixon Line" – 7:55

Personnel

* Ray Anderson – trombone, tuba *

– drums *

– acoustic guitar, electric guitar, delay devices

References

{{Authority control Ray Anderson (musician) albums Han Bennink albums 1994 albums Hathut Records albums