Double Trouble (Barry Guy and the London Jazz Composers' Orchestra album)

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
Studio album by
Barry Guy and the London Jazz Composers' Orchestra
Released1990
RecordedApril 5 and 6, 1989
StudioRadio Studio DRS, Zürich, Switzerland
GenreFree jazz
Length46:30
LabelIntakt
CD 019
ProducerIntakt Records
Barry Guy and the London Jazz Composers' Orchestra chronology
Harmos
(1989)
Double Trouble
(1990)
Theoria
(1992)

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

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Professional ratings
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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

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  1. "Double Trouble" (Barry Guy) – 46:30

Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ a b c Olewnick, Brian. "Barry Guy / London Jazz Composers' Orchestra: Double Trouble". AllMusic. Retrieved November 23, 2022.
  2. ^ "Barry Guy - Double Trouble". Jazz Music Archives. Retrieved November 23, 2022.
  3. ^ "Barry Guy / London Jazz Composers' Orchestra / Double Trouble". Intakt Records. Retrieved November 23, 2022.
  4. ^ "Intakt 019 Double trouble". EFI Group. Retrieved November 23, 2022.
  5. ^ "Intakt discography (Intakt 001 to 099)". JazzLists. Retrieved December 13, 2022.
  6. ^ Cook, Richard (1990). Double Trouble (liner notes). Barry Guy and the London Jazz Composers' Orchestra. Intakt Records. CD 019.
  7. ^ "Barry Guy - Double Trouble Two". Jazz Music Archives. Retrieved December 13, 2022.
  8. ^ a b Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. Penguin Books. p. 906.
  9. ^ Daisy, Tim (June 13, 2014). "Listed — Tim Daisy". Dusted Magazine. Retrieved November 23, 2022.