| rev2 = All About Jazz
| rev2Score = favorable[3]
}}In a review at AllMusic, Thom Jurek referred to Braxton and Frith as "two graying lions of free improvisation [and] innovation", and called their performance on the album "very inspired, playful, and in places, breathtaking". Jurek was particularly impressed with "Improvisation No 3", which he described as "wooly, but ... also so utterly intuitive and sensible it nearly feels like a composed piece".
Writing in All About Jazz Kurt Gottschalk called Braxton and Frith "master improviser[s]: not quoting past masters, not riffing off each other, but simply playing with conviction and having the patience, fortitude, technique and vision to stick with and develop ideas without inflating egos". He described this collaboration as "a chance encounter that paid off royally".[3]
Track listing
All music by Anthony Braxton and Fred Frith.
{{tracklist
| title_width = 20em
| title1 = Improvisation No 1
| length1 = 11:07
| title2 = Improvisation No 2
| length2 = 10:53
| title3 = Improvisation No 3
| length3 = 22:52
| title4 = Improvisation No 4
| length4 = 3:19
| title5 = Improvisation No 5
| length5 = 8:02
}}Sources: Liner notes,[6] Discogs,[7] Anthony Braxton discography,[8] Fred Frith discography.[9]
Personnel
- Anthony Braxton – alto saxophone, soprano saxophone, sopranino saxophone
- Fred Frith – electric guitar
Sources: Liner notes,[6] Discogs,[7] Anthony Braxton discography,[8] Fred Frith discography.[9]
References
1. ^1 2 {{cite web | last = Gottschalk | first = Kurt | url = https://www.allaboutjazz.com/duo-victoriaville-anthony-braxton-victo-review-by-kurt-gottschalk.php | title = Anthony Braxton & Fred Frith: Duo (Victoriaville) | work = All About Jazz | date = December 10, 2006 | accessdate = November 22, 2017}}
2. ^1 {{cite web | url = http://www.fimav.qc.ca/en/2005 | title = 22th [sic] Festival de Musique Actuelle de Victoriaville | publisher = Festival International de Musique Actuelle de Victoriaville | accessdate = November 22, 2017}}
3. ^1 2 {{cite web | url = https://www.discogs.com/Anthony-Braxton-Fred-Frith-Duo-Victoriaville-2005/release/2309681 | title = Anthony Braxton & Fred Frith – Duo (Victoriaville) 2005 | publisher = Discogs | accessdate = November 22, 2017}}
4. ^1 2 {{cite AV media notes | title = Duo (Victoriaville) 2005 | others= Anthony Braxton and Fred Frith | year = 2006 | publisher=Les Disques Victo | type=CD liner notes}}
5. ^1 2 {{Cite web|url=http://nyds-discographies.com/frith.htm |title=Discography of Fred Frith |publisher=New York Downtown Scene and Other Miscellaneous Discographies |author1=Ramond, Michel |author2=Roussel, Patrice |author3=Vuilleumier, Stephane |accessdate=November 22, 2017}}
6. ^1 2 {{Cite web|url=http://www.restructures.net/BraxDisco/braxton_discography-2.htm |title=Anthony Braxton Discography – part 2: 1990–present |publisher=Re-Structures |accessdate=November 22, 2017}}