Double Trouble Two

Double Trouble Two is an album by Barry Guy and the London Jazz Composers' Orchestra with guest artists Irène Schweizer (piano), Marilyn Crispell (piano), and Pierre Favre (drums). Documenting a large-scale, 47-minute composition by Guy, it was recorded in December 1995 in Zürich, Switzerland, and was released in 1998 by Intakt Records.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]

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] An earlier recording of the work, Double Trouble, was issued by Intakt in 1990.^[7]

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Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz	^[8]
All About Jazz	^[9]

In a review for AllMusic, Steve Loewy wrote that the album "is filled with remarkable moments, particularly the performances by pianists Irene Schweizer and Marilyn Crispell... The ensemble work borders on the spectacular, too... devotees of the group will want this in their collection."^[1]

The authors of The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings awarded the album a full 4 stars, and stated: "Crispell and Schweizer have collaborated in a number of contexts. This must be one of the most powerful. It is a culminating moment for the LJCO."^[8]

Glenn Astarita of All About Jazz commented: "Music of this ilk provides a workout for one's imagination as the interpretations are bound to be diverse or perhaps subjected to ongoing debates or food for thought. That's where the magic lies. Double Trouble Two is an unfolding drama which gives purpose and reason to this thing we call 'free' or avant-garde jazz."^[9]

Track listing

"Double Trouble Two" (Barry Guy) – 47:24

Personnel

Barry Guy – bass, conductor
Evan Parker – reeds
Trevor Watts – reeds
Paul Dunmall – reeds
Peter McPhail – reeds
Simon Picard – reeds
Henry Lowther – trumpet
Jon Corbett – trumpet
Marc Charig – cornet
Paul Rutherford – trombone
Alan Tomlinson – trombone
Chris Bridges – trombone
Robin Hayward – tuba
Philipp Wachsmann – violin
Irène Schweizer – piano
Marilyn Crispell – piano
Barre Phillips – bass
Paul Lytton – drums
Pierre Favre – drums

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Loewy, Steve. "Barry Guy / London Jazz Composers' Orchestra: Double Trouble Two". AllMusic. Retrieved December 13, 2022.
^ "Barry Guy - Double Trouble Two". Jazz Music Archives. Retrieved December 13, 2022.
^ "Barry Guy / London Jazz Composers' Orchestra". Intakt Records. Retrieved December 13, 2022.
^ "Intakt 053 Double trouble two". EFI Group. Retrieved December 13, 2022.
^ "Intakt discography (Intakt 001 to 099)". JazzLists. Retrieved December 13, 2022.
^ Cook, Richard (1990). Double Trouble (liner notes). Barry Guy and the London Jazz Composers' Orchestra. Intakt Records. CD 019.
^ "Barry Guy - Double Trouble". Jazz Music Archives. Retrieved December 13, 2022.
^ ^a ^b Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (1998). The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD. Penguin Books. p. 952.
^ ^a ^b Astarita, Glenn (August 1, 1999). "London Jazz Composers Orchestra: Double Trouble Two". All About Jazz. Retrieved December 13, 2022.

v t e Barry Guy
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, unless stated otherwise.
Solo albums	Fizzles (1991) Symmetries (2001) Five Fizzles for Samuel Beckett (2009) Irvin's Comet (2019)
with Howard Riley	Angle (1968 & 1969) The Day Will Come (1970)
with Tony Oxley	Ichnos (1969 & 1970) February Papers (1977) Unreleased 1974–2016 ( 1974, 1981, & 2016)
with Paul Rutherford	Iskra 1903 (1970 & 1972) Sequences 72 & 73 (1972, 1973, & 1974)
with London Jazz Composers' Orchestra	Ode (1972) Zurich Concerts (1987 & 1988) Harmos (1989) Double Trouble (1989) Theoria (1991) Double Trouble Two (1995) Radio Rondo/Schaffhausen Concert (2008)
with the Barry Guy New Orchestra	Inscape–Tableaux (2000) Oort–Entropy (2004)
with Evan Parker	Atlanta (1986) 50th Birthday Concert (1994) Bush Fire (1995) The Redwood Session (1995) Natives and Aliens (1996) Toward the Margins (1996) At the Vortex (1996) Drawn Inward (1998) After Appleby (1999) Memory/Vision (2002) Birds and Blades (2002) Boustrophedon (2004) The Moment's Energy (2007) Live at Maya Recordings Festival (2011) Music for David Mossman (2016)
with Mats Gustafsson	You Forget to Answer (1994 & 1995) Gryffgryffgryffs (1996)
with Marilyn Crispell	Cascades (1993) Odyssey (1990) Ithaca (2003) Phases of the Night (2007) Deep Memory (2015)
with Cecil Taylor	Nailed (1990) Melancholy (1990)
with Bill Dixon	Vade Mecum (1993) Vade Mecum II (1993)
with Roscoe Mitchell	Composition/Improvisation Nos. 1, 2 & 3 (2004)
Related articles	Spontaneous Music Ensemble

v t e Irène Schweizer
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, unless stated otherwise.
Studio albums	Theoria (1991) Double Trouble Two (1995) Welcome Back (2015)
Live albums	Willi the Pig (1975) Wilde Señoritas (1976) Hexensabbat (1977) Live at Taktlos (1984) Irène Schweizer & Louis Moholo (1986) The Storming of the Winter Palace (1986 & 1988) Irène Schweizer & Günter Sommer (1987) Irène Schweizer & Andrew Cyrille (1988) Irène Schweizer & Pierre Favre (1990) Piano Solo Vol. 1 (1990) Piano Solo Vol. 2 (1990) Overlapping Hands: Eight Segments (1990) Splitting Image (1994) Irène Schweizer & Han Bennink (1995) Many and One Direction (1996) Willisau & Taktlos (1998 & 2004) Chicago Piano Solo (2000) Ulrichsberg (2003) First Choice: Piano Solo KKL Luzern (2005) Berne Concert (2007) Radio Rondo/Schaffhausen Concert (2008) To Whom It May Concern: Piano Solo Tonhalle Zürich (2011) Spring (2014) Live! (2015) Celebration (2019)

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