Two Souls in One is the debut album by American saxophonist George Braith

George Braith

George Braith is a soul-jazz saxophonist from New York.Braith is known for playing multiple horns at once, a technique pioneered by Roland Kirk...

 recorded in 1963 and released on the Blue Note

Blue Note Records

Blue Note Records is a jazz record label, established in 1939 by Alfred Lion and Max Margulis. Francis Wolff became involved shortly afterwards. It derives its name from the characteristic "blue notes" of jazz and the blues. At the end of the 1950s, and in the early 1960s, Blue Note headquarters...

 label.

Reception

The Allmusic review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine awarded the album 3 stars and stated "In some ways, it's hard to view George Braith's playing a soprano and alto saxophone simultaneously as anything other than a gimmick, especially since it's nearly presented that way on his debut album... Nevertheless, Two Souls in One remains an enjoyable, occasionally rewarding, collection of soul-jazz and cautiously adventurous hard bop".

Track listing

All compositions by George Braith except as indicated

1. "Mary Ann" (Traditional) - 7:31
2. "Home Street" - 6:57
3. "Poinciana" (Nat Simon, Buddy Bernier) - 6:17
4. "Mary Had a Little Lamb" (Public Domain) - 6:57
5. "Braith-A-Way" - 13:29
   • Recorded at Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on September 4, 1963

Personnel

• George Braith
  George Braith
  George Braith is a soul-jazz saxophonist from New York.Braith is known for playing multiple horns at once, a technique pioneered by Roland Kirk...
  
   - soprano saxophone
  Soprano saxophone
  The soprano saxophone is a variety of the saxophone, a woodwind instrument, invented in 1840. The soprano is the third smallest member of the saxophone family, which consists of the soprillo, sopranino, soprano, alto, tenor, baritone, bass, contrabass and tubax.A transposing instrument pitched in...
  
  , stritch
  Stritch (saxophone)
  Stritch is the name that Rahsaan Roland Kirk gave to the customized Buescher Straight Alto that he played. This horn had custom keywork to allow Kirk to play the horn with one hand.-References:* http://www.woodwindforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=3426...
  
  
• Billy Gardner - organ
  Electronic organ
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• Grant Green
  Grant Green
  Grant Green was a jazz guitarist and composer....
  
   - guitar
  Guitar
  The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
  
  
• Donald Bailey
  Donald Bailey (musician)
  Donald "Duck" Bailey is an American jazz drummer.He is probably best known as the drummer in the trio of jazz organist Jimmy Smith from 1956 to 1964 and also for his work with The Three Sounds on Blue Note Records. Bailey also worked as a sideman for some of the most famous musicians in jazz...
  
   - drums
  Drum kit
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