4 Compositions for Sextet
4 Compositions for Sextet | ||||
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Studio album by Tony Oxley | ||||
Released | 1970 | |||
Recorded | 7 February 1970 | |||
Genre | Avant-garde jazz, Free jazz | |||
Length | 38:14 | |||
Label | Columbia | |||
Tony Oxley chronology | ||||
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4 Compositions for Sextet is an album by English free-jazz drummer Tony Oxley, which was recorded in 1970 and released on CBS. The album, the second of a trilogy that Oxley recorded for major labels, features the same band with whom he recorded the previous, The Baptised Traveller, expanded to a sextet with the addition of trombonist Paul Rutherford.
Reception
Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [1] |
The Penguin Guide to Jazz | [2] |
Tom Hull – on the Web | B+[3] |
In his review for AllMusic, Thom Jurek states "The four tunes are all outer-limits numbers; all methadrine takes on what were happening improvisations. It's true that there are loose structures imposed on all four tracks, but they quickly dissolve under the barrage of sonic whackery."[1]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz notes that "Four Compositions was a title guaranteed to offend players and fans who wanted to set aside any implications of predetermined structures."[2]
In his book Honesty Is Explosive!: Selected Music Journalism, music writer Ben Watson claims about the album "It is a stone-cold, drop-dead, ice pick-in-the-forehead masterpiece. It was too much for the marketing department at Columbia, and Oxley was dropped."[4]
Track listing
- All compositions by Tony Oxley
- "Saturnalia" – 10:09
- "Scintilla" – 8:56
- "Amass" – 13:00
- "Megaera" – 6:09
Personnel
- Evan Parker – tenor sax
- Kenny Wheeler – trumpet, flugelhorn
- Paul Rutherford – trombone
- Derek Bailey – guitar
- Jeff Clyne – bass
- Tony Oxley – drums
References
- ^ a b Jurek, Thom. Tony Oxley – 4 Compositions for Sextet: Review at AllMusic. Retrieved March 31, 2014.
- ^ a b Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2002). The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (6th ed.). London: Penguin. p. 1160. ISBN 0140515216.
- ^ Hull, Tom. "Music Week". Tom Hull – on the Web. Retrieved 3 June 2023.
- ^ Watson, Ben (2010). Honesty Is Explosive!: Selected Music Journalism. United States: Borgo Press. pp. 111–112. ISBN 978-1434457837.
- v
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- The Baptised Traveller (1969)
- Ichnos (1969-1970)
- 4 Compositions for Sextet (1970)
- Unreleased 1974–2016 (1974, 1981, & 2016)
- The Advocate (1975 & 2006)
- February Papers (1977)
- Elaboration of Particulars (1977 & 1978)
- In the Evenings out There (1991)
- The Tony Oxley Quartet (1992)
- Beaming (2019)
- The New World (2022)
- The Tony Oxley/Alan Davie Duo (1974-1975)
- A Birthday Tribute: 75 years (1977 & 1993)
- Soho Suites (1977 & 1995)
- The Enchanted Messenger (1994)
- Digger's Harvest (1998)
- Floating Phantoms (1999)
- Triangular Screen (2000)
- GratHovOx (2000)