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Tony Oxley: Unreleased 1974 - 2016
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Ronnie Scott
saxophone, tenor1927 - 1996

John McLaughlin
guitarb.1942

Derek Bailey
guitar1932 - 2005

Paul Bley
piano1932 - 2016

Anthony Braxton
woodwindsb.1945

Peter Brötzmann
woodwinds1941 - 2023

Gavin Bryars
bass, acoustic
Bill Dixon
trumpet1925 - 2010

Bill Evans
piano1929 - 1980

Tomasz Stańko
trumpet1942 - 2018

Cecil Taylor
piano1929 - 2018
And so does the beat. Unreleased 19742016 begins with three tracks recorded with bassist

Barry Guy
bass, acousticb.1947
Dave Holdsworth
flugelhorn
Howard Riley
pianob.1943

Paul Rutherford
tromboneb.1940
Stefan Hoelker
percussionThese are all daring and more or less sui generis pieces of music, full of delightful sonic surprisesbut they bookend what is perhaps the highlight of the album, "Frame." This extended (14:53) track was recorded in 1981 with Howard Riley, saxophonist

Larry Stabbins
saxophoneb.1949
Hugh Metcalfe
guitar, electricPhil Wachsmann
violinb.1944
On "Frame," Stabbins plays what he describes as "some of the best and most extreme saxophone I ever recorded"actually some of the best and most extreme saxophone anyone ever recorded. Wholly idiosyncratic, independent of headline extreme-saxophonists from

Albert Ayler
saxophone, tenor1936 - 1970

David S. Ware
saxophone, tenor1949 - 2012
P.S. For more about why Stabbins went to sea in 2013, read the feature-length article We Out Here: The Fast-Forward Evolution Of British Jazz here, written in 2019, before Stabbins decided to come ashore again. ">
Track Listing
The Embrace; Ensemble 1; Ensemble 2; Frame; Combination.
Personnel
Tony Oxley
drumsLarry Stabbins
saxophoneDave Holdsworth
flugelhornPaul Rutherford
tromboneHugh Metcalfe
guitar, electricBarry Guy
bass, acousticHoward Riley
pianoPhil Wachsmann
violinStefan Hoelker
percussionAlbum information
Title: Unreleased 1974 - 2016 | Year Released: 2022 | Record Label: Discus Music
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