Name: February Papers
Price: 16.25 USD
Availability: BackOrder

Release Date: 2nd Oct 2020
Catalogue No: DISCUS99CD
Label: Discus
Length: 41 minutes

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Tony Oxley: Quartet 1

Work length7:35

Tony Oxley, Philipp Wachsmann, David Bourne, Barry Guy

Tony Oxley: Sounds of the Soil

Work length7:20

Tony Oxley, Philipp Wachsmann, Ian Brighton

Tony Oxley: Brushes

Work length4:08

Tony Oxley

Tony Oxley: Chant Quartet

Work length6:48

Tony Oxley, Philipp Wachsmann, David Bourne, Barry Guy

Tony Oxley: Trio

Work length5:16

Tony Oxley, Philipp Wachsmann, Ian Brighton

Tony Oxley: Combination

Work length7:04

Tony Oxley

Tony Oxley: On the Edge (to E.P.)

Work length2:57

Tony Oxley

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Reissue of drummer and percussionist Tony Oxley's superb 'February Papers' LP, originally released on Incus Records in 1977. First time the complete album has ever been reissued on CD. Original vinyl copies now sell for 100-200.

Crisply recorded in Vangelis' London studio, and mastered for re-release under Oxley's personal supervision. The album features double bassist Barry Guy, violinist Philipp Wachsmann and guitarist Ian Brighton.

This album is a classic example of UK free improvisation by one of the originators of that style, with the added dimension that the playing is framed within Oxley's forward looking compositional frameworks.

The collective personnel play in quartet and trio configurations, detailed and collective sounds from strings, percussion and electronics. But perhaps the two centrepieces of the album are Oxley's solo tracks, where his extended use of drum kit and amplified objects is clearly underpinned by pure jazz skill.

Tony Oxley - percussion, electronics, violin

Barry Guy - double bass, bass guitar

Philipp Wachsmann - violin

David Bourne - violin

Ian Brighton - electric guitar

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