3 x 4 Eye
1981 studio album by Roscoe Mitchell
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Studio album by Roscoe Mitchell | ||||
Released | 1981 | |||
Recorded | February 18 & 19, 1981 | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 41:06 | |||
Label | Black Saint | |||
Producer | Giovanni Bonandrini | |||
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3 x 4 Eye is an album by jazz saxophonist Roscoe Mitchell and the Sound Ensemble, recorded in 1981 for the Italian Black Saint label.[1]
Reception
The AllMusic review by Ron Wynn stated: "This isn't among his most intense or combative dates, but Mitchell and the Sound Ensemble are still well worth hearing".[2]
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Track listing
- All compositions by Roscoe Mitchell
- "Cut Outs for Quintet" – 17:24
- "Jo Jar" – 4:44
- "3 x 4 Eye" – 12:11
- "Variations on a Folk Song Written in the Sixties" – 6:47
- Recorded at Barigozzi Studio in Milano, Italy on February 18 & 19, 1981
Personnel
- Roscoe Mitchell – soprano saxophone, alto saxophone
- Hugh Ragin – piccolo trumpet, trumpet, flugelhorn
- A. Spencer Barefiled – guitar
- Jaribu Shahid – bass, congas
- Tani Tabbal – percussion
References
- ^ Black Saint Records discography accessed May 11, 2011
- ^ a b Wynn, R. AllMusic Review accessed May 11, 2011
- ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 143. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
- ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1011. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
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- Nonaah (1976)
- Duets (1977)
- L-R-G / The Maze / S II Examples (1978)
- Snurdy McGurdy and Her Dancin' Shoes (1981)
- 3 x 4 Eye (1981)
- Roscoe Mitchell and the Sound and Space Ensembles (1983)
- After Fallen Leaves (1992)
- This Dance Is for Steve McCall (1993)
- Hey Donald (1995)
- The Day and the Night (1997)
- Nine to Get Ready (1999)
- In Walked Buckner (1999)
- 8 O'Clock: Two Improvisations (2001)
- Song for My Sister (2002)
- Solo [3] (2004)
- First Look, Chicago Duos (2005)
- Turn (2005)
- No Side Effects (2006)
- Composition/Improvisation Nos. 1, 2 & 3 (2007)
- Far Side (2010)
- Duets with Tyshawn Sorey and Special Guest Hugh Ragin (2013)
- Conversations I (2014)
- Conversations II (2014)
- Angel City (2014)
- Four Ways (2017)
- Solo Saxophone Concerts (1974)
- Roscoe Mitchell Quartet (1976)
- The Flow of Things (1986)
- Live at the Knitting Factory (1987)
- The Bad Guys (2003)
- Numbers (2011)
- Three Compositions (2012)
- Improvisations (2013)
- In Pursuit of Magic (2014)
- Celebrating Fred Anderson (2015)
- Bells for the South Side (2017)