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3 x 4 Eye


FieldValue
name3 x 4 Eye
typeAlbum
artistRoscoe Mitchell
cover3 x 4 Eye.jpg
released1981
recordedFebruary 18 & 19, 1981
genreJazz
length41:06
labelBlack Saint
producerGiovanni Bonandrini
chronologyRoscoe Mitchell
prev_titleSnurdy McGurdy and Her Dancin' Shoes
prev_year1980
next_titleRoscoe Mitchell and the Sound and Space Ensembles
next_year1983

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.

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". |editor-last=Swenson |editor-first=J. | author-link =

Track listing

:All compositions by Roscoe Mitchell

  1. "Cut Outs for Quintet" – 17:24
  2. "Jo Jar" – 4:44
  3. "3 x 4 Eye" – 12:11
  4. "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

References

  1. [https://jazzrealities.blogspot.com/2010/01/blacksaint-discography-this-is-label.html Black Saint Records discography] accessed May 11, 2011
  2. Wynn, R. [http://www.allmusic.com/album/3x4-eye-r144024 AllMusic Review] accessed May 11, 2011
  3. (2008). "[[The Penguin Guide to Jazz". [[Penguin Books.
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