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3 x 4 Eye

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Released
  
1981

Length
  
41:06

Release date
  
1981

Label
  
Black Saint

Recorded
  
February 18 & 19, 1981

Artist
  
Roscoe Mitchell

Producer
  
Giovanni Bonandrini

Genre
  
Jazz

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3 x 4 Eye (1981)
  
Roscoe Mitchell and the Sound and Space Ensembles (1983)

Similar
  
Roscoe Mitchell and the S, Nonaah, Nine to Get Ready, Live at the Knitting Factory, Sound

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.

Contents

Reception

The Allmusic review by Ron Wynn awarded the album 3½ stars stating "This isn't among his most intense or combative dates, but Mitchell and the Sound Ensemble are still well worth hearing".

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

    3 x 4 Eye Wikipedia
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