TONY OXLEY
Avant-Garde Jazz / Jazz Related Improv/Composition • United Kingdom
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Tony Oxley, drummer, percussionist and composer, born 15 June 1938; died 26 December 2023
A pivotal moment in the career of the British drummer and percussionist Tony Oxley came when a successful European tour as part of a trio led by the celebrated American jazz pianist Bill Evans was followed by an invitation to remain with the group when they returned to the US. This was in 1972, and permanent membership of the trio would have enhanced the young drummer’s prestige within the jazz world. Instead, he politely declined, believing that to accept would be an unacceptable diversion from his self-imposed task of developing musical languages as a player and composer.
The evidence of his resolve could be seen that same year in the cover picture of Ichnos, an album of Oxley’s music. It showed a drum kit that appeared to have been assembled in a junkyard, with the regular drums and
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Ichnos
Avant-Garde Jazz
1971
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Beaming
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2020
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The New World
Jazz Related Improv/Composition
2023
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