Tony Oxley (born 15 June 1938) is an English free improvising drummer and one of the founders of

Incus Records Incus Records is a British record company and label founded by Derek Bailey, Tony Oxley, Evan Parker and Michael Walters that specializes in free jazz and improvised music. The first release on the label was Incus Number 0 (zero), a 7 “ r ...

Biography

Oxley was born in

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, England. A self-taught pianist by the age of eight, he first began playing the drums at seventeen. In Sheffield he was taught by Haydon Cook, who had returned to the city after a long residency in the 1950s at

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in London. While in the

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military band from 1957 to 1960, he studied

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and improved his drumming technique. From 1960 to 1964 he led a quartet which performed locally in England. In 1963, he began working with

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and guitarist Derek Bailey, in a trio known as Joseph Holbrooke. Oxley moved to London in 1966 and became house drummer at Ronnie Scott's, where he accompanied visiting musicians such as

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, and

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until the early 1970s. He was a member of bands led by

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, and Mike Pyne. In 1969, Oxley appeared on the

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album ''

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'' and formed a quintet with Bailey,

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, and

Kenny Wheeler Kenneth Vincent John Wheeler, OC (14 January 1930 – 18 September 2014) was a Canadian composer and trumpet and flugelhorn player, based in the U.K. from the 1950s onwards. Most of his performances were rooted in jazz, but he was also active ...

, releasing the album ''

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''. Following this album the group was joined by Paul Rutherford on trombone and became a sextet, releasing the 1970 album '' 4 Compositions for Sextet''. That same year Oxley helped found

with Bailey and others and Musicians Cooperative. He received a three-month artist-in-residence job at the Sydney Conservatorium in Australia in 1970. Around this time he joined the London Jazz Composers Orchestra and collaborated with Howard Riley. In 1973 he became a tutor at the Jazz Summer School in

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, and in 1974 he formed the band Angular Apron. Through the 1980s he worked with

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and

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and started the Celebration Orchestra during the latter half of the decade. In the late 1980s, Oxley toured and recorded with

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, and also began a working relationship with

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. In 1993, he joined a quartet with

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, and Anders Jormin. In 2000 he released the album ''Triangular Screen'' with the Tony Oxley Project 1, a trio with

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and Tonny Kluften.

Discography

As leader

* ''

'' (CBS, 1969) * '' 4 Compositions for Sextet'' (CBS, 1970) * ''Ichnos'' (

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, 1971) * ''Jazz in Britain '68-'69'' with

John Surman John Douglas Surman (born 30 August 1944) is an English jazz saxophone, bass clarinet, and synthesizer player, and composer of free jazz and modal jazz, often using themes from folk music. He has composed and performed music for dance performanc ...

(Decca Eclipse, 1972) * ''Tony Oxley'' (

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, 1975) * ''The Alan Davie Music Workshop'' with

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(ADMW, 1975) * ''February Papers'' (Incus, 1977) * ''S.O.H.'' (EGO, 1979) * ''Ach Was!?'' with Ulrich Gumpert,

Radu Malfatti Radu Malfatti is an Austrian trombone and harmonica player, and composer. He was born in Innsbruck, in the province of Tyrol, on December 16, 1943. Malfatti is associated with the style of music known as reductionism and has been described as "a ...

( FMP, 1981) * ''SOH'' (View, 1981) * ''Nutty On Willisau'' with

(hatART, 1984) * ''Live at Roccella Jonica'' with

Norma Winstone Norma Ann Winstone MBE (born 23 September 1941) is an English jazz singer and lyricist. With a career spanning more than 50 years, she is best known for her wordless improvisations. Musicians with whom she has worked include Michael Garrick, ...

, Kenny Wheeler,

Paolo Fresu Paolo Fresu ( sc, Pàulu; born 10 February 1961) is an Italian jazz trumpet and flugelhorn player, as well as a composer and arranger of music. Career Born in Berchidda, Sardinia, he picked up the trumpet at the age of 11, and played in the ba ...

, John Taylor,

Paolo Damiani Paolo Damiani (born 1952) is an Italian jazz cellist and double-bassist. Performing primarily avant-garde jazz, he has worked with Gianluigi Trovesi, Kenny Wheeler, Tony Oxley, Paolo Fresu, and John Taylor. Damiani has also recorded on the alb ...

(Ismez/Polis Music, 1985) * ''Tomorrow Is Here Jazzfest Berlin 1985, Live from the Philharmonie'' (Dossier, 1986) * ''The Glider & The Grinder'' with

Philipp Wachsmann Philipp John Paul Wachsmann (born 5 August 1944) is an African avant-garde jazz/jazz fusion violinist born in Kampala, Uganda, probably better known for having founded his own group Chamberpot. He has worked with many musicians in the free jazz id ...

(Bead, 1987) * ''Live in Roccella Jonica 1986'' with

Palle Mikkelborg Palle Mikkelborg (born 6 March 1941) is a Danish jazz trumpet player, composer, arranger and record producer. He is self-taught on the trumpet, although he studied conducting at the Royal Music Conservatory in Copenhagen. He became a professio ...

, Paolo Damiani, Tiziana Ghiglioni (Ismez/Polis, 1987) * ''Bodies'' with

Claudio Fasoli Claudio Fasoli (born 29 November 1939) is an Italian jazz - saxophonist (tenor and soprano saxophone) and composer of modern jazz. Music career Born in Venice, he now lives in Milan, Italy. After a long apprenticeship and many sessions with v ...

Mick Goodrick Mick Goodrick (June 9, 1945 – November 16, 2022) was an American jazz guitarist who spent most of his career as a teacher. In the early 1970s, he worked with Gary Burton and Pat Metheny. Biography An Elvis fan, Goodrick began studying guitar ...

Palle Danielsson Nils Paul "Palle" Danielsson (born 15 October 1946) is a Swedish jazz double bassist born in Stockholm, Sweden. From 1974 to 1979, he was a member of Keith Jarrett's quartet. He is the brother of pianist Monica Dominique. Career Danielsson's ...

(New Sound Planet, 1990) * ''Explore'' with Stefano Battaglia (Splasc(h), 1990) * '' In the Evenings Out There'' with

Paul Bley Paul Bley, CM (November 10, 1932 – January 3, 2016) was a jazz pianist known for his contributions to the free jazz movement of the 1960s as well as his innovations and influence on trio playing and his early live performance on the Moog and ...

, Gary Peacock, John Surman ( ECM, 1993) * ''Tony Oxley Quartet'' (Incus, 1993) * ''Sulphur'' with Stefano Battaglia, Paolino Dalla Porta (Splasc(h), 1995) * ''

The Enchanted Messenger ''The Enchanted Messenger'' is a live album by a fifteen-piece ensemble called the Tony Oxley Celebration Orchestra, led by English percussionist Tony Oxley, and with trumpeter Bill Dixon appearing as a featured artist. It was recorded in November ...

'' (Soul Note, 1995) * ''Deep'' with Ekkehard Jost, Reiner Winterschladen, Ewald Oberleitner (Fish Music, 1997) * ''Soho Suites (Recordings from 1977 & 1995)'' with Derek Bailey (Incus, 1997) * ''Digger's Harvest'' with

Alexander von Schlippenbach Alexander von Schlippenbach (born 7 April 1938) is a German jazz pianist and composer. He came to prominence in the 1960s playing free jazz in a trio with saxophonist Evan Parker and drummer Paul Lovens, and as a member of the Globe Unity Orchest ...

(FMP, 1999) * ''Triangular Screen'' (Sofa, 2000) * ''Floating Phantoms'' (a/l/l, 2002) * ''GratHovOx'' with Frank Gratkowski,

Fred Van Hove Fred Van Hove (19 February 1937 – 13 January 2022) was a Belgian jazz musician and a pioneer of European free jazz. He was a pianist, accordionist, church organist, and carillonist, an improviser and a composer. In the 1960s and 1970s he perf ...

(Nuscope, 2002) * ''S.O.H. Live in London'' with Alan Skidmore, Ali Haurand (Jazzwerkstatt 2007) * ''The Advocate'' with Derek Bailey (

Tzadik Tzadik ( he, צַדִּיק , "righteous ne, also ''zadik'', ''ṣaddîq'' or ''sadiq''; pl. ''tzadikim'' ''ṣadiqim'') is a title in Judaism given to people considered righteous, such as biblical figures and later spiritual masters. The ...

, 2007) * ''Tony Oxley/Derek Bailey Quartet'' (Jazzwerkstatt, 2008) * ''Live at Jazzwerkstatt Peitz'' with

Conny Bauer Konrad "Conny" Bauer (born 4 July 1943) is a German free jazz trombonist. He is the brother of the trombonist Johannes Bauer. As a student at senior high school in Sonneberg between 1957 and 1961, he was enthusiastic about modern music and danc ...

Gianluigi Trovesi Gianluigi Trovesi (born 1944) is an Italian jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, and composer. He has won various Italian jazz awards. He also teaches in Italy. Early life Trovesi was born in Nembro near Bergamo in Lombardy in 1944. He studied harmony ...

, Dietmar Diesner (Jazzwerkstatt 2008) * ''Improvised Pieces for Trio'' with Sebastiano Meloni, Adriano Orru (Big Round, 2010) * ''A Birthday Tribute – 75 Years'' (Incus, 2013) * ''Beaming'' (Confront Recordings, 2020) With The Quartet * ''Dedications'' (Konnex, 1984) * ''Relation'' (Konnex, 1985) * ''Interchange'' (Konnex, 1986) * ''Live'' (Konnex, 1987)

As guest

With

* ''Experiments with Pops'' (Major Minor, 1968) * ''Gyroscope'' (Morgan, 1969) * ''Seven Steps to Evans - A Tribute to the Compositions of

'' (MPS, 1980) * ''When Sunny Gets Blue (Spring '68 Sessions)'' (Turtle, 2018) With Bill Dixon * ''

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'' (Soul Note, 1994) * '' Vade Mecum II'' (Soul Note, 1994) * '' Papyrus Volume I'' (Soul Note, 1999) * ''

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'' (Soul Note, 1999) * '' Berlin Abbozzi'' (FMP, 2000) With

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/London Jazz Composers Orchestra * ''

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'' (Incus, 1972) * ''Stringer'' (FMP, 1983) With

Joseph Holbrooke Joseph Charles Holbrooke (5 July 18785 August 1958) was an English composer, conductor, and pianist. Life Early years Joseph Holbrooke was born Joseph Charles Holbrook in Croydon, Surrey. His father, also named Joseph, was a music hall music ...

* ' ''98'' (Incus 2000) * ''The Moat Recordings'' (Tzadik, 2006) With

Rolf Kühn Rolf Kühn (29 September 1929 – 18 August 2022) was a German jazz clarinetist and saxophonist. He was the older brother of the pianist Joachim Kühn. He lived in the United States from 1956 to 1959. John Hammond favourably compared him with ...

* ''Devil in Paradise'' (BASF, 1971) * ''Going to the Rainbow'' (BASF, 1971) With Howard Riley * ''Flight'' (Turtle, 1971) * ''Synopsis'' (Incus 1974) * ''Overground'' (Emanem, 2001) With

* '' Matka Joanna'' (ECM, 1995) * ''

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'' (ECM, 1997) With

* '' How Many Clouds Can You See?'' (Deram, 1970) * ''

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'' (ECM, 1992) With

* '' Leaf Palm Hand'' (Disc 6 of 11-disc set ''Cecil Taylor in Berlin '88'') (FMP, 1989) * '' Looking (Berlin Version) The Feel Trio'' (FMP, 1990) * '' Looking (Berlin Version) Corona'' (FMP, 1991) * ''

Celebrated Blazons ''Celebrated Blazons'' is a live album featuring performances by Cecil Taylor with William Parker and Tony Oxley recorded at the Akademie der Künste in Berlin on June 29, 1990, and released on the FMP label. Reception Reviewer Thom Jurek wr ...

'' (FMP, 1993) * '' Melancholy'' (FMP, 1999) * '' Nailed'' (FMP, 2000) * '' 2 Ts for a Lovely T'' (Codanza, 2002) * '' Taylor/Dixon/Oxley'' (Les Disques Victo, 2002) * '' Ailanthus/Altissima: Bilateral Dimensions of 2 Root Songs'' (Triple Point, 2009) * '' Conversations with Tony Oxley'' (Jazzwerkstatt, 2018) * '' Birdland, Neuburg 2011'' (Fundacja Słuchaj!, 2020) * '' Being Astral and All Registers – Power of Two'' (Discus, 2020)

With others

, ''

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'' with Furio Di Castri (Soul Note, 1998) *

, ''

Seven Compositions (Trio) 1989 ''Seven Compositions (Trio) 1989'' is a live album by American composer and saxophonist Anthony Braxton recorded in France in 1989 and released on the Hathut Records, hatART label.

'' (hatART, 1989) *

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, ''Berlin Djungle'' (FMP, 1987) *

, ''The 1972 Ljubljana Concert'' (2018) *

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, ''The Two Faces Of Fame'' (CBS, 1967) * Michael Gibbs, Michael Gibbs (Deram, 1970) *

George Gruntz George Gruntz (24 June 1932 – 10 January 2013) was a Swiss jazz pianist, organist, harpsichordist, keyboardist, and composer known for the George Gruntz Concert Big Band and his work with Phil Woods, Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Don Cherry, Chet Baker, ...

, ''Monster Sticksland Meeting Two: Monster Jazz'' (MPS, 1974) *

Tubby Hayes Edward Brian "Tubby" Hayes (30 January 1935 – 8 June 1973) was an English jazz multi-instrumentalist, best known for his tenor saxophone playing in groups with fellow sax player Ronnie Scott and with trumpeter Jimmy Deuchar. Early life ...

, ''Seven Steps to Heaven: Live at the Hopbine 1972'' (Gearbox, 2013) *

Giorgio Gaslini Giorgio Gaslini (; 22 October 1929 – 29 July 2014) was an Italian jazz pianist, composer and conductor. He began performing aged 13 and recorded with his jazz trio at 16. In the 1950s and 1960s, Gaslini performed with his own quartet. He was ...

Jean-Luc Ponty Jean-Luc Ponty (born 29 September 1942) is a French jazz violinist and composer. Early life Ponty was born into a family of classical musicians in Avranches, France. His father taught violin, his mother taught piano. At sixteen, he was admitt ...

, ''Jean-Luc Ponty Meets Giorgio Gaslini'' (1974) *

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, ''Keep On Driving'' (MPS, 1970) *

, ''Scoop'' (In+Out, 1983) *

, ''

'' (1969) *

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, ''All In All In All'' (

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, 2018) * Paul Rutherford & Iskra 1912, Sequences 72 & 73 (Emanem, 1997) *

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, ''Live at Ronnie Scott's'' (CBS, 1968) *

, ''Once Upon a Time'' (Deram, 1970) *

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, ''

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'' (Bellaphon, 1978) *

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and George Gruntz, ''Fairytale'' (MPS 1979) *

, '' Song for Someone'' (Incus, 1973)

Notes

References

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Oxley, Tony 1938 births Living people Musicians from Sheffield British male drummers English jazz drummers Free jazz drummers Avant-garde jazz musicians Free improvisation Tzadik Records artists British male jazz musicians Joseph Holbrooke (band) members Incus Records artists FMP/Free Music Production artists