3 x 4 Eye explained

3 x 4 Eye
Type:Album
Artist:Roscoe Mitchell
Cover:3 x 4 Eye.jpg
Released:1981
Recorded:February 18 & 19, 1981
Genre:Jazz
Length:41:06
Label:Black Saint
Producer:Giovanni Bonandrini
Chronology:Roscoe Mitchell
Prev Title:Snurdy McGurdy and Her Dancin' Shoes
Prev Year:1980
Next Title:Roscoe Mitchell and the Sound and Space Ensembles
Next Year:1983

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]

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

Personnel

Notes and References

  1. http://jazzrealities.blogspot.com/2010/01/blacksaint-discography-this-is-label.html Black Saint Records discography
  2. Wynn, R. AllMusic Review accessed May 11, 2011