A joyous noise. This is drumming from the inside out using breath as source. One of the liberators of drums . Thank you Senor Oxley Love Always Hu Ra Kalam
Tony has left us today. For those with ears open to new ways of shaping sound into music, he opened doors we never even knew existed. Working with him was intense, joyful, sometimes challenging, but in the end alway full of rewards. I will miss him very much.
those big, sweeping strokes are so painterly, they exist almost completely outside conventional drum technique/vocabulary, yet he still maintains the primal, percussive element. a true master
It is hard to explain to non-drummers how super hard it is to play ergo think like Tony. After the fact it makes sense, but balancing all those sounds and rhythms and dynamics is a huge task... thank you VERY much for posting this!
Bill Evans wanted Tony to join the trio, and Tony does appear with the trio on "The 1972 Ljubljana Concert" and has an amazing solo on "Nardis." His playing really inspired Bill, and it's too bad there isn't more of them together. If you search RUclips you will also find a track of Bill performing "My Melancholy Baby" with Tony on drums, recorded at Ronnie Scott's Club.
this drumset stands in my cellar...he is a very good friend of me and my family and we share the same rehearsel room. he is a great person and a amazing drummer!!!
I met Tony Oxley years ago when we opened a show for Bernie Taupin and he was on drums. What a nice man. While he was playing great, the music was "in the box", unlike this obviously "outside the box" piece he's playing. This is absolutely brilliant. Thanks for sharing!
My wife, from the other room: "Are you watching those demolition videos again?" Me: "No Love, it's this really good drummer Tony Oxley"... Wife: "Well thank God you doin't play like that" Me: "Not yet, but I aspire to..." Wife: [Blank look on face] That fluidity, grace and movement. I think my wife doesn't like the big cowbell...
This man has played a piece by Luigi Nono. It sounded like a sideboard that had been flinged down.... Nono's sheet music said so... Great||| His skill,tremendous...
¡Deslumbrante ! Tony Oxley lo es tanto por la habilidad de su pulso como por su agudeza y singularidad. A modo de aquellos que hacen vibrar las piedras o palpar el agua y hacerles cantar, cuenta entre los percusionistas más creativos del mundo, a la altura de genios de la talla de Cecil Taylor con quien dialoga sin temor al extravío. Gérald Arnaud en el programa de uno de los conciertos memorables del pianista, se preguntaba : « ¿Cómo otros músicos pueden penetrar sin quemarse gravemente ese bloque de madera en bruto e incandescente que es el piano de Cecil Taylor? » Y añadía el nombre de Oxley como uno de aquellos capaces de lograrlo. «Él encarna al mismo tiempo el batería que Taylor soñaría ser en una nueva vida, y el colorista capaz de enriquecer por un hostigamiento de sones inauditos incluso la densidad y la intensidad de su toque» .
amazing. this is what every musician should strive to do, push the boundaries. love the giant cowbell drags, great sound. all of the haters can die in a fire. if he was playing 32nd notes on a double bass the whole time you would be bowing down. challenge yourself!
Spot on. Tony is a weaver of rhythms here. But he can ceartainly play straight up jazz as well. His solo outings are quite good as I'm sure you must know.
Vraiment éblouissant ! Gérald Arnaud dans le programme d’un des concerts mémorables de Cecil Taylor, se demandait : « comment d'autres musiciens parviennent à pénétrer sans se brûler grièvement ce bloc de bois brut et incandescent qu'est le piano de Cecil Taylor ». Et lui même ajoutais le nom de Tony Oxley comme un de ceux capables de le faire. « Il incarne en même temps le batteur que Taylor rêverait d'être dans une nouvelle vie, et le coloriste capable par un harcèlement de touches éclaboussantes d'enrichir encore la densité et l'intensité de son jeu » [1]. [1] Extrait des notes de programme du concert de Cecil Taylor du 25 octobre 2002 - « Electric Body ». Cité de la musique, Paris.
@Jarielus YOU REALLY UNDERSTAND NOTHING . THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST DRUMMER EVER ! LiSTEN HIM PLAYS WITH BILL EVANS OR DEXTER GORDON OR KENNY WHEELER ...IN THE LATE 60's HE WAS THE ONLY IN THE WORLD COULD BE COMPARED WITH TONY WILLIAMS . DIFFERENT THINGS BUT THE SAME HIGHEST LEVEL TO BE "ON TOP ! "
this drumset stands in my cellar...he is a very good friend of me and my family and we share the same rehearsel room. he is a great person and an amazing drummer!!!
He retired. I don't know exactly where his drum kit is... he is not the youngest and he definitely lived his life. Great person! I don't know if there will be any concerts in the future...
A joyous noise. This is drumming from the inside out using breath as source. One of the liberators of drums . Thank you Senor Oxley Love Always Hu Ra Kalam
You do that pretty well yourself!
Tony has left us today. For those with ears open to new ways of shaping sound into music, he opened doors we never even knew existed. Working with him was intense, joyful, sometimes challenging, but in the end alway full of rewards. I will miss him very much.
those big, sweeping strokes are so painterly, they exist almost completely outside conventional drum technique/vocabulary, yet he still maintains the primal, percussive element. a true master
Have a look at Tony's Painting! Totally wonderful!
Reminds me of Mel Lewis in that way.
RIP Tony Oxley
It is hard to explain to non-drummers how super hard it is to play ergo think like Tony. After the fact it makes sense, but balancing all those sounds and rhythms and dynamics is a huge task... thank you VERY much for posting this!
Bill Evans wanted Tony to join the trio, and Tony does appear with the trio on "The 1972 Ljubljana Concert" and has an amazing solo on "Nardis." His playing really inspired Bill, and it's too bad there isn't more of them together. If you search RUclips you will also find a track of Bill performing "My Melancholy Baby" with Tony on drums, recorded at Ronnie Scott's Club.
Creative. Genius. Free. Child-like joy of play. Unduplicatable. Brilliant
Wonderful flow and rumble! Rip 🙏🏽🪘🕊️
Tony Oxley ! The drummer,the complete musician,spanning from jazz to modern music,playing with everyone!
Very unique jazz drummer, he has a style all his own!
Köstlich! Immer wieder gut!!!
I knew it! In a world this size there had to be somebody this good!
-Lp
Rest in peace talented soul 🙏🕊️
RIP and much respect
this drumset stands in my cellar...he is a very good friend of me and my family and we share the same rehearsel room. he is a great person and a amazing drummer!!!
RIP
I met Tony Oxley years ago when we opened a show for Bernie Taupin and he was on drums. What a nice man. While he was playing great, the music was "in the box", unlike this obviously "outside the box" piece he's playing.
This is absolutely brilliant. Thanks for sharing!
I booked Angular Apron in the 1970's in Liverpool.. Very interesting guy
Fantastic!
There is NOTHING easy about the way he plays drums. Whole new skill set.
Timeless
Tony,the greatest!!!
Totally one of a kind, percussion genius.
The original "More cow bell" RIP sir....
My wife, from the other room: "Are you watching those demolition videos again?"
Me: "No Love, it's this really good drummer Tony Oxley"...
Wife: "Well thank God you doin't play like that"
Me: "Not yet, but I aspire to..."
Wife: [Blank look on face]
That fluidity, grace and movement. I think my wife doesn't like the big cowbell...
Had some Tony Oxley compositions on the radio today, awesome stuff!
This man has played a piece by Luigi Nono. It sounded like a sideboard that had been flinged down.... Nono's sheet music said so... Great||| His skill,tremendous...
¡Deslumbrante ! Tony Oxley lo es tanto por la habilidad de su pulso como por su agudeza y singularidad. A modo de aquellos que hacen vibrar las piedras o palpar el agua y hacerles cantar, cuenta entre los percusionistas más creativos del mundo, a la altura de genios de la talla de Cecil Taylor con quien dialoga sin temor al extravío. Gérald Arnaud en el programa de uno de los conciertos memorables del pianista, se preguntaba : « ¿Cómo otros músicos pueden penetrar sin quemarse gravemente ese bloque de madera en bruto e incandescente que es el piano de Cecil Taylor? » Y añadía el nombre de Oxley como uno de aquellos capaces de lograrlo. «Él encarna al mismo tiempo el batería que Taylor soñaría ser en una nueva vida, y el colorista capaz de enriquecer por un hostigamiento de sones inauditos incluso la densidad y la intensidad de su toque» .
Love this one. Total sonic bliss
amazing. this is what every musician should strive to do, push the boundaries. love the giant cowbell drags, great sound. all of the haters can die in a fire. if he was playing 32nd notes on a double bass the whole time you would be bowing down. challenge yourself!
supreme dreams on a colour chart of astral dimensional........greatness and beyond...,!
Spot on.
Tony is a weaver of rhythms here.
But he can ceartainly play straight up jazz as well. His solo outings are quite good as I'm sure you must know.
Tnanks so much for sharing this :)
amazing
Now thats creative drumming!!!!!
R. I. P.
Nurse With Wound list brought me here ! :)
When I listen to Tony Oxley I realise just have few individual voices there really are when it comes to the art of improvising.
Vraiment éblouissant ! Gérald Arnaud dans le programme d’un des concerts mémorables de Cecil Taylor, se demandait : « comment d'autres musiciens parviennent à pénétrer sans se brûler grièvement ce bloc de bois brut et incandescent qu'est le piano de Cecil Taylor ». Et lui même ajoutais le nom de Tony Oxley comme un de ceux capables de le faire. « Il incarne en même temps le batteur que Taylor rêverait d'être dans une nouvelle vie, et le coloriste capable par un harcèlement de touches éclaboussantes d'enrichir encore la densité et l'intensité de son jeu » [1].
[1] Extrait des notes de programme du concert de Cecil Taylor du 25 octobre 2002 - « Electric Body ». Cité de la musique, Paris.
Very impressive, also very, very funny. I laughed out loud multiple times.
Weird that it is both of those at the same time.
He is Awsome! :)
Magnificent
Please you all!Listen to "Ichnos",his third l.p.
TONY WHERE ARE YOU ? WE MISS YOU , LET YOURSELF BE SEEN BY US IN MORE CONCERTS !
Most unique drumset player ever.
you are lucky! if he plays this way he must be a great man!
Tony oxley with John McLaughlin - check it out.
i really like the acoustics gave me a sexplosion
i love u\
this guy is such a fuckin badass! i have to go change my underwear now! this guy rules!
Yeah...but can he play 'Wipeout'?
I doubt that he would want to play..........."Wipeout."
@@jeffsparks8635 OK Seven Nation Army then.
@@jeffsparks8635 by the way I literally have no recollection of watching this video or making that comment 11 years ago haha
@@kickstar1 Good stuff!............(Well, I guess it IS or WAS - good stuff- have a great day!)
@Jarielus YOU REALLY UNDERSTAND NOTHING . THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST DRUMMER EVER ! LiSTEN HIM PLAYS WITH BILL EVANS OR DEXTER GORDON OR KENNY WHEELER ...IN THE LATE 60's HE WAS THE ONLY IN THE WORLD COULD BE COMPARED WITH TONY WILLIAMS . DIFFERENT THINGS BUT THE SAME HIGHEST LEVEL TO BE "ON TOP ! "
Id be very surprised if Terry Bozzio never studied this.
Out of space.
Space is the place.
This is hyper masculinity
rucking fubbish........... boing!!!
this drumset stands in my cellar...he is a very good friend of me and my family and we share the same rehearsel room. he is a great person and an amazing drummer!!!
Antonius this is the way I love to hear drums .very inspirational!!!!!
Where is it now if I may ask?
He retired. I don't know exactly where his drum kit is... he is not the youngest and he definitely lived his life. Great person! I don't know if there will be any concerts in the future...
@@schaag That's a pity. I'd love to have this kit. Any ideas how I could get hold of it?
@@blazejkoziolcontact the royal family