Artist: The British Saxophone Quartet
Title: Early October
Cat Number: SLAMCD216
Year released: 1995
Format: CD & all digital platforms
Barcode: 5028386021629
Three lengthy improvisations recorded live by The British Saxophone Quartet. The group features four outstanding saxophonists: Elton Dean, Paul Dunmall, Simon Picard and George Haslam.
Elton Dean: alto saxophone, saxello
Paul Dunmall: soprano and tenor saxophone
George Haslam: baritone saxophone
Simon Picard: tenor saxophone
“’The kind of ‘living music’ that comes from group improvisation at its best.” – Linton Chiswick, The Wire
“All three of the works included in this set were also recorded spontaneously live. No muss, no fuss, no mess, just an outstanding sounding recording. The four players demonstrate a musical rapport which takes them through moments of harmonic beauty, dissonant tension, walls of sound and quiet interludes…outstanding examples of the art of present day musical improvisation and deserving of repeated listening in order to appreciate all of their subtlety of detail.” – Chris Meloche
All music was created during a concert of improvisation at The Holywell Music Room, Oxford, on Friday 6 October 1995. This is a recording of that concert.
Recorded by Michael Gerzon.
Edited and mastered by Tim Turan.