Travels Through Tony Oxley’s Discography 

Source: The Wire.

Drummer, improvisor, composer Tony Oxley died on Boxing Day, 2023. I didn’t know him, but I’ve grown up with his music and been fortunate to watch and listen to him play many times. A brilliant, innovative drummer, composer, improvisor. Much of his earlier music remains hard to find (though in recent years labels like Confront, and Discus in Sheffield, have released more of it, old and new). Here I select and reflect on just a few of his many recordings, as a way in, for some, to what he did.