3 x 4 Eye

3 x 4 Eye
3 x 4 Eye
Studio album by Roscoe Mitchell
Released	1981
Recorded	February 18 & 19, 1981
Genre	Jazz
Length	41:06
Label	Black Saint
Producer	Giovanni Bonandrini
Roscoe Mitchell chronology

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 awarded the album 3½ stars stating "This isn't among his most intense or combative dates, but Mitchell and the Sound Ensemble are still well worth hearing".^[2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	^[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	^[4]

Track listing[]

All compositions by Roscoe Mitchell

"Cut Outs for Quintet" – 17:24
"Jo Jar" – 4:44
"3 x 4 Eye" – 12:11
"Variations on a Folk Song Written in the Sixties" – 6:47

- Recorded at Barigozzi Studio in Milano, Italy on February 18 & 19, 1981

Personnel[]

Roscoe Mitchell – soprano saxophone, alto saxophone
Hugh Ragin – piccolo trumpet, trumpet, flugelhorn
A. Spencer Barefiled – guitar
Jaribu Shahid – bass, congas
Tani Tabbal – percussion

References[]

^ Black Saint Records discography accessed May 11, 2011
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Wynn, R. Allmusic Review accessed May 11, 2011
^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 143. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1011. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

[Black_Saint_Records_discography-1] Black Saint Records discography accessed May 11, 2011

[Allmusic-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b Wynn, R. Allmusic Review accessed May 11, 2011

[RSJRG-3] Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 143. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.

[Penguin-4] Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1011. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

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