Due distinti articoli richiamano la lunga carriera e la grande originalità del compianto Tony Oxley, scomparso pochi giorni fa all'età di 85 anni: li firmano Richard Williams sul Guardian e Steve Beresford per LondonJazz.
Scrive il primo: "Oxley followed his own path. It led towards a form of improvised music beyond category, in which he would be surrounded in live performance by an expanding array of sound sources, including electronics. Displaying a calm, precise technique and a highly developed understanding of the response and resonance of each surface he was striking, he rolled his sticks around them to create a dramatic sound-tapestry of effects, whether playing solo or with sympathetic collaborators."
E Beresford: "All the brilliant drummers I have worked with have a special way of talking when it comes to Tony Oxley. I think it’s a sort of reverence: to his technique, his creativity and his track record. Maybe also it was his ability to move so adroitly between the worlds of Time and No Time and play with such intensity and originality in both."
Una bella conversazione di Oxley con l'amato Cecil Taylor, risalente a una quindicina di anni fa, è conservata per intero su YT.