Larry Ochs
Saxophonist Larry Ochs was born in N.Y.C. in 1949. Although he studied the trumpet a bit, he is most accomplished on the tenor and sopranino saxophones. Ochs has experience in musical production, as well, having founded Metalanguage Records in 1978, and owned and operated northern California's Twelve Stars Studio. A co-founder of the world-renowned saxophone quartet Rova, Ochs has received Meet the Composer grants from across the U.S. and commissions from various programs throughout the '80s and '90s (including the year-long festival Antwerpen '93). He composed music for Leslie Scalapino's play Goya's L.A. (1994) and for the film Letters Not About Love, winner of the 1998 South by Southwest Film Festival's best documentary film. Ochs was a founding member of the Glenn Spearman Double Trio (Black Saint) and is a member of the new music trio Room. Still active in Rova, he also played in What We Live, a trio that released three albums by the end of the '90s. Ochs formed his Sax & Drumming Core as the millennium turned, releasing Neon Truth on his own imprint in 2002 and Up from Under on Atavistic in 2007. The following year, he was back with Rova for The Celestial Septet, a collaboration with the Nels Cline Singers. He then moved to Rogue Art for 2008's Spiller Alley and 2009's Stone Shift. Also in 2009, he formed the trio Jones Jones with bassist Mark Dresser and percussionist Vladimir Tarasov for We All Feel the Same Way. Unauthorized Caprices followed in 2010. Two years later, he was back with Rova for A Short History, after which he paired with Don Robinson on 2014's The Throne. The Fictive Five appeared on Tzadik in 2015. A year later, Ochs reunited with his Jones Jones bandmates for The Moscow Improvisations. Also in 2016, Rogue Art released the concert album Rova Channeling Coltrane Electric Ascension. In 2017, Ochs returned to his work with his Sax & Drumming Core for Wild Red Yellow.
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Discography
13 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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What We Live: Trumpets
Dave Douglas, Wadada Leo Smith, Larry Ochs
Jazz - Released by Black Saint on Dec 28, 1999
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Continental Drift
Larry Ochs, Aram Shelton Quartet
Jazz - Released by Clean Feed on Jun 26, 2020
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Fly Fly Fly
Larry Ochs, Joan Jeanrenaud, Miya Masaoka
Jazz - Released by Intakt Records on Jan 26, 2014
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Cooke, India: RedHanded
India Cooke, Lisle Ellis, George Lewis, Larry Ochs, Donald Robinson, Lee,
Jazz - Released by Music and Arts Programs of America on Jan 1, 1996
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Reasons for Moving
Darren Johnston, Fred Frith, Larry Ochs
Experimental - Released by Not Two Records on Jan 1, 2007
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Spiller Alley
Larry Ochs, Miya Masaoka, Peggy Lee
Jazz - Released by Rogue Art on Jan 1, 2008
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The Secret Magritte
Jazz - Released by Black Saint on Dec 28, 1995
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Fly Fly Fly
Larry Ochs, Joan Jeanrenaud, Miya Masaoka
Jazz - Released by Intakt Records on Jan 26, 2014
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The Mirror World (for Stan Brakhage) (Realization 1 - Hand)
Jazz - Released by Metalanguage on Jan 1, 2007
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The Mirror World (for Stan Brakhage) (Realization 2 - Wall)
Larry Ochs, Rova Special Sextet
Jazz - Released by Metalanguage on Jan 1, 2007
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