Larry Ochs

American jazz saxophonist

Born: 3 May 1949
New York City
Country: United States
Record labels: Black Saint
Discography: 6 albums

Biography

Larry Ochs is a jazz musician who plays saxophone. Larry Ochs was born on 3 May 1949 in New York City. The music is usually filed under jazz. Record labels: Black Saint. The discography here lists 6 albums, from “The Mirror World (for Stan Brakhage)” (2007) to “What Is to Be Done” (2019).

Larry Ochs (born May 3, 1949 in New York City) is an American jazz saxophonist, co-founder of the Rova Saxophone Quartet and Metalanguage Records. Ochs studied trumpet briefly but concentrated on tenor and sopranino saxophones. He worked as a record producer and founded his own label, Metalanguage Records in 1978, in addition to operating the Twelve Stars studio in California. He co-founded the Rova Saxophone Quartet and worked in Glenn Spearman's Double Trio. A frequent recipient of commissions, he composed the music for the play Goya's L.A. by Leslie Scalapino in 1994 and for the film Letters Not About Love, which was named best documentary at SXSW in 1998. He has played in a new music trio called Room and the What We Live ensemble. He has recorded several albums as a leader. He formed the group Kihnoua in 2007 with vocalist Dohee Lee and Scott Amendola on drums and electronics, which released Unauthorized Caprices in 2010.

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Discography

Studio and live albums

The Mirror World (for Stan Brakhage) 2007

Spiller Alley 2008

The Fictive Five 2015

Fly Fly Fly 2016

Songs of the Wild Cave 2018

What Is to Be Done 2019

Also plays on

Albums where Larry Ochs is credited as a sideman

1981	Metalanguage Festival of Improvised Music 1980, Volume 2: The Science Set — Derek Bailey, Evan Parker, Henry Kaiser, Larry Ochs, Jon Raskin, Greg Goodman, Toshinori Kondo, Andrew Voigt	sopranino saxophone, tenor saxophone, producer, saxophone
1998	Yo, Miles! — Henry Kaiser & Wadada Leo Smith	saxophone

Frequently asked questions

What instrument does Larry Ochs play?

Larry Ochs is known for playing saxophone.

When and where was Larry Ochs born?

Larry Ochs was born 3 May 1949 in New York City.

What are Larry Ochs's best-known albums?

Albums in our database include The Mirror World (for Stan Brakhage) (2007), Spiller Alley (2008), The Fictive Five (2015), Fly Fly Fly (2016) and Songs of the Wild Cave (2018).

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