A most welcome reappearance on CD for this little beauty! Perhaps, and if so unjustly, one of the lesser known treasures of the Ogun catalogue, what we have here are two slices of prime Coxhill from the late 70s – the Ogun LPs “Diverse” (from 1977) and “The Joy of Paranoia” (1978). Always one to eschew the normal parameters of music-making, Coxhill exults in a variety of settings from solo up to quartet, and flits with abandon between genres, often within the same piece. Listen and purchase on Bandcamp.
“In all, this is a fine retrospective view of Coxhill, even if it is only for two years. This was a particularly fertile period for him, and listeners will be more than gratified by its breadth and scope.” – Thom Jurek, AllMusic.com
Ogun Recordings 