Three Blokes
Three Blokes | ||||
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Live album by Lol Coxhill, Steve Lacy and Evan Parker | ||||
Released | August 11, 1994 | |||
Recorded | September 25–27, 1992 | |||
Venue | Charlottenburg Town Hall, Berlin, Germany | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 72:26 | |||
Label | FMP FMP CD 63 | |||
Producer | Jost Gebers | |||
Lol Coxhill chronology | ||||
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Steve Lacy chronology | ||||
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Evan Parker chronology | ||||
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Three Blokes is a live album by saxophonists Lol Coxhill, Steve Lacy and Evan Parker recorded in Berlin in 1992 and first released on the FMP label in 1994.[1][2][3][4]
Reception
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [5] |
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [6] |
Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [7] |
AllMusic reviewer Thom Jurek states "This album documents three nights of a soprano saxophone throw-down in 1988 [sic] by three of the world's most infamous practitioners of the improviser's art on the instrument -- with Lacy being the unquestioned king of the straight horn. All the players led for one night; each grouped together all of the possible combinations in solo and duet forms, and then performed a brief trio piece as an encore. ... Three Blokes is not only compelling, it's riveting".[5]
The authors of Masters of Jazz Saxophone described the album as "a beautifully-recorded, unadorned three-soprano encounter."[8]
Track listing
- "The Crawl" (Evan Parker, Steve Lacy) – 16:27
- "Backslash" (Parker, Lacy) – 7:31
- "Glanced" (Lol Coxhill, Lacy) – 21:36
- "Broad Brush" (Parker, Coxhill) – 23:00
- "Three Blokes" (Lacy) – 3:53
Personnel
- Lol Coxhill - soprano saxophone (tracks 3-5)
- Steve Lacy – soprano saxophone (tracks 1-3 & 5)
- Evan Parker - soprano saxophone (tracks 1, 2, 4 & 5)
References
- ^ European Free Improvisation: album details accessed July 16, 2018
- ^ Jazzlists: Steve Lacy discography accessed July 16, 2018
- ^ Steve Lacy discography accessed July 16, 2018
- ^ Jazzlists: FMP discography: main FMP series of CDs accessed July 16, 2018
- ^ a b Jurek, Thom. Three Blokes – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved July 16, 2018.
- ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 315. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
- ^ Larkin, Colin (2006). Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Oxford University Press. p. 592.
- ^ Gelly, Dave; Bacon, Tony (2000). Masters of Jazz Saxophone. Balaphon. p. 152.
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