Three Blokes


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/Free [Music Production|FMP] label in 1994.

Reception

reviewer Thom Jurek states, "This album documents three nights of a soprano saxophone throw-down in 1988 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".
The authors of Masters of Jazz Saxophone described the album as "a beautifully-recorded, unadorned three-soprano encounter."

Track listing

  1. "The Crawl" – 16:27
  2. "Backslash" – 7:31
  3. "Glanced" – 21:36
  4. "Broad Brush" – 23:00
  5. "Three Blokes" – 3:53

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