Three Blokes
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{{Infobox album
| name = Three Blokes
| type = Live album
| artist = Lol Coxhill, Steve Lacy and Evan Parker
| cover = Three Blokes.jpg
| alt =
| released = August 11, 1994
| recorded = September 25–27, 1992
| venue = Charlottenburg Town Hall, Berlin, Germany
| studio =
| genre = Jazz
| length = 72:26
| label = FMP
FMP CD 63
| producer = Jost Gebers
| chronology = Lol Coxhill
| prev_title = Solos East West
| prev_year = 1991
| next_title = Halim
| next_year = 1993
| misc = {{Extra chronology
| artist = Steve Lacy
| type = Live album
| prev_title = We See
| prev_year = 1992
| title = Three Blokes
| year = 1992
| next_title = Let's Call This... Esteem
| next_year = 1993
}}
{{Extra chronology
| artist = Evan Parker
| type = Live album
| prev_title = Process and Reality
| prev_year = 1991
| title = Three Blokes
| year = 1992
| next_title = Conic Sections
| next_year = 1993
}}
}}
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.[http://www.efi.group.shef.ac.uk/labels/fmp/fmpcd63.html European Free Improvisation: album details] accessed July 16, 2018[http://www.jazzlists.com/SJ_Steve_Lacy.htm Jazzlists: Steve Lacy discography] accessed July 16, 2018[http://nyds-discographies.com/lacy.htm Steve Lacy discography] accessed July 16, 2018[http://www.jazzlists.com/SJ_Label_FMPCD.htm Jazzlists: FMP discography: main FMP series of CDs] accessed July 16, 2018
Reception
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1Score = {{rating|4.5|5}}
|rev2 = The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings
|rev2score = {{Rating|3.5|4}}{{cite book |last1=Cook |first1=Richard |authorlink1=Richard Cook (journalist) |last2=Morton |first2=Brian |authorlink2=Brian Morton (Scottish writer) |title=The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings |year=2008 |edition=9th |publisher=Penguin |isbn=978-0-141-03401-0 |page=315}}
|rev3 = Encyclopedia of Popular Music
|rev3score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite book |last=Larkin |first=Colin |title=Encyclopedia of Popular Music |publisher=Oxford University Press |date=2006 |page=592 }}
}}
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".{{AllMusic|first=Thom |last=Jurek |class=album |id=mw0000336976 |title=Three Blokes – Review |accessdate=July 16, 2018}}
The authors of Masters of Jazz Saxophone described the album as "a beautifully-recorded, unadorned three-soprano encounter."{{cite book |last1=Gelly |first1=Dave |last2=Bacon |first2=Tony |title=Masters of Jazz Saxophone |publisher=Balaphon |year=2000 |pages=152 }}
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
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Category:Steve Lacy (saxophonist) live albums