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1994 live album by Lol Coxhill, Steve Lacy and Evan Parker

Three Blokes

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

Solos East West
(1991)

Three Blokes
(1994)

Halim
(1993)

Steve Lacy chronology

We See
(1992)

Three Blokes
(1992)

Let's Call This... Esteem
(1993)

Evan Parker chronology

Process and Reality
(1991)

Three Blokes
(1992)

Conic Sections
(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.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings
Encyclopedia of Popular Music

AllMusic 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

"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
^ 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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Year(s) indicated are for the recording(s), not first release.
Studio albums	Soprano Sax (1957) Reflections (1958) The Straight Horn of Steve Lacy (1960) Evidence (1961) Disposability (1965) Sortie (1966) Moon (1969) Epistrophy (1969) Journey Without End (1971) Mal Waldron with the Steve Lacy Quintet (1972) Axieme (1975) Trickles (1976) One-Upmanship (1977) Troubles (1979) Songs (1981) Ballets (1981) The Flame (1982) Only Monk (1985) Sempre Amore (1986) One Fell Swoop (1986) The Gleam (1986) Momentum (1987) The Window (1987) Paris Blues (1987) The Door (1988) More Monk (1989) Anthem (1989) Hot House (1990) Remains (1991) Revenue (1993) Vespers (1993) Communiqué (1994) Monk's Dream (1999)
Live albums	The Forest and the Zoo (1967) Hard Talk (1974) Clinkers (1977) Stamps (1977/78) The Way (1979) Capers (1979) Ballets (1980) Live at Dreher, Paris 1981 (1981) Prospectus (1982) Blinks (1983) Morning Joy (1986) Flim-Flam (1986) The Super Quartet Live at Sweet Basil (1987) Itinerary (1990) Live at Sweet Basil (1991) Spirit of Mingus (1991) Clangs (1992) I Remember Thelonious (1992) We See (1992) Three Blokes (1992) Let's Call This... Esteem (1993) 5 x Monk 5 x Lacy (1997) The Cry (1998)
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Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, unless stated otherwise.
Studio albums	The Music Improvisation Company 1968–1971 (1969 & 1970) The Topography of the Lungs (1970) The Music Improvisation Company (1970) Collective Calls (Urban) (Two Microphones) (1972) Monoceros (1978) The Snake Decides (1986) Conic Sections (1989) The Redwood Session (1995) Tempranillo (1995) Chicago Solo (1995) Toward the Margins (1996) Natives and Aliens (1996) Drawn Inward (1998) Chicago Tenor Duets (1998) Foxes Fox (1999) Birds and Blades (2002) Naan Tso (2004) Rex, Wrecks & XXX (2011) Either Or And (2013)
Live albums	At the Unity Theatre (1975) Saxophone Solos (1975) The London Concert (1975) From Saxophone & Trombone (1980) Six of One (1980) The Ayes Have It (1983 & 1991) Atlanta (1986) Three Blokes (1992) 50th Birthday Concert (1994) McPhee/Parker/Lazro (1995) At the Vortex (1996) Unity Variations (1998) After Appleby (1999) Lines Burnt in Light (2001) Memory/Vision (2002) The Bishop's Move (2003) America 2003 (2003) The Eleventh Hour (2004) Boustrophedon (2004) The Moment's Energy (2007) Hasselt (2010) Dortmund Variations (2010) The Bleeding Edge (2010) Live at Maya Recordings Festival (2011) Rocket Science (2012) What/If/They Both Could Fly (2012) As the Wind (2012) Music for David Mossman (2016)
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