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 label in 1994.^[1][2][3][4]

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)

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
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

1. "The Crawl" (Evan Parker, Steve Lacy) – 16:27
2. "Backslash" (Parker, Lacy) – 7:31
3. "Glanced" (Lol Coxhill, Lacy) – 21:36
4. "Broad Brush" (Parker, Coxhill) – 23:00
5. "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)