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For some reason Paul Sherratt chose to let us know on the World Music board, JR:
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Funeral Arrangements: Lol Coxhill's funeral will be at 1.15 on Tuesday July the 24th at
South Chapel
Modern Crematorium
City of London Cemetery
Aldersbrook Road
London E12 5DQ
(Direct trains from London Liverpool Street to Manor Park)Comment
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I was unaware, very sorry to read this newsComment
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Thanks for this information, Alyn. Same place we said our goodbyes to Tony Marsh.Originally posted by Alyn_Shipton View PostComment
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"Free In The Truest Sense": Bill Wells Remembers Lol Coxhill
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Lovely article from B Wells, Byas'd.Originally posted by Byas'd Opinion View Post
If anyone on here intending attending on Tuesday would like to meet up, PM me so you can spot me.Comment
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We entered the chapel to the sounds of Lol's tenor sax, performing "New York, New York" from a rare early studio track to be found on the 2001 double CD "Spectral Soprano". A good 300 people were in attendance, I would estimate. During the long welcome, outlining the life story, beautifully delivered by the celebrant, Mary Maddox, we learned among numerous previously unknown things of the break-up of Lol's first marriage - according to Lol, down to his failure to play like Lester Young - and one learned of harrowing details from his final hospitalisation. The Irish trumpeter Ian Smith and bassist John Edwards then delivered a short, energetic duo improvisaton, and were followed to the rostrum by Tony Davis, who talked about Lol's saxophone style, and ability to fit to any musical context. We were then invited to rise and sing the old New Orleans spiritual "Just a Closer Walk with Thee", the words of which were printed in the programme. Whether Lol had planned this or not, I've no idea, though I wouldn't be surprised; what I am quite certain is that he would have been tickled by our vain collective efforts to make words fit tune! Accompanying were Henry Lowther on trumpet, Veryan Weston, piano, and a lady cellist unknown to me. Max Eastley reminisced about Lol, and introduced a characteristic soprano solo track from the 2002 album "Music for Feathery Fronds". A couple of minutes of silence, and we were led out of the building to a recording of Lol as part of a brass trio (possibly Mike Westbrook's Brass Band?) playing a nursery rhyme which everyone apart from YT seemed able to sing along to, being taken from a Disney film, one was informed.
Unforgettable....
People gathered for a good hour outside in the hot sunshine, faces, some of them knocking on from when one saw them on LP covers, reminding one of the huge sweep of Lol's musical relationships over a good 60 years. One of those groups was the punk band The Damned, and I sat in long converstion with that band's bass guitar player Lou Edmonds. No one seemed quite to know the route to the wake which was to take place on board Boaters, the vessel moored on the Thames off Blackfriars where Lol had often played, so I found myself leading a large group down to Manor Park station, thence to Liverpool Street, and on to Blackfriars, via the Circle Line. Boaters was crammed, and it took a good while to reach the bar for that much thirsted for drink. The party was due to proceed until 11 pm; I left at around 8, much the worse for excessive imbibement - for which, today, I find myself paying the price.
Here, probably in breach of copyright, (but I'm sure nobody will mind
), follows the Obituary printed in the programme, and some following details about Lol and his family:
"Our greatest, most inventive, most persuasive and most discursive saxophone player. Not simply a musician, but a dyed-in-the-wool subversive of the spectacle capitalism makes of music. Lol was there at the origins of practically every worthwhile style of Anglo pop - Ska, Bop, Hippie, Improv, Punk, Noise - but peeled off as soon as the moment came to be about fame and money rather than playing. He was our Ornette Coleman, and everyone who saw him loved him. You could make a book of stories called 'The first time I saw Lol ...'. His proudest moment was when the Sun Ra Arkestra watched him play solo, then came and said to him afterwards: 'We saw what you were doing, man. It's hard'. It was hard because Lol was playing with everything in the room, weaving it into something boisterous, alive and swinging....Gosh he'll be missed so much ... for reasons we're probably only starting to count". Association of Musical Marxists
Lol's family: his wife, Ulrike; his children - Maddie, Simon and Claire; his grandchildren - Joe, Pasha and Sam; his great grandchildren - Laura, Sophie and Paige; his sister, Joan.
George William Lowen (Lol) Coxhill, age 79, died at the National Hospital of Neurology & Neuroscience, London on Tuesday 10 July 2012, following a long stay in hospital.
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Thanks, S_A.[FONT=Comic Sans MS][I][B]Numquam Satis![/B][/I][/FONT]Comment
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Here's a good interview with Lol himself: http://www.terrascope.co.uk/MyBackPages/Lol_Coxhill.htm Rufus Thomas, Joni Mitchell, free improvisation, the Damned, they're all in there.Comment
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It doesn't seem that long ago, that there was to be found on one of the dedicated jazz bloggers - Clear Frame in Zurich 09-30-2007 - which was a prime exposure to Lol, for this listener.
(The download has subsequently gone the way of all internet 'flesh' as has Hugh Hopper & Lol who are on the recording....)Comment
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Sad it is that so many of the pioneers who put British post-bop on the map have now departed. But I take a fairly sanguine view, given that the many among newest generations, here as elsewhere, are once again showing themselves keen to experiment and take the music in new and unexpected directions.Originally posted by charles t View PostComment
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Top bloke, remember him playing (Charlie) Parker tunes on soprano on Clerkenwell Green, might have been the miners rally in 84. some political event anywayComment
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REMEMBERING LOL COXHILL
WEDNESDAY 19TH SEPTEMBER AT CECIL SHARPE HOUSE
2 Regents Park Road, London NW1
(Nearest tube Camden Town)
Musicians appearing but not necessarily in this order
'The Welfare State Theatre Co.' feat: John Fox / Sue Gill
Mike Westbrook's Brass Band - with Kate Westbrook, Phil Minton, and Chris Biscoe
Eddie Prevost, John Edwards, Trevor Watts, and Tony Bevan.
Roger Turner, Pat Thomas, and David Toop.
Tony Coe and Phil Wachsmann.
Maggie Nicols sings 'Loverman' with Veryan Weston, Art Themen, Max Eastley, and string ensemble.
London Improvisers Orchestra.
'Sibylline Sisters' Sibyl Madrigal, Armorel Weston, and Kay Grant.
Mark Sanders, Gail Brand, Simon Picard, Olie Brice.
Dave Holland* and Gerry Fitzgerald.
Hugh Metcalfe, Matt Scott, Dylan Bates, and Jim LeBaigue.
Simon Coxhill, Sam Coxhill-Davis, and Darren Morris.
John Russell, Satoko Fukuda, and Henry Lowther.
Stan Tracey, Bobby Wellins, Dave Green, and Clark Tracey.
One Bloke - Evan Parker.
Herbert Spiffington All-Stars.
Start at 7 pm until 11 pm Doors open at 6.15 pm. Tickets on the door - Adm: £10.00
Supported by: The Wire Magazine, Serious Music, EFDSS, and Resonance Radio.
*The "other" Dave Holland.Comment
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