Time Being (Trio 3 album) explained

Time Being
Type:	studio
Artist:	Trio 3
Cover:	Time Being Trio3 cover.jpg
Released:	2006
Recorded:	March 6, 7 & 8, 2005
Studio:	Peter Karl, Brooklyn
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	58:59
Label:	Intakt
Chronology:	Trio 3
Prev Title:	Open Ideas
Prev Year:	2002
Next Year:	2008

Time Being is an album by Trio 3, a jazz group consisting of saxophonist Oliver Lake, bassist Reggie Workman and drummer Andrew Cyrille.It was recorded in 2005 and released on the Intakt label.^[1]

Reception

The All About Jazz review by Nic Jones states "In the midst of all the derivative stuff, thankfully there is still potent music like this, and as a model of individual and group expression it offers nothing less than a working definition."^[2]

Track listing

1. "A Chase" (Oliver Lake) – 6:07
2. "Medea " (Reggie Workman) – 5:23
3. "Tight Rope" (Andrew Cyrille) – 6:17
4. "Equilateral" (Lake, Workman, Cyrille) – 8:44
5. "Lope" (Oliver Lake) – 4:41
6. "Time Was" (Lake, Workman, Cyrille) – 8:43
7. "Playing for Keeps" (Lake, Workman, Cyrille) – 6:38
8. "Giving (The Whirlwind)" (Andrew Cyrille) – 4:24
9. "Time Being" (Lake, Workman, Cyrille) – 5:09
10. "Special People" (Andrew Cyrille) – 4:53

Personnel

• Oliver Lake - alto saxophone, sopranino saxophone
• Reggie Workman – bass
• Andrew Cyrille – drums

Notes and References

1. http://www.intaktrec.ch/106-a.htm Time Being
2. Jones, Nic. At This Time review at All About Jazz