Encounter (Trio 3 album)

Encounter
Studio album by Trio 3
Released	2000
Recorded	September 19, 1999
Studio	Tedesco Studios, Paramus, New Jersey
Genre	Jazz
Length	58:07
Label	Passin' Thru
Trio 3 chronology
Live in Willisau (1997) Encounter (2000) Open Ideas (2002)

Encounter 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 1999 and released on Lake's own Passin' Thru label.^[1][2]

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]
Tom Hull – on the Web	A−[4]

In his review for AllMusic, Alain Drouot states "This recording is one of the best testimonies to Cyrille's art as well as a major statement by three great and inspired musicians at the peak of their powers."^[3]

Gary Giddins wrote: "Oliver Lake, Andrew Cyrille, and Reggie Workman unite with a kind of loft-era thrift, and everything works—the energy level high, the effect sparkling yet controlled, and never a tossed-off moment. Lake's timbre is a saw with inch-long teeth and thoroughly fetching; I'd love to hear him commune with Lee Konitz."^[5]

Track listing

1. "Crooked Blues" (Bobby Bradford) – 6:28
2. "Leaving East of Java" (Steve Colson) – 13:38
3. "Encounter" (John Carter) – 6:17
4. "Reminds Me" (Oliver Lake) – 4:51
5. "Ode to the Living Tree" (Andrew Cyrille) – 6:32
6. "Suite Tristan" (Reggie Workman) – 14:17
7. "Nicodemus" (Andrew Hill) – 6:04

Personnel

• Oliver Lake – alto saxophone, soprano saxophone, flute
• Reggie Workman – bass
• Andrew Cyrille – drums

References

1. "Trio 3: Encounter". Jazz Music Archives. Retrieved March 16, 2022.
2. "Trio 3 Catalog - album index". JazzDisco. Retrieved March 15, 2022.
3. Drouot, Alain. Trio 3 – Encounter: Review at AllMusic. Retrieved December 20, 2015.
4. Hull, Tom. "Jazz (1960–70s)". Tom Hull – on the Web. Retrieved March 16, 2022.
5. Giddins, Gary (2004). Weather Bird: Jazz at the Dawn of its Second Century. Oxford University Press. p. 413.