Lol Coxhill
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Lowen Coxhill, almost universally known as Lol Coxhill (born September 19, 1932, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England) is a free improvising saxophonist. He usually plays the soprano or sopranino sax.
Coxhill has collaborated with many other musicians during his career, including Kevin Ayers, Steven Miller, Mike Oldfield, Morgan Fisher (ex Mott The Hoople), Chris McGregor's Brotherhood of Breath, The Dedication Orchestra, punk rock group The Damned, Derek Bailey, street theatre performance art group Welfare State to name but a few.
Discography
- The Ear Of The Beholder (Dandelion Records)
- Toverball Sweet (Dandelion Records)
- Fleas In Custard (Caroline Records)
- Miller/Coxhill (Caroline Records)
- Welfare State/Lol Coxhill (Caroline Records)
- Murder In The Air (12" Single)
- Diverse (Ogun Records)
- The Joy Of Paranoia (Ogun Records)
- Frogdance
- The Promenaders (Y Records)
- Digswell Duets (Random Radar Records)
- The Story So Far...Oh Really! (Caroline Records)
- French Gigs (A.A.A. Records)
- Three Blokes (FMP Records)
- The Dunois Solos
- The Hollywell Concert (SLAM)
- The Inimitable (Chabada - 12" single)
- Before My Time (Chabada - 12" single)
Guest appearances
Coxhill also appears as a 'guest' musician on recordings including
- Music for Pleasure by The Damned (1977)
- The Death of Imagination by Penny Rimbaud (1995, Red Herring Records)
A documentary about Lol Coxhill called Frogdance was shown by Channel 4 in 1987.
He appeared as a butler in Sally Potter's 1992 film version of Virginia Woolf's "Orlando".