Time Being (Trio 3 album)

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]

Time Being
Studio album by Trio 3
Released	2006
Recorded	March 6, 7 & 8, 2005
Studio	Peter Karl, Brooklyn
Genre	Jazz
Length	58:59
Label	Intakt
Trio 3 chronology
Open Ideas (2002) Time Being (2006) Wha's Nine: Live at the Sunset (2008)

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	^[2]
Tom Hull – on the Web	B+^[3]

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."^[4]

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

References

1. Time Being at Intakt Records
2. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 860. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
3. Hull, Tom. "Jazz (1960–70s)". Tom Hull – on the Web. Retrieved March 16, 2022.
4. Jones, Nic. At This Time review at All About Jazz