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Third Person (band)

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Active from
  
1990

Albums
  
The Bends, Lucky Water

Record label
  
Knitting Factory

Members
  
Kazutoki Umezu, Tom Cora, Samm Bennett

Similar
  
Duck and Cover, Skeleton Crew, Curlew, Marc Ribot

Third Person was an improvising trio formed in 1990 in New York City, led by cellist Tom Cora and drummer Samm Bennett. Each performance featured an invited guest: A third person. Guests included guitarist Marc Ribot, harpist Zeena Parkins, clarinet player Don Byron and saxophone players George Cartwright and Kazutoki Umezu and many others.

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The trio's music was entirely improvised, but typically quite melodic, and even funky.

With Cora's death in 1998, Third Person effectively dissolved.

Discography

  • Bends [live] (1990, Knitting Factory)
  • Trick Moon (1991, Tsuki no Uso)
  • Lucky Water (1995, Knitting Factory)
  • Songs

    BibandumThe Bends · 1991
    Mama ChauffageThe Bends · 1991
    Everybody ChewsThe Bends · 1991

    References

    Third Person (band) Wikipedia