Lol Coxhill

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)

Coxhill also appears as a 'guest' musician on recordings including

• Machine Gun Etiquette 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.