Third Down

Third Down
Third Down
Studio album by Dolo Coker
Released	1979
Recorded	November 18, 1977, Los Angeles CA
Genre	Jazz
Label	Xanadu; 153
Producer	Don Schlitten
Dolo Coker chronology

Third Down is the third album led by pianist Dolo Coker which was recorded in 1977 and released on the Xanadu label in 1979.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Reception[edit]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[4]

The Allmusic review reccommened the album awarding it album 2½ stars and stating "The boppish pianist, who spent many of his key years in Los Angeles and was therefore always underrated, shows throughout this set that he was a creative player within the hard bop idiom".^[4]

Track listing[edit]

All compositions by Dolo Coker except as indicated

"You Won't Let Me Go" (Bud Allen, Buddy Johnson) - 5:37
"Third Down" - 4:29
"This Is All I Ask" (Gordon Jenkins) - 6:12
"Sweet Coke" (Harry Edison, Dolo Coker) - 4:19
"Groovin' High" (Dizzy Gillespie) - 6:59
"There Is No Other Way" - 6:10
"Out Of Nowhere" (Johnny Green, Edward Heyman) - 8:22

Personnel[edit]

References[edit]

^ Xanadu Records discography accessed April 30, 2014
^ Fitzgerald, M., Dolo Coker Leader Entry accessed April 30, 2014
^ Dolo Coker discography accessed April 30, 2014
^ ^a ^b Yanow, S., Allmusic Review accessed April 30, 2014

[1] Xanadu Records discography accessed April 30, 2014

[2] Fitzgerald, M., Dolo Coker Leader Entry accessed April 30, 2014

[3] Dolo Coker discography accessed April 30, 2014

[Allmusic-4] Yanow, S., Allmusic Review accessed April 30, 2014

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v t e Dolo Coker
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, unless stated otherwise.
Studio albums	Dolo! (1976) California Hard (1976) Third Down (1977) All Alone (1979)
Live albums	Xanadu in Africa (with Al Cohn, Billy Mitchell, Leroy Vinnegar, and Frank Butler, 1980) Night Flight to Dakar (with Al Cohn, Billy Mitchell, Leroy Vinnegar, and Frank Butler, 1980)