Music for The Third Policeman | ||||
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Released | 1990 | |||
Recorded | January–February 1990 | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 44:32 | |||
Label | Ah Um Records | |||
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [1] |
The Penguin Guide to Jazz | [2] |
Music for The Third Policeman is an album by the composer and musician Django Bates and the Powder Room Collapse Orchestra. It was released by Ah Um records in 1990. The album is based on the 1939 comic novel The Third Policeman , written by the Irish author Flann O'Brien.
It was performed live July 2000. [3]
Allmusic awarded the album with 2.5 stars. [4]
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