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Steve Lacy

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One of the great soprano saxophonists of all time (ranking up there with Sidney Bechet and John Coltrane), Steve Lacy's career was fascinating to watch develop. He originally doubled on clarinet and soprano (dropping the former by the mid-'50s), inspired by Bechet, and played Dixieland in New York with Rex Stewart, Cecil Scott, Red Allen, and other older musicians during 1952-1955. He debuted on record in a modernized Dixieland format with Dick Sutton in 1954. However, Lacy soon jumped over several styles to play free jazz with Cecil Taylor during 1955-1957. They recorded together and performed at the 1957 Newport Jazz Festival. Lacy recorded with Gil Evans in 1957 (they would work together on an irregular basis into the 1980s), was with Thelonious Monk's quintet in 1960 for four months, and then formed a quartet with Roswell Rudd (1961-1964) that exclusively played Monk's music; only one live set (for Emanen in 1963) resulted from that very interesting group.

Lacy, who is considered the first "modern" musician to specialize on soprano (an instrument that was completely neglected during the bop era), began to turn toward avant-garde jazz in 1965. He had a quartet with Enrico Rava that spent eight months in South America. After a year back in New York, he permanently moved to Europe in 1967 with three years in Italy preceding a move to Paris. Lacy's music evolved from free form to improvising off of his scalar originals. By 1977 he had a regular group with whom he continued to perform throughout his career, featuring Steve Potts on alto and soprano, Lacy's wife, violinist/singer Irene Aebi, bassist Kent Carter (later succeeded by Jean-Jacques Avenel), and drummer Oliver Johnson; pianist Bobby Few joined the group in the 1980s. Lacy, who also worked on special projects with Gil Evans, Mal Waldron, and Misha Mengelberg, among others, and in situations ranging from solo soprano concerts, many Monk tributes, big bands, and setting poetry to music, recorded a countless number of sessions for almost as many labels, with Sands appearing on Tzakik in 1998 and Cry on SoulNote in 1999. His early dates (1957-1961) were for Prestige, New Jazz, and Candid and later on he appeared most notably on sessions for Hat Art, Black Saint/Soul Note, and Novus. Lacy, who had been suffering with cancer for several years, passed away in June of 2004. His legacy continues to grow, however, as various live shows from throughout his career are issued.

Title: Explorations

Artist: Steve Lacy

Genre: Jazz, World Music

Title: Clinkers

Artist: Steve Lacy

Genre: Jazz

Title: 5 X Monk 5 X Lacy

Artist: Steve Lacy

Genre: Free Jazz

Title: 5 X Monk, 5 X Lacy

Artist: Steve Lacy

Genre: Jazz

Title: Songs

Artist: Steve Lacy, Brion Gysin

Genre: Jazz

Title: Easy to Love

Artist: Steve Lacy

Genre: Jazz

Title: The Lo-Fis

Artist: Steve Lacy

Genre: Soul

Title: At His Best

Artist: Steve Lacy

Genre: Jazz

Title: 77s - Single

Artist: Steve Lacy

Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Pop

Title: Monk's Dream

Artist: Steve Lacy, Roswell Rudd

Genre: Jazz

Title: Actuality

Artist: Steve Lacy

Genre: Jazz, Avant Garde Jazz

Title: November

Artist: Steve Lacy

Genre: Jazz

Title: Outcome

Artist: Steve Lacy

Genre: Jazz, Avant Garde Jazz

Title: Remains

Artist: Steve Lacy

Genre: Jazz

Title: The Cry

Artist: Steve Lacy

Genre: Jazz

Title: Moon

Artist: Steve Lacy

Genre: Jazz

Title: Evidence

Artist: Don Cherry, Steve Lacy

Genre: Jazz, Bop

Title: Live in Berlin

Artist: Steve Lacy, Mal Waldron

Genre: Jazz

Title: Steve Lacy Plays Monk

Artist: Steve Lacy

Genre: Jazz

Title: Soprano Sax

Artist: Steve Lacy

Genre: Jazz

Title: Gemini Rights

Artist: Steve Lacy

Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul

Collections

Title: Jazzactuel

Genre: Jazz

Title: Jazzactuel (Disc 1)

Genre: Jazz

Title: Candid Jazz

Genre: Jazz

Title: Amarcord Nino Rota

Genre: Jazz

Featuring albums

Title: Troubles

Artist: Steve Lacy Quintet

Genre: Jazz

Title: Crush

Artist: Ravyn Lenae

Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Pop

Title: The Gleam

Artist: Steve Lacy Sextet

Genre: Jazz

Title: Hypnos

Artist: Ravyn Lenae

Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul

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