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Rova Saxophone Quartet: Steve Lacy’s Saxophone Special Revisited
By Track review of "Rova Saxophone Quartet / Kyle Bruckmann / Henry Kaiser"It was shortly after Lacy's and Anthony Braxton's experiments with improvising saxophone quartets that ROVA was formed. Now, forty years later, the members Bruce Ackley, Steve Adams, Larry Ochs, and Jon Raskin pay homage to this original spark. Kyle Bruckmann performs Waisvisz' role and Henry Kaiser, who collaborated with Bailey on several projects, most notably Wire Forks (Shanachie, 1993), holds down the guitar chair. Like their recreations of John Coltrane's "Ascension," (their "Electric Ascension"), this Lacy tribute is not performed as a repertory band, but as themselves. Having defined the genre of improvising saxophone quartet for many decades, we wouldn't want it any other way. ROVA performs the five Saxophone Special pieces, plus two additional Lacy compositions, "Clichés" and "Sidelines." The music is an ideal collision of the incomparable music of Lacy, the impeccable approach of ROVA, and noisy bits or the scratching, feedback claws of Kaiser and Bruckmann. The quartet-plus-two doesn't ignore melodies, they festoon them with their now distinctive sound, exploding themes into a million parts. A great listening experience like this, somehow assures you it was indeed a blast at the recording session.
Track Listing
Staples; Swishes; Sops; Snaps; Dreams; Clichés; Sidelines.
Personnel
Rova Saxophone Quartet
saxophoneBruce Ackley: soprano saxophone; Steve Adams: alto saxophone, sopranino saxophone; Larry Ochs: tenor saxophone, sopranino saxophone; Jon Raskin: baritone saxophone, alto saxophone, sopranino saxophone; Kyle Bruckmann: analog synthesizers; Henry Kaiser: guitar.
Album information
Title: Steve Lacy’s Saxophone Special Revisited | Year Released: 2017 | Record Label: Clean Feed Records
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