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Roberto Ottaviano su "Live Lugano 1984" di Steve Lacy
by Roberto Ottaviano
Steve Lacy Three Live Lugano 1984 -First Visit ezz-thetics 2025 In attesa che qualcuno tiri fuori dal cassetto una registrazione inedita del Dicembre 1983 di Lacy con Bill Frisell e Paul Motian sulle musiche per “Il Padrino" di Nino Rota, prodotta da Hal Willner per la Deep Creek, becchiamoci questa interessante pubblicazione di un altro trio guidato dal saxofonista newyorchese e che vede insieme a lui il chitarrista nativo di Denver Barry Wedgle (che Lacy ...
Continue ReadingSteve Lacy Three: Live Lugano 1984
by John Eyles
Over two decades after the untimely death from liver cancer of soprano saxophonist par excellence Steve Lacy, it seems remarkable that Live Lugano 1984 has been released for the very first time by First Visit, over forty years after it was recorded live by Mario Conforti in Lugano, Switzerland, on September 24, 1984. According to Executive Producer Werner X. Uehlinger, Lacy sent him a cassette to listen to and evaluate for release. On that cassette, Lacy had written ...
Continue ReadingMal Waldron, Steve Lacy: The Mighty Warriors
by Vincenzo Roggero
Alcune note per inquadrare il contesto di questa registrazione: il concerto eseguito ad Anversa il 30 settembre 1995, per il settantesimo compleanno di Mal Waldron, non era mai stato pubblicato prima; le esecuzioni dell'intero set sono inedite; l'audio rimasterizzato è stato trasferito dalle bobine originali con eccellenti risultati; l'elegante e ricco libretto contiene testimonianze di Reggie Workman, Andrew Cyrille, interviste a Jane Bunnett, David Virelles, Dave Liebman, Vijay Iyer, Evan Parker, Hiromi Waldron, vedova di Mal, più la presenza di ...
Continue ReadingMal Waldron / Steve Lacy: The Mighty Warriors
by Karl Ackermann
Mal Waldron and Steve Lacy first played together in 1958 at the Bowery neighborhood's Five Spot. Their association was long, if not necessarily prolific on record. Though their personal styles contrasted, they frequently existed in a parallel universe. Both expatriates lived in Paris, were predisposed to the avant-garde, and shared a deep appreciation for Thelonious Monk's music. They performed and recorded until 2002 when Waldron died. Barcelona-based Elemental Music Records acquired the previously unreleased recordings of Lacy and Waldron from ...
Continue ReadingMal Waldron - Steve Lacy: The Mighty Warriors
by Dan McClenaghan
Producer/jazz detective Zev Feldman is still at it, ferreting out unreleased recordings from jazz giants of the past and releasing them with buffed-up sound quality and first-rate packaging. Long lost recordings from pianists Bill Evans, Thelonious Monk, Art Tatum and Ahmad Jamal have seen the light of the twenty-first century, thanks to Feldman, as has newly discovered music from trumpeter Chet Baker. Now it is pianist Mal Waldron (1925 -2002) and soprano saxophonist Steve Lacy's (1934 -2004) turn, with The ...
Continue ReadingSteve Arguelles: Here
by Vincenzo Roggero
In che modo ci si approccia ad una registrazione di solo batteria, se sei un batterista che non crede negli assoli di batteria? Su questa domanda le note di copertina argomentano in modo brillante, lucido, esaustivo. Il musicista in questione è Steve Arguelles veterano della più vivace scena britannica, membro fondatore dei fondamentali Loose Tubes e Human Chain, collaboratore di musicisti come Lee Konitz, Kenny Wheeler, Hugh Masekela, Chris McGregor. La registrazione avviene nella chiesa luterana di ...
Continue ReadingSteve Lacy: The Long Distance Runner
by David Liebman
The following is an excerpt from “Threads: Evocations & Echos" of Steve Lacy (Unfinished) by Guillaume Tarche (Editions Lenka lente, 2021). I can't say that I knew Steve personally that well. We did one duo concert in Italy which was interesting to say the least, a story in itself. But of course, being the king of the soprano saxophone meant I had to be familiar with his music and artistic process. He predates Shorter and Trane on soprano... ...
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