Results for "Butch Lacy"

Butch Lacy

Born: April 16, 1947

Carlos Bica, Coltrane/Dolphy & James Brandon Lewis

by Maurice Hogue
August 28, 2023

This show is highlighted by Portuguese bassist Carlos Bica's latest release on Clean Feed--Playing With Beethoven. Bica creates some very unexpected music. No one expected to hear em>Evenings At The Village Gate: John Coltrane With Eric Dolphy; the original recording sat undiscovered for many years. But it's now available and there's a great deal of buzz ...

Kresten Osgood, Adriano Clemente & Rempis Percussion Quartet

by Maurice Hogue
July 10, 2023

Danish drummer Kresten Osgood has always fascinated me with his versatility, and he's one of those do-everything cats: composer, saxophonist, singer, organizer, media host and rapper. But it's his drumming that gets the spotlight in this show with a peek at back catalogue plus a new release with iconic drummer Ra Kalam Bob Moses and guitarist ...

Mark Dresser Seven: Ain't Nothing But a Cyber Coup & You

by Jerome Wilson
June 13, 2019

This is the second recording for the Mark Dresser Seven, a chamber jazz group led by bassist Mark Dresser with an unusual front line of flute, reeds, violin and trombone. Their first CD was highlighted by satiric social commentary and tributes to deceased colleagues. This new one follows the same pattern. Two tributes bookend ...

Daniel Sommer: Duets

by Jakob Baekgaard
October 17, 2017

One of the most important things about being a drummer is the ability to play in different contexts. Whether it is a subdued, lyrical conversation or a frenetic exchange of energy, the drummer helps to shape the mood of the music by underlining it or adding contrapuntal color. A duo record is perhaps ...

Being Playing

By Butch Lacy

Label: ILK Music
Released: 2016
Track listing: Wizard of Os; Lacy Dresser; Being; Playing.

Butch Lacy / Jesper Løvdal / Kresten Osgood / Mark Dresser: Being Playing

by Jakob Baekgaard
April 24, 2016

The reason why it is so important to musicians and listeners alike that records are released is that they are artistic statements, but also because they document the development of the musicians. Sometimes, when a musician releases very few records, the release of an album becomes an event and a rare chance to catch up with ...

Copenhagen Jazz Festival 2013

by Henning Bolte
August 3, 2013

Copenhagen Jazz Festival 2013jny: Copenhagen, DenmarkJuly 12-14, 2013The annual Copenhagen Jazz Festival, with more than a thousand concerts during ten days--spread over more than hundred places and stages across the city--is a special, unique affair. Like other big jazz festivals, it also has its headliners--big names, mostly American, like Terence Blanchard, Richard Bona, ...

Butch Lacy Solo - But Not Alone

By Butch Lacy

Label: Stunt Records/Sundance Music
Released: 2003
Track listing: A Search For Peace 6:37 - Willow Weep For Me 8:14 - Summertime 5:29 - Footprints 12:07 - I'm Getting Sentimental Over You 7:56 - Jasmine 3:09 - Body and Soul 5:22

Butch Lacy: Butch Lacy Solo - But Not Alone

by AAJ Staff
January 8, 2003

Butch Lacy is an important pianist, but it's a shame that he is not well known and that he is dreadfully under-recorded. He has appeared as a sideman with an impressive list of people, and he served as accompanist to Sarah Vaughan. An American expatriate, Lacy has been living, working and teaching in Denmark for the ...