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The Whammies: Play The Music Of Steve Lacy

by John Ephland
November 21, 2013

It's a Lacy sandwich. Sort of. Between the opening and closing slices of “Bone" and Monk's “Locomotive," we get to hear some real free-range chicken, so to speak, said tunes played relatively straight, with clearly recognizable heads and a unity swing. (Throw them into the lunch bucket, too.) And, except for the lurching closer “Locomotive," the ...

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The Whammies: Play the Music of Steve Lacy Vol. 2

by AAJ Italy Staff
October 31, 2013

Nel primo trimestre di quest'anno, il brillante sestetto voluto in primo luogo da Jorrit Dijkstra e Pandelis Karayorgis per reimmergersi in quello straordinario scrigno che è il songbook di Steve Lacy, si è riunito una seconda volta in sala d'incisione, con esiti persino superiori al pur notevole album d'esordio. Là le pagine lacyane riesumate erano sette, ...

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The Whammies: Play the Music of Steve Lacy

by AAJ Italy Staff
April 15, 2013

Sette pagine di Steve Lacy, tutte con tanto di dedica, più la conclusiva “Locomotive" dell'immancabile Monk, formano la scaletta di questo bel lavoro, tra i cui atout va registrata, in primis, la presenza di Han Bennink, che col grande sopranista si misurò in svariati contesti (specificatamente, negli anni Ottanta, nei progetti dedicati allo stesso Monk e ...

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Play the Music of Steve Lacy

By The Whammies

Label: Driff Records
Released: 2012
Track listing: Bone (to Lester Young); As Usual (to Piet Mondrian); The Wire (to Albert Ayler); Ducks (to Ben Webster); Dutch Masters (to Spike Jones & the City Slickers); I Feel a Draft (to Mal Waldron); The Whammies! (to Fats Navarro); Locomotive.

Article: Album Review

The Whammies: Play the Music of Steve Lacy

Read "Play the Music of Steve Lacy" reviewed by Troy Collins

by Troy Collins
November 16, 2012

The rich legacy left by Steve Lacy has been the source of numerous tributes since his untimely passing in 2004. Among the most devoted interpreters are Ideal Bread--a New York-based quartet led by baritone saxophonist Josh Sinton, who worked with the iconic soprano saxophonist, and The Rent--a Canadian ensemble founded by trombonist Scott Thompson, who took ...