Axieme

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Axieme
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Studio album by
Steve Lacy
Released1975
RecordedSeptember 1975
Como, Italy
Genre Avant-garde jazz
Free jazz
Post-bop
Length49:10
Label Red Records
Steve Lacy chronology
Dreams
(1975)
Axieme
(1975)
Trickles
(1976)
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Axieme is a live album by the saxophonist Steve Lacy. It was released in 1975 on Red Records. Although not labelled on the LP or CD releases, the album contains solo tracks of Steve Lacy's compositions "Deadline", "The New Duck", "Tao (Suite)", "Coastline" and "The Crust".

Contents

Track listing

All compositions by Steve Lacy.

  1. "Axieme, Pt. 1 & 2" - 24:01
  2. "Axieme, Pt. 3 & 4" - 25:09

Personnel

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References

  1. Loewy, Steve (2011). "Axieme - Steve Lacy | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 18 July 2011.
  2. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008) The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th edition). Penguin. p. 856