Live at Dreher, Paris 1981

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Live at Dreher, Paris, 1981
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Released1981
RecordedAugust 10, 13, 14 & 15, 1981
Genre Jazz
Label Hat Hut
Producer Pia Uehlinger and Werner X. Uehlinger
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Live at Dreher, Paris 1981 is a live album by American jazz pianist Mal Waldron and soprano saxophonist Steve Lacy recorded in Paris in 1981 and released by the Hathut label. The four-CD box set combines recordings previously released on the LPs Snake Out in 1983, Herbe De L'oubli in 1986 and Let's Call This in 1986, with additional recordings from the concert series. [1] The recordings were also released as two double-CD sets Live at Dreher, Paris 1981: Round Midnight Vol. 1 and Live at Dreher, Paris 1981: The Peak Vol. 2.

Contents

Reception

The Allmusic review by Thom Jurek awarded the album 4½ stars stating "Lacy and Waldron display what so few duets in jazz history have been able to conjure: true synchronicity. This is a wonderfully gratifying set; one only wishes she or he could have been there". [2] The review by Bill Shoemaker in JazzTimes said "for anyone with a serious interest in either artist, Live at Dreher Paris 1981 is an essential collection. By this time in their respective developments, both artists had stripped their approaches down to the bare essentials". [3]

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Track listing

All compositions by Mal Waldron except as indicated
Disc One:
  1. "Let's Call This" (Thelonious Monk) 7:48
  2. "'Round Midnight" (Monk) 10:32
  3. "No Baby" (Steve Lacy) 11:24
  4. "Herb De L'oublie" (Lacy) 11:14
  5. "Snake Out" 15:02
Disc Two:
  1. "'Round Midnight" (Monk) 13:22 Originally released on Let's Call This
  2. "Deep Endeavours" 13:10 Originally released on Let's Call This
  3. "A Case Of Plus 4's" 10:17 Originally released on Snake Out
  4. "The Seagulls Of Kristiansund" 10:23
  5. "Snake Out" 13:16 Originally released on Snake Out
Disc Three:
  1. "Bone" (Lacy) 10:45 Originally released on Let's Call This
  2. "No Baby" (Lacy) 13:25 Originally released on Snake Out
  3. "Blinks" (Lacy) 11:37 Originally released on Snake Out
  4. "I Feel A Draft" (Lacy) 10:48 Originally released on Let's Call This
  5. "'Round Midnight" (Monk) 12:37
  6. "Well, You Needn't" (Monk) 10:01
  7. "Epistrophy" (Monk) 7:44
Disc Four:
  1. "The Peak" 17:11 Originally released on Let's Call This
  2. "Herbe De L'oubli" (Lacy) 11:09 Originally released on Herbe De L'oubli
  3. "Hooray For Herbie" 17:40 Originally released on Herbe De L'oubli
  4. "Let's Call This" (Monk) 6:59 Originally released on Let's Call This
  5. "Epistrophy" (Monk) 7:27 Originally released on Herbe De L'oubli
  6. "Well You Needn't" (Monk) 7:54 Originally released on Let's Call This
  • Recorded at Dreher, Paris on August 10 (Disc One tracks 1 & 2), August 13 (Disc One tracks 3-5 & Disc Two track 1), August 14 (Disc Two tracks 2-5 & Disc Three) and August 15 (Disc Four), 1981

Personnel

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References

  1. Mal Waldron discography accessed March 1, 2011
  2. 1 2 Jurek, T. Allmusic Review accessed March 1, 2011
  3. Shoemaker, B. JazzTimes Review November, 2003
  4. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1454-1455. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.