Live at Sweet Basil (Steve Lacy album)

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Live at Sweet Basil
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Live album by
Steve Lacy Sextet
Released1992
RecordedJuly 6 & 7, 1991
Venue Sweet Basil, NYC
Genre Jazz
Length69:01
Label RCA Novus
PD90647
Producer John Snyder
Steve Lacy chronology
Remains
(1991)		Live at Sweet Basil
(1992)		 Spirit of Mingus
(1992)

Live at Sweet Basil is a live album by saxophonist Steve Lacy's Sextet, which was recorded in New York in 1991 and first released on the RCA Novus label in 1992. [1] [2]

Steve Lacy (saxophonist) American saxophonist; jazz composer

Steve Lacy, born Steven Norman Lackritz in New York City, was an American jazz saxophonist and composer recognized as one of the important players of soprano saxophone. Coming to prominence in the 1950s as a progressive dixieland musician, Lacy went on to a long and prolific career. He worked extensively in experimental jazz and to a lesser extent in free improvisation, but Lacy's music was typically melodic and tightly-structured. Lacy also became a highly distinctive composer, with compositions often built out of little more than a single questioning phrase, repeated several times.

Novus Records was an American jazz record label run by Steve Backer. Backer worked at Impulse! Records until 1974, when Clive Davis, founder of Arista Records, asked him to oversee the jazz division at Arista.

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The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow stated "This live set is an excellent example of the group's unique music performed live. The versions of Lacy's five scalar originals are each at least ten minutes long and find the musicians playing with enthusiasm and consistent creativity. Their relaxed but adventurous solo and ensemble work make this a set worth several listens". [3]

Track listing

All compositions by Steve Lacy with lyrics as noted

  1. "Prospectus" (words by Blaise Cendrars) – 10:48
  2. "The Bath" – 12:38
  3. "Morning Joy" (words by Bob Kaufman) – 16:11
  4. "The Wane" – 14:55
  5. "Blinks" – 14:29

Personnel

Steve Potts (jazz musician) American musician

Steve Potts is an American jazz saxophonist. Playing mainly alto sax and occasionally soprano, Potts is best known for his 30-year partnership with fellow saxophonist Steve Lacy.

Bobby Few American musician

Bobby Few is an American jazz pianist and vocalist.

Irene Aebi is a Swiss singer, violinist and cellist. She is noted for her work with jazz saxophonist Steve Lacy, her husband, from the 1960s to his death in 2004.

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References

  1. ↑ Jazzlists: Steve Lacy discography accessed July 11, 2018
  2. ↑ Steve Lacy discography accessed July 11, 2018
  3. 1 2 Yanow, Scott. Steve Lacy Sextet: Live at Sweet Basil – Review at AllMusic . Retrieved July 13, 2018.
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