| More Monk | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 1991 | |||
| Recorded | April 18–19, 1989 | |||
| Studio | Barigozzi Studio, Milan | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 55:40 | |||
| Label | Soul Note | |||
| Producer | Giovanni Bonandrini | |||
| Steve Lacy chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz | [2] |
More Monk is an album by Steve Lacy. It features solo saxophone performances of eleven tunes written by Thelonious Monk. [3]
The album was recorded at Barigozzi Studio, Milan, on April 18–19, 1989. [4] All of the eleven pieces were composed by Thelonious Monk, [1] and played as solo soprano saxophone performances by Steve Lacy. [2]
More Monk was released by Soul Note in 1991. [4] The Penguin Guide to Jazz suggested that the album was more accessible than Only Monk , an earlier solo Lacy album of Monk compositions, and most of the material was more commonly played. [2] More Monk was also released in 2011 as part of the 6-CD Solos Duos Trios: The Complete Remastered Recordings on Soul Note. [4]
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.
One Fell Swoop is an album by saxophonist Steve Lacy's Quartet featuring Charles Tyler which was recorded in Paris in 1986 and released on the Swedish Silkheart label.
Reflections is the second album by Steve Lacy which was released on the Prestige label in 1959. It features performances of Thelonious Monk's compositions by Lacy, Mal Waldron, Buell Neidlinger and Elvin Jones.
The Straight Horn of Steve Lacy is the third album by Steve Lacy and the first to be released on the Candid label in 1961. It features performances of tunes written by Thelonious Monk, Cecil Taylor and Miles Davis by Lacy, Charles Davis, John Ore and Roy Haynes.
Evidence is the fourth album by Steve Lacy and was released on the New Jazz label in 1962. It features performances of four tunes written by Thelonious Monk and two from Duke Ellington by Lacy, Don Cherry, Carl Brown and Billy Higgins.
Trickles is the first album by Steve Lacy to be released on the Italian Black Saint label. It features performances of five of Lacy's compositions by Lacy, Roswell Rudd, Kent Carter and Beaver Harris.
Only Monk is the third album by Steve Lacy to be released on the Italian Soul Note label. It features solo performances of nine tunes written by Thelonious Monk by Lacy. It is the second solo album composed totally of Monk's compositions recorded by Lacy following Eronel (1979) and follows a tradition established on Lacy's second album Reflections (1958) and Epistrophy (1969).
Epistrophy is the second album by Steve Lacy to consist entirely of tunes written by Thelonious Monk following Reflections (1958). It was released in 1969 on the French BYG label and features performances by Lacy, Michel Graillier, Jean-François Jenny Clark and Aldo Romano.
Communiqué is an album by Steve Lacy and Mal Waldron released on the Italian Soul Note label in 1997. It features duo performances of tunes written by Thelonious Monk, Charles Mingus, Miles Davis, Elmo Hope and originals by Lacy and Waldron.
Jazz Advance is the debut album by pianist Cecil Taylor recorded for the Transition label in September 1956. The album features performances by Taylor with Buell Neidlinger, Denis Charles and Steve Lacy.
I Remember Thelonious is a live album by soprano saxophonist Steve Lacy and pianist Mal Waldron recorded in Italy in 1992 and released on the Nel Jazz label.
Revenue is an album by soprano saxophonist Steve Lacy recorded in 1993 and released on the Italian Soul Note label.
Vespers is an album by soprano saxophonist Steve Lacy recorded in 1993 and released on the Italian Soul Note label. The album features lyrics by Blaga Dimitrova.
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Favorite Street is an album by the Rova Saxophone Quartet performing compositions by Steve Lacy recorded in Milan in 1983 for the Italian Black Saint label.
The Way is a live album by soprano saxophonist Steve Lacy, which was recorded in Basel, Switzerland in 1979 and first released on the HatHut label in 1980 as a double LP. The album was rereleased as a double LP in 1985 and as a CD in 2000 with three additional tracks from the concert.
Morning Joy, subtitled Live at Sunset Paris is a live album by saxophonist Steve Lacy which was recorded in France in 1986 and first released on the hat ART label in 1989. The album was reissued in 2001 as Morning Joy and 2015 as Morning Joy...Paris Live with an additional track.
We See, subtitled Thelonious Monk Songbook, is a live album by soprano saxophonist Steve Lacy, which was recorded in Switzerland in 1992 and first released on the hat ART label in 1993. The album was rereleased in 2002 with an additional track from the concert.
Remains is a solo album by soprano saxophonist Steve Lacy, which was recorded in Switzerland in 1991 and first released on the hat ART label the following year.
Let's Call This... Esteem is a live album by soprano saxophonist Steve Lacy and pianist Mal Waldron recorded in Oxford in 1993 and released on the Slam label.