Songs (Steve Lacy and Brion Gysin album)

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Studio album by
Steve Lacy and Brion Gysin
Released1981
RecordedJanuary 28 & 29, 1981 in Paris
StudioParis, France
Genre Jazz
Length63:42CD reissue with additional track
Label hat ART
hat ART 1985/86
Producer Pia Uehlinger, Werner X. Uehlinger
Steve Lacy chronology
Capers
(1980)		Songs
(1981)		 Ballets
(1981)

Songs is an album by soprano saxophonist Steve Lacy and poet Brion Gysin, which was recorded in Paris in 1981 and first released on the hat ART label as a double LP. [1] [2] [3] The album was rereleased on CD in 1990 with an additional track. [4]

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.

Brion Gysin Canadian artist

Brion Gysin was a painter, writer, sound poet, and performance artist born in Taplow, Buckinghamshire.

Hathut Records is a Swiss record company and label founded by Werner Xavier Uehlinger in 1974 that specializes in jazz and classical music. The name of the label comes from the artwork of Klaus Baumgartner. Hathut encompasses the labels hat ART, hatOLOGY, and hat NOIR.

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All About Jazz said "Lacy and Gysin had worked together as far back as '69, and their rapport is evident here". [6]

<i>All About Jazz</i> comprehensive American website for jazz enthusiasts and professionals, based in Philadelphia

All About Jazz is a website established by Michael Ricci in 1995. A volunteer staff publishes news, album reviews, articles, videos, and listings of concerts and other events having to do with jazz. Ricci maintains a related site, Jazz Near You, about local concerts and events.

Track listing

All compositions by Steve Lacy except where noted

  1. "Gay Paree Bop" – 9:25
  2. "Nowhere Street" – 11:45
  3. "Somebody Special" – 9:15
  4. "Luvzya" (Oliver Johnson) – 7:00
  5. "Keep the Chance" – 7:00
  6. "Permutations: Junk Is No Good Baby" – 1:45
  7. "Permutations: Kick That Habit Man" – 0:45
  8. "Permutations: I Don't Work You Dig" – 1:40
  9. "Blue Baboon" – 4:55
  10. "Nowhere Street 1" [Incomplete] – 9:18 Additional track on CD reissue

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 12, 2018
  2. ↑ Steve Lacy discography accessed July 12, 2018
  3. ↑ Jazzlists: HatHut hatART discography: LPs accessed July 12, 2018
  4. ↑ Discogs album entry accessed July 12, 2018
  5. ↑ Steve Lacy: Songs – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved July 12, 2018.
  6. 1 2 Sweeny, R. E. All About Jazz Review accessed July 12, 2018
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