| The Super Quartet Live at Sweet Basil | ||||
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| Released | 1987 | |||
| Recorded | August 28 & 29, 1987 | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 45:55 | |||
| Label | Paddle Wheel | |||
| Producer | Shigeyuki Kawashima | |||
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The Super Quartet Live at Sweet Basil is a live album by jazz pianist Mal Waldron featuring soprano saxophonist Steve Lacy recorded at Sweet Basil in New York City in 1987 and released on the Japanese Paddle Wheel label. [1]
The Allmusic review by Henry M. Shteamer awarded the album 4 stars stating " Live at Sweet Basil is highly recommended as an introduction to both Waldron and Lacy, as these performances reveal the quirks of each of their styles in a peppy, yet very profound setting". [2]
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