Steve Lacy Quintet
Troubles
Black Saint (Italy) 1979
BSR 0035 (LP)
sleeve : EX(slightly color-faded, one light wrinkle.)
media : EX+/EX+(some slightly noise.)
Active on the front line since the mid-1950s, and from the mid-1960s onward contributing to the advancement of avant-garde and free jazz through his participation in the Jazz Composers Orchestra—formed around Carla Bley and Michael Mantler—as well as through countless sessions, Steve Lacy is recognized as one of the greatest soprano saxophonists of all time. This 1979 album, released on Italy’s esteemed Black Saint label, captures him in a quintet with Steve Potts (alto & soprano sax), Irene Aebi (violin, cello, vocals), Kent Carter (bass, cello), and Oliver Johnson (drums). The record opens with A1, a grooving free-jazz piece introduced by ensemble chorus; A2 highlights Aebi’s strikingly distinctive vocals; and B1 presents a unique sound world built on melodies set to translations of poems from the Manyoshu. A truly outstanding work that reveals fresh new directions in Lacy’s music during this period.
A1: Troubles
A2: Wasted
B1: Blues
Troubles
Black Saint (Italy) 1979
BSR 0035 (LP)
sleeve : EX(slightly color-faded, one light wrinkle.)
media : EX+/EX+(some slightly noise.)
Active on the front line since the mid-1950s, and from the mid-1960s onward contributing to the advancement of avant-garde and free jazz through his participation in the Jazz Composers Orchestra—formed around Carla Bley and Michael Mantler—as well as through countless sessions, Steve Lacy is recognized as one of the greatest soprano saxophonists of all time. This 1979 album, released on Italy’s esteemed Black Saint label, captures him in a quintet with Steve Potts (alto & soprano sax), Irene Aebi (violin, cello, vocals), Kent Carter (bass, cello), and Oliver Johnson (drums). The record opens with A1, a grooving free-jazz piece introduced by ensemble chorus; A2 highlights Aebi’s strikingly distinctive vocals; and B1 presents a unique sound world built on melodies set to translations of poems from the Manyoshu. A truly outstanding work that reveals fresh new directions in Lacy’s music during this period.
A1: Troubles
A2: Wasted
B1: Blues