| Steve Lacy | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Steven Norman Lackritz |
| Born | July 23, 1934 |
| Origin |  New York, New York, USA |
| Died | June 4, 2004 |
| Genre(s) | Jazz, dixieland, avant-garde jazz |
| Occupation(s) | Saxophonist |
| Instrument(s) | Soprano saxophone |
| Associated acts | Henry "Red" Allen, Pee Wee Russell, George "Pops" Foster, Thelonious Monk, Mal Waldron, Roswell Rudd |
Steve Lacy (July 23, 1934 – June 4, 2004), born Steven Norman Lackritz in New York, was a jazz soprano saxophonist. Events 1632 - Three hundred colonists bound for New France depart from Dieppe France. Year 1934 ( MCMXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The City of New York The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Events 781 BC - The first historic Solar eclipse is recorded in China. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other Jazz is an American Musical art form which originated in the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States Dixieland or Dixie is a name for the southeastern portion of the USA; see Southern United States, Dixie. Avant-garde jazz (also known as avant-jazz) is a style of music and Improvisation that combines Avant-garde Art music and composition with The saxophone (commonly referred to simply as sax) is a conical- bored transposing Musical instrument considered a member of the Woodwind A musical instrument is a device constructed or modified for the purpose of making Music. The soprano saxophone was invented in 1840 and is a variety of the Saxophone, a Woodwind instrument. Henry "Red" Allen ( January 7, 1906 or 1908 (see talk &ndash April 17, 1967) was a Jazz Trumpeter whose style Charles Ellsworth Russell, much better known by his Nickname Pee Wee Russell, ( 27 March, 1906 - 15 February, 1969) was George Murphy "Pops" Foster ( May 19, 1892 - October 29, 1969) was a Jazz Musician best known for his vigorous Thelonious Sphere Monk ( October 10, 1917 - February 17, 1982) was an American Jazz Pianist and Composer. Malcolm Earl Waldron ( August 16, 1925 – December 2, 2002) was an American Jazz and World music Pianist Roswell Rudd (born Roswell Hopkins Rudd Jr in Sharon, Connecticut, on November 17, 1935) is an American jazz trombonist Events 1632 - Three hundred colonists bound for New France depart from Dieppe France. Year 1934 ( MCMXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 781 BC - The first historic Solar eclipse is recorded in China. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous Jazz is an American Musical art form which originated in the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States The saxophone (commonly referred to simply as sax) is a conical- bored transposing Musical instrument considered a member of the Woodwind In 1992, he was the recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship (nicknamed the "genius grant"). The MacArthur Fellows Program or MacArthur Fellowship (sometimes Nicknamed the "genius grant") is an award given by the John D
Lacy began his career at sixteen playing Dixieland music with much older musicians such as Henry "Red" Allen, Pee Wee Russell, George "Pops" Foster and Zutty Singleton and then with Kansas City jazz players like Buck Clayton, Dicky Wells, and Jimmy Rushing. Dixieland or Dixie is a name for the southeastern portion of the USA; see Southern United States, Dixie. Henry "Red" Allen ( January 7, 1906 or 1908 (see talk &ndash April 17, 1967) was a Jazz Trumpeter whose style Charles Ellsworth Russell, much better known by his Nickname Pee Wee Russell, ( 27 March, 1906 - 15 February, 1969) was George Murphy "Pops" Foster ( May 19, 1892 - October 29, 1969) was a Jazz Musician best known for his vigorous Arthur James "Zutty" Singleton ( 14 May, 1898 - 14 July, 1975) was an influential American early Jazz Drummer Kansas City Missouri only Items for the metro area Kansas City Kansas or North Kansas City MO should go on their respective pages Buck Clayton (born Wilbur Dorsey Clayton in Parsons Kansas on November 12, 1911 -died in New York City on December 8 William Wells, ( June 10, 1907 - November 12, 1985) more famous under the name of Dicky Wells (sometimes Dickie Wells) James Andrew Rushing ( August 26, 1903 - June 8, 1972) (known as Jimmy Rushing) was an American Blues shouter He then became involved with the avant-garde, performing on the debut album of Cecil Taylor and appearing with Taylor's groundbreaking quartet at the 1957 Newport Jazz Festival; he also made a notable appearance on an early Gil Evans album. Avant-garde (avɑ̃gaʁd in French) means "advance guard" or "vanguard Cecil Percival Taylor (born March 15 or March 25, 1929 in New York City) is an American Pianist and poet The Newport Jazz Festival is a music festival held every August in Newport Rhode Island, USA. Gil Evans ( 13 May 1912 in Toronto Canada – 20 March 1988 in Cuernavaca, Mexico) was a Jazz His most enduring relationship, however, was with the music of Thelonious Monk: he recorded the first album to feature only Monk compositions (Reflections, Prestige, 1958) and briefly played in Monk's band in 1960 and later on Monk's Big Band/Quartet album (Columbia, 1963). Thelonious Sphere Monk ( October 10, 1917 - February 17, 1982) was an American Jazz Pianist and Composer.
Monk tunes became a permanent part of his repertoire, making an appearance in virtually every concert appearance and on albums, and Lacy often collaborated with trombonist Roswell Rudd in presenting interpretations of Monk's compositions. Roswell Rudd (born Roswell Hopkins Rudd Jr in Sharon, Connecticut, on November 17, 1935) is an American jazz trombonist
Beyond Monk, he performed the work of jazz composers such as Charles Mingus, Duke Ellington and Herbie Nichols; unlike many jazz musicians he rarely played standard popular or show tunes. Charles Mingus ( 22 April 1922 &ndash 5 January 1979) was an American Jazz Bassist, Composer, Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington (April 29 1899 &ndash May 24 1974 was an American Composer, Pianist, and Bandleader. Herbie Nichols (January 3 1919 in New York City – April 12 1963 was an American Jazz Pianist and Composer. Lacy also became a highly distinctive composer with a signature simplicity of style: a Lacy composition is often built out of little more than a single questioning phrase, repeated several times. In the 1960s he continued to work with other players involved in the American free-jazz avant-garde and, in the 1970s, the European free improvisation scene, and free improvisation remained an important element in his work thereafter.
Lacy's first visit to Europe came in 1965, with a visit to Copenhagen in the company of Kenny Drew; he went to Italy and formed a quartet with Italian trumpeter Enrico Rava and the South African musicians Johnny Dyani and Louis Moholo (their visit to Buenos Aires is documented on The Forest and the Zoo, ESP, 1966). Kenneth Sidney (Kenny Drew ( August 28, 1928 &ndash August 4, 1993) was an American Jazz Pianist. Enrico Rava (born August 20, 1939 in Trieste, Italy) is a prolific jazz trumpeter and arguably the most well Johnny Mbizo Dyani ( 30 November 1945 &ndash 24 October 1986) was a South African Jazz Double bassist and pianist Louis Tebugo Moholo (born 10 March 1940, in Cape Town) is a South African Jazz Drummer. After a brief return in New York, he returned to Italy, then in 1970 moved to Paris, where he lived until the last two years of his life. He became a widely respected figure on the European jazz scene, though he remained less well-known in the U. S.
The core of Lacy's activities from the 1970s to the 1990s was his sextet: his wife, singer/cellist Irene Aebi, soprano/alto saxophonist Steve Potts, pianist Bobby Few, bassist Jean-Jacques Avenel, and drummer Oliver Johnson (later John Betsch). Steve Potts is the name of Steve Potts (jazz musician (born 1943 Steve Potts (footballer (born 1967 Bobby Few (born October 21 1935 is an American Jazz pianist Few was raised in Shaker Heights, a neighborhood of Cleveland, Ohio, and Sometimes this group was scaled up to a large ensemble (e. g. Vespers, Soul Note, 1993), sometimes pared down to a quartet, trio, or even a two-saxophone duo. He played duos with pianist Eric Watson. Eric Watson (born July 5, 1955) is a US-American Jazz pianist and composer living in Paris. Lacy also, beginning in the 1970s, became a specialist in solo saxophone; he ranks with Anthony Braxton and Evan Parker in the development of this demanding form of improvisation. Anthony Braxton (born June 4, 1945) is an American Composer, saxophonist, Clarinettist flautist, pianist Evan Shaw Parker (born 5 April 1944 in Bristol is a British free-improvising Saxophone player from the European free jazz
Lacy was interested in all the arts: the visual arts and poetry in particular became important sources for him. Collaborating with painters and dancers in multimedia projects, he made musical settings of his favourite writers: Robert Creeley, Samuel Beckett, Tom Raworth, Taslima Nasrin, Herman Melville, Brion Gysin and other Beat writers, including settings for the Tao Te Ching and haiku poetry. Robert Creeley ( May 21, 1926 &ndash March 30 2005) was an American Poet and Author of more than sixty books Samuel Barclay Beckett (13 April 1906 – 22 December 1989 was an Irish Writer, Dramatist and poet Tom Raworth (Thomas Moore Raworth (born 1938) is a London-born Poet and visual artist who has published over 40 books of poetry Born Nasrin Jahan Taslima to Rajab Ali and Idul Ara Taslima Nasrin (তসিলমা নাসরিন also spelled Taslima Nasreen and popularly referred to as 'Taslima' Herman Melville (August 1 1819 &ndash September 28 1891 was an American novelist Short story writer Essayist and poet Brion Gysin ( January 19, 1916 - July 13, 1986) was a painter, Writer, Sound poet, and Performance is a form of Japanese poetry. Previously called As Creeley noted in The Poetry Project Newsletter, "There’s no way simply to make clear how particular Steve Lacy was to poets or how much he can now teach them by fact of his own practice and example. No one was ever more generous or perceptive. "
He also collaborated with a truly extraordinary range of musicians, from traditional jazz to the avant-garde to contemporary classical music. Outside of his regular sextet, his most regular collaborator was probably the pianist Mal Waldron, with whom he recorded a classic series of duet albums (notably Sempre Amore, a collection of Ellington/Strayhorn material, Soul Note, 1987). Malcolm Earl Waldron ( August 16, 1925 – December 2, 2002) was an American Jazz and World music Pianist
Lacy returned to the United States in 2002, where he began teaching at the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston, Massachusetts. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. One of his last public performances was in front of 25,000 people at the close of a peace rally on Boston Common in March 2003, shortly before the US-led invasion of Iraq. Peace, in the modern usage is a concept defined by the ideal state of relationship as absence of hostility at the international level that of a War. Boston Common is a central Public park in Boston, Massachusetts. The 2003 invasion of Iraq, from March 20 to May 1 2003 was spearheaded by the United States, backed by British forces and smaller contingents from Australia
Lacy was diagnosed with cancer in August 2003, he continued playing and teaching until weeks before his death at the age of 69. August 2003: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August -
Discography
- Reflections (1959)
- Axieme (1975)
- Sempre Amore (1987)
- Vespers (1993)
- Packet (1995)
External links
Axieme is a solo album by soprano saxophonist Steve Lacy. It was released in 1975 on the Red labelDapyx Software network: MP3 Explorer | Ebook Manager | Zenithic