Since the 1950s, Steve Lacy's name has instantly conjured images of his sole instrument, "the straight horn." Lacy's decision to focus exclusively on the soprano saxophone could have made him a novelty act in an era when the instrument was scarcely played, but his creative breadth over four decades has solidified his position as a relentless innovator. *The Window* presents a fairly conventional Lacy, playing in a bounding trio with drummer John Betsch and bassist Jean-Jacques Avenel. Where Lacy's music for his longstanding sextet can be angular and sometimes sharply dissonant, his trio here demonstrates a lovely power and, even in their most skewered melodic swerves, a latent sense of harmonic dexterity that the soprano sax shows off well. Andrew Bartlett
The Window,Steve Lacy Trio,Soul Note Records,Avant-Garde,Avant-Garde Jazz,Free Jazz,Jazz,Pop,Post-Bop
Jazz Music:
- Trio (London) 1993 [Live]
- Trollabundin
- Twelve Moons
- Very Best Of [Import]
- Vol. 2-at Club Baby Grand [Import]
- Wait for Spring
- When Lights Are Low
- You [Import]
- 1960s [Import]
- 88 Keys and the SwingKats
Jazz Music
Laura [CD-single] [Enhanced] [Import]
Music: Cocooned [Explicit Lyrics]
Electric Universe [Original recording remastered] [Import]