Best Steve Lacy Songs of All Time - Top 10 Tracks
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Best of Steve Lacy
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Without further ado, here are Steve Lacy top 10 tracks of all time:
1. Russian Melody
2. The Mystery Song
3. Epistrophy (Live)
4. Reflections
5. Evidence
6. Alone Together
7. Let's Cool One
8. San Francisco Holiday
9. Ask Me Now
10. Something To Live For
Steve Lacy Details
Steve Lacy (born Steven Norman Lackritz; July 23, 1934 – June 4, 2004) 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.
The music of Thelonious Monk became a permanent part of Lacy's repertoire after a stint in the pianist's band, with Monk's songs appearing on virtually every Lacy album and concert program; Lacy often partnered with trombonist Roswell Rudd in exploring Monk's work. Beyond Monk, Lacy 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.
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