DISCOGRAPHY: Steve Lacy (part 1)
Patrice Roussel
Again, we would really appreciate any comments, corrections and extra infor-
mation which could improve the quality of this discography. Specifically, if
people could send us information and/or corrections on:
* missing records and tapes,
* incorrect references (on dates, musicians, etc),
* additional references (for vinyl, CD, or different pressings);
for example, we are still looking for information on the following record:
* SONB: Tiziana Ghiglioni (???? - Splash, 370 (CD))
William Kenz (ke...@mhd1.moorhead.msus.edu),
Patrice Roussel (prou...@ichips.intel.com).
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| DISCOGRAPHY OF STEVE LACY |
| VERSION 2.0 - November 1994 |
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| by William Kenz |
| (ke...@mhd1.moorhead.msus.edu) |
| 816 N. 15th St. |
| Moorhead, MN 56560 (USA) |
| and Patrice Roussel |
| (prou...@ichips.intel.com) |
| 725 NW Flanders #306 |
| Portland, OR 97209 (USA) |
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With special thanks to:
Patrick Schuster
Monique Goldstein
Lew Petrinovich
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Ben Weiner bwe...@physics.rutgers.edu
Richard Shapiro rsha...@bbn.com
Matt Schofield m...@de-montfort.ac.uk
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Mike Zickar mzi...@s.psych.uiuc.edu
David McKechnie dmck...@cc.swarthmore.edu
Alexis Rzewski rze...@NorthStar.com
Terence E Martin te...@midway.uchicago.edu
Arjen Gorter dol...@hacktic.nl
Peter Stubley P.St...@sheffield.ac.uk
Dale A. Smoak da...@cs.umb.edu
Johann Haidenbauer KPH...@ZAM001.ZAM.KFA-JUELICH.DE
Philippe Renaud
Katsuhiro Imai
for sending us extra material and giving prompt answers to our questions.
We are also endebted to:
Gustave Cerutti, who published the first comprehensive discography of Steve
Lacy in 1982, as a side project of his late magazine - Jazz 360 degrees -
and allowed us to use his work to start this new and updated discography;
Steve Lacy, who helped us to clarify some obscure references and showed a
strong interest in this project.
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Records and tapes have been listed, when possible, by chronological order
based on release dates (and not recording session). The following records and
tapes are listed:
* records and tapes by Steve Lacy and/or his bands,
* records and tapes featuring Steve Lacy;
the following ones are not listed (we think this deserves a special section):
* records containing composition(s) by Steve Lacy,
* records containing arrangement(s) by Steve Lacy,
* records (co)produced by Steve Lacy,
* records having Steve Lacy as a technical or musical consultant,
* records with liner notes by Steve Lacy;
you won't find anything on extra material like (maybe in the near future ?):
* books,
* magazines,
* interviews,
* concerts,
* videos.
Some abbreviations:
Album Full album release, in one or more of the formats below:
LP 12" vinyl long-player (33 1/3 RPM)
CD Compact (digital) disc
CT Cassette tape
DAT DAT, digital audio tape
DCC Digital compact cassette tape
MD MiniDisc, CD-like optical disc
Single Single release, usually from an album, in one or more of
the formats below:
7" 7" 45 RPM vinyl
10" 10" 45 RPM vinyl
12" 12" 45 RPM vinyl
EP Extended play single or mini-album, usually 33 1/3 RPM
CD-3 CD-3, 3" (7 cm) CD single
CD-5 5" (12 cm) CD single
CS Cassette single
Flexi Flexi-disc, usually included with a magazine
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| DISCOGRAPHY |
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001 - JAZZ-IDIOM: Dick Sutton Sextet
1/ Avalon (Jolson, Rose) 2:46
2/ Softly As A Morning Sunrise (Hammerstein, Romberg) 2:53
3/ Liza (Rubens, Condon) 2:05
4/ I'm Coming Virginia (Heywood, Cook) 3:16
5/ I Would Do Almost Anything For You (Claude Hopkins) 2:23
6/ How About You (Freed, Lane) 3:08
7/ You're Lucky To Me (Black, Razaf) 2:35
8/ Peg O'My Heart (Bryan, Fisher) 2:26
Recorded in NYC, 1954
Dick Sutton: trumpet; Rai Anderson: trombone; Steve Lacy: soprano, clarinet;
Don Sitterlex: baritone saxophone; Mark Trail: bass; Bill DeHay: drums.
1954 - Jaguar, JP 802 (10" LP)
See also THE JAGUAR SESSIONS (1988).
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002 - PROGRESSIVE DIXIELAND: Dick Sutton Sextet
1/ As Long As I Live (Arlen, Koehler) 3:39
2/ My Old Flame (Johnston, Coslow) 2:44
3/ A Foggy Day In London Town (Gershwin, Gershwin) 2:54
4/ Let's Get Away From It All (Dennis, Adair) 3:27
5/ Ibid (Dick Sutton) 2:39
6/ Love Me Or Leave Me (Donaldson, Kahn) 2:34
7/ Fortunate (Dick Sutton) 3:08
8/ Sunday (Coots, Grey) 2:54
Recorded in NYC, 1954
Dick Sutton: trumpet; John Welch: trombone; Steve Lacy: soprano, clarinet;
Frank Caputo: baritone saxophone; Mark Trail: bass; Billy De Hay: drums.
1954 - Jaguar, JP 804 (10" LP)
See also THE JAGUAR SESSIONS (1988).
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003 - TOM STEWART QUINTET/SEXTET
1/ Rosetta
2/ Out Of Nowhere
3/ Fidgety Feet
4/ Potatoes
5/ Gee Baby Ain't I Good To You
6/ My Heart Is A Hobo
7/ Some Of These Days
8/ These Are The Things I Love
9/ Spain
10/ Let's Get Lost
Recorded in NYC, February 1956
Tom Stewart: tenor horn; Steve Lacy: soprano; Dave McKenna (except on (10)):
piano; Whitey Mitchell: bass; Alan Levitt (except on (7,8,9)): drums; Joe
Puma (7,8,9,10): guitar; Herbie Mann (7,8,9,10): flute, tenor; Billy Bradley
(7,8,9): drums.
???? - ABC Paramount 117 (LP)
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004 - WHITEY MITCHELL SEXTETTE
1/ It Could Happen To You (Van Heusen, Burke)
2/ Lover Man (Weill, Anderson)
3/ Strike Up The Band (Gershwin)
4/ I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart (Ellington, Mills, Nemo)
5/ Once In A While (Edwards, Green)
6/ Young Lesley (Mitchell)
7/ You Stepped Out Of A Dream (Brown, Kahn)
8/ Over The Rainbow (Arlen, Harburg)
9/ Perdido (Tizol, Lengsfelder)
10/ Why Don't You Take Up The Piccolo (Mitchell)
Recorded in NYC, April 23, 1956
(4,7) recorded in NYC, April 13, 1956
Whitey Mitchell: bass; Don Stratton: trumpet; Tom Stewart: tenor horn; Steve
Lacy: soprano; Joe Puma: guitar; Gus Johnson (4,7): drums; Osie Johnson
(except on (4,7)): drums.
1956 - ABC Paramount 126 (LP)
1985 - ABC Paramount, ABC-126 252-281-1 (LP)
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005 - JOE PUMA SEXTET
1/ Give Me A Simple Life
2/ Indian Blanket
Recorded in NYC, June 13, 1956
Joe Puma: guitar; Tom Stewart: bass trumpet; Steve Lacy: soprano; Herbie
Mann: tenor; Whitey Mitchell: bass; Herb Wasserman: drums.
???? - Harmony HL 7196 (LP)
???? - Jazztone J 1245 (LP)
Note: (2) is on the Jazztone pressing only.
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006 - JAZZ ADVANCE: Cecil Taylor
1/ Bemsha Swing (Monk, Best) 7:23
2/ Charge'Em Blues (Taylor) 11:02
3/ Azure (Ellington) 7:26
4/ Song (Taylor) 5:16
5/ You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To (Cole Porter) 9:14
6/ Rick Kick Shaw (Taylor) 6:03
7/ Sweet And Lovely (Arnheim, Tobias, Lamare)6:35
Recorded in Boston, September 14, 1956
Cecil Taylor: piano; Steve Lacy (2,4): soprano; Buell Neidlinger (1,2,3,4,
6,7): bass; Dennis Charles (1,2,3,4,6,7): drums.
1956 - Transition TR 10 - TR 19 - TR 30 (LP)
???? - Transition (Japan), GXF 3121 (LP)
???? - Toshiba (Japan), 70072 (LP)
1975 - Blue Note (USA), BN-LA 458 H2 (LP)
???? - Blue Note (UK), BST 84 487/88 (LP)
1991 - Blue Note (USA), CDP 7 84462 2 (CD)
Note: the Blue Note reissue BN-LA 458 H2 is called IN TRANSITION and inclu-
des both JAZZ ADVANCE and LOVE FOR SALE (1959).
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007 - GIL EVANS PLUS TEN: Gil Evans
1/ Remember (Berlin) 4:30
2/ Ella Speed (traditional) 5:47
3/ Big Stuff (Berstein) 4:46
4/ Nobody's Heart (Rodgers, Hart) 4:22
5/ Just One Of Those Things (Porter) 4:22
4/ If You Could See Me Now (Dameron) 4:15
7/ Jambangle (Evans) 4:56
(1) recorded in Hackensack, on September 6, 1957
(2,4,6) recorded in Hackensack, on September 27, 1957
(3,5,7) recorded in Hackensack, on October 10, 1957
Recorded in Hackensack, October 10, 1957
Gil Evans: piano, arranger; John Carisi (1): trumpet; Jack Koven: trumpet;
Jimmy Cleveland: trombone; Bart Varsalona: bass trombone; Willie Ruff:
French horn; Steve Lacy: soprano; Lee Konitz: alto; Dave Kurtzer: bassoon;
Paul Chambers: bass; Jo Jones (1): drums; Louis Mucci (2-7): trumpet; Nick
Stabulas (2-7): drums.
1957 - Prestige, 7120 and 7756 (LP)
1959 - New Jazz, NJLP 8215 (LP)
???? - Prestige (Japan), SMJ 6516 (LP)
???? - Prestige, P-24049 (LP)
???? - Prestige (Japan), LPJ 40006 (LP)
1989 - Prestige, OJC-346 (P-7120) (LP)
1989 - Prestige, OJCCD-346-2 (P-7120) (CD)
Note: this record is also known under the name BIG STUFF (case of the New
Jazz 1959 reissue).
Note: the 1989 Prestige reissue is called GIL EVANS AND TEN.
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008 - AT NEWPORT: Cecil Taylor
1/ Johnny Come Lately
2/ Mona's Blues
3/ Tune 2
Recorded at the Newport Jazz Festival, July 6, 1957
Cecil Taylor: piano; Steve Lacy: soprano; Buell Neidlinger: bass; Dennis
Charles: drums.
1958 - Verve 8238 (LP)
1958 - Verve (Japan) MV 2564 (LP)
???? - Verve 2610 037 (LP)
???? - Verve 2-2514 (LP)
???? - Verve VSP 13 (LP)
???? - Columbia (UK), CX 10102 (LP)
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009 - SOPRANO TODAY: Steve Lacy
1/ Day Dream (Strayhorn, Ellington) 4:23
2/ Alone Together (Dietz, Schwartz) 6:35
3/ Work (Monk) 5:24
4/ Rockin'In Rhythm (Ellington, Miles, Carney)
4:05
5/ Easy To Love (Porter) 8:25
6/ Little Girl, Your Daddy Is Calling You (unknown) 4:32
Recorded in Hackensack, November 1, 1957
Steve Lacy: soprano; Wynton Kelly: piano; Buell Neidlinger: bass; Dennis
Charles: drums.
1958 - Prestige, 7125 (LP)
???? - Status, 8308 (LP)
1963 - New Jazz, NJLP 8308 and NJST 8308 (LP)
???? - Toshiba (Japan), LPJ 70005 (LP)
???? - Esquire (UK), 32 143 (LP)
1983 - Carrere/Prestige (France), 68 403 (LP)
1984 - Original Jazz Classics, OJC-130 (P-7125) (LP)
???? - Prestige, OJCCD-130-2 (P-7125) (CD)
Note: this record is also called SOPRANO SAX (case of the OJC reissues).
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*** - BIG STUFF: Gil Evans
See GIL EVANS PLUS TEN (1957) for further references.
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010 - REFLECTIONS: Steve Lacy
1/ Hornin'In (Monk) 5:11
2/ Skippy (Monk) 4:16
3/ Reflections (Monk) 4:09
4/ Four In One (Monk) 6:01
5/ Bye-Ya (Monk) 4:40
6/ Ask Me Now (Monk) 4:58
7/ Let's Call This (Monk) 7:15
Recorded in Hackensack, October 17, 1958
Steve Lacy: soprano; Mal Waldron: piano; Buell Neidlinger: bass; Elvin
Jones: drums.
1959 - New Jazz, NJLP 8206 (LP)
1977 - Prestige, 68.365 (LP)
???? - Prestige (Japan), VIJ 5032 (LP)
1983 - New Jazz, NJ-8206/OJC-063 (LP)
1990 - Prestige/New Jazz, OJCCD-063-2 (NJ-8206) (CD)
Note: the order of the tracks on the CD reissue are: (4,3,1,5,7,6,2).
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011 - GREAT JAZZ STANDARDS: Gil Evans
1/ Davenport Blues (B. Beiderbecke) 4:25
2/ Straight, No Chaser (T. Monk) 6:19
3/ Django (J. Lewis) 8:05
Recorded in Hackensack, beginning 1959
Johnny Coles: trumpet; Louis Mucci: trumpet; Allen Smith: trumpet; Bill
Elton: trombone; Curtis Fuller: trombone; Dick Lieb: trombone; Bob Northern:
French horn; Bill Barber: tuba; Al Block: reeds; Steve Lacy: soprano; Gil
Evans: piano, arranger, director; Chuck Wayne: guitar; Dick Carter: bass;
Dennis Charles: drums.
4/ Chant Of The Weed (D. Redman) 4:25
5/ Ballad Of The Sad Young Men (F. Landesman, T. Wolf) 4:00
6/ Joy Spring (C. Brown) 2:49
7/ Theme (G. Evans) 6:15
Recorded in Hackensack, February 5, 1959
Johnny Coles: trumpet; Louis Mucci: trumpet; Danny Stiles: trumpet; Jimmy
Cleveland: trombone; Curtis Fuller: trombone; Rod Levitt: trombone; Earl
Chapin: French horn; Bill Barber: tuba; Budd Johnson: tenor, clarinet; Steve
Lacy: soprano; Ed Caine: oboe; Gil Evans: piano, arranger, director; Ray
Crawford: guitar; Tommy Potter: bass; Elvin Jones: drums.
1959 - World Pacific, WP 1270 and ST 1027 (LP)
???? - World Pacific (Japan), LLR 8891 (LP)
1961 - Pacific Jazz, LP-28 (LP)
???? - Fontana (Holland), 688 000 (LP)
1975 - Blue Note (USA), BN-LA461-H2 (2xLP)
???? - Blue Note (E), BST 84 493/94 (2xLP)
???? - King (Japan), K 23 P 6721 (LP)
???? - Pacific (Japan), GXF 3034 (LP)
???? - World Pacific (Japan), CP 32-5373 (CD)
Note: the 2xLP editions are called PACIFIC STANDARD TIME and combine both
GREAT JAZZ STANDARDS (1959) and NEW BOTTLE OLD WINE (1958).
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012 - THE STRAIGHT HORN OF STEVE LACY: Steve Lacy
1/ Louise (Taylor) 5:16
2/ Introspection (Monk) 5:20
3/ Donna Lee (Davis) 7:41
4/ Played Twice (Monk) 5:44
5/ Air (Taylor) 6:27
6/ Criss Cross (Monk) 5:37
Recorded at Nola Penthouse Sound Studios, NY, November 19, 1960
Steve Lacy: soprano; Charles Davis: baritone saxophone; John Ore: bass;
Roy Haynes: drums.
1961 - Candid, M 8007 and S 9007 (LP)
1977 - Barnaby/Candid Jazz, BR-5013 (LP)
1980 - First American Records/Red Carpet Tapes, RC-5066 (CT)
???? - Candid (France), BR 5004 (LP)
???? - Candid (Japan), SMJ 6174 (LP)
???? - Candid, 9007 (LP)
1988 - Candid, CD 9007 (CD)
Note: on the records, Donna Lee is attributed wrongly to Charlie Parker; it
is in fact a composition by Miles Davis (from Steve Lacy).
Note: the cassette does not include (1) and (4).
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013 - EVIDENCE: Steve Lacy
1/ The Mystery Song (Ellington) 5:30
2/ Evidence (Monk) 5:00
3/ Let's Cool One (Monk) 6:35
4/ San Francisco Holiday (Monk) 5:15
5/ Something To Live For (Strayhorn) 5:50
6/ Who Knows (Monk) 5:20
Recorded on November 1, 1961
Steve Lacy: soprano; Don Cherry (except on (5)): trumpet; Carl Brown: bass;
Billy Higgins: drums.
1962 - New Jazz, NJLP 8271 (LP)
???? - Prestige (Japan), SMJ 6272 (LP)
???? - Prestige (Japan), SMJ 7567 (LP)
1980 - Prestige, MPP-2505 (LP)
???? - Prestige/New Jazz, OJCCD-1755-2 (NJ-8271) (CD)
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014 - QUIET NIGHTS: Miles Davis
1/ Corcovado (Quiet Nights) (A. Jobim) 2:47
2/ Aos Pes Da Cruz (Slow Samba) (Pinto, Goncalves) 4:20
Recorded in NYC, July 27, 1962
3/ Song No 1 (Evans, Davis) 4:40
4/ Wait Till You See Her (Hart, Rodgers) 4:10
Recorded in NYC, August 13, 1962
5/ Once Upon A Summertime (Mercer, Legrand, Marnay, Barclay) 3:30
6/ Song No 2 (Evans, Davis) 1:41
Recorded in NYC, November 6, 1962
Miles Davis: trumpet; Ernie Royal: trumpet; Bernie Glow: trumpet; Johnny
Coles: trumpet; Louis Mucci: trumpet; Jimmy Knepper: trombone; Dick Nixon:
trombone; Frank Rehak: trombone; Julius Watkins: French horn; Bob Swisshelm:
French horn; Paul Ingraham: French horn; Bill Barber: tuba; Romeo Penque:
reeds; Jerome Richardson: reeds; Eddie Caine: reeds; Bob Tricarico: reeds;
Danny Bank: reeds; Steve Lacy: soprano; Janet Putman: harp; Paul Chambers:
bass; Jimmy Cobb: drums; Bob Rosengarden: percussion; Gil Evans: arranger,
director.
1963 - Columbia, CL 2106 and CS 8906 (LP)
???? - CBS, 62 213 (LP)
1991 - Sony (Japan), SRCS 5703 (CD)
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015 - BIG BAND AND QUARTET IN CONCERT: Thelonious Monk
1/ I Mean You (Monk, Hawkins) 12:42
2/ Evidence (Monk) 12:38
3/ Darkness On The Delta (Neiburg, Symes, Livingstone)
5:03
4/ Oska T. (Monk) 9:00
5/ Played Twice (Monk) 6:24
6/ Four In One (Monk) 11:03
7/ Epistrophy (Monk, Clark) 2:00
Recorded at the Philharmonic Hall, NYC, December 30, 1963
Produced by Teo Macero
Thad Jones: cornet; Nick Travis: trumpet; Eddie Bert: trombone; Phil Woods:
alto; Steve Lacy: soprano; Charlie Rouse: tenor; Gene Allen: baritone saxo-
phone, clarinet, bass clarinet; Thelonious Monk: piano; Butch Warren: bass;
Frankie Dunlop: drums; Hall Overton: arranger, conductor.
1964 - Columbia, CL 2164 - CS 8964 (LP)
???? - CBS, 62248 (LP)
???? - CBS, 88034 (LP)
???? - CBS, 85814 (LP)
1994 - Columbia/Legacy, C2K 57636 (2xCD)
Note: (3) is a piano solo; (5) is a quartet with Monk, Rouse, Warren, and
Dunlop.
Note: the 2xCD contains the integrality of the concert:
1/ Bye-Ya (prev. unreleased) 11:23
2/ I Mean You 12:51
3/ Evidence 13:55
4/ Epistrophy 2:06
5/ Darkness On The Delta 5:16
6/ Played Twice 7:48
7/ Misterioso (prev. unreleased) 9:43
8/ Epistrophy 1:17
9/ Light Blue (prev. unreleased) 12:54
10/ Oska T. 13:19
11/ Four In One 14:43
12/ Epistrophy 2:23
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016 - THE INDIVIDUALISM OF GIL EVANS: Gil Evans
1/ The Barbara Song (K. Weil, B. Brecht) 9:55
2/ Las Vegas Tango (Evans) 6:13
3/ 12:25
3a/ Flute Song (Evans)
3b/ Hotel Me (M. Davis, Evans)
4/ El Toreador (Evans) 3:30
(1) recorded on July 9, 1964 at Van Gelder's Recording Studio, Englewood
Cliffs, N.J.
(2,3b) recorded on April 6, 1964 at Webster Hall, New York City
(4) recorded in September 1963 at A & R Studios, New York City
Recorded at Webster Hall, NYC, April 6, 1964
Gil Evans: piano, arranger, conductor; Frank Rehak (1): trombone; Ray Alonge
(1,2,3b): French horn; Julius Watkins (1,3a): French horn; Bill Barber (1,2,
3b): tuba; Wayne Shorter (1): reeds; Al Block (1,3a): reeds; Andy Fitzgerald
(1): reeds; Geroge Marge (1): reeds; Bob Tricarico (1,2,3a,3b,4): reeds; Bob
Maxwell (1): harp; Gary Peacock (1): bass; Elvin Jones (1,2,3a,3b): drums;
Johnny Coles (2,3b,4): trumpet; Bernie Glow (2,3b): trumpet; Jimmy Cleveland
(2,3a,3b,4): trombone; Tony Studd (2,3b,4): trombone; Garvin Bushell (2,3b):
reeds; Eric Dolphy (2,3a,3b,4): reeds; Steve Lacy (2,3a,3b,4): soprano;
Kenny Burrell (2,3b): guitar; Ron Carter (2,3b): bass; Paul Chambers (2,3a,
3b,4): bass; Gil Cohen (3a): French horn; Don Corado (3a): French horn;
Margaret Ross (3a): harp; Barry Galbraith (3a): guitar; Richard Davis (3a,
4): bass; Ben Tucker (3a): bass; Ernie Royal (4): trumpet; Louis Mucci (4):
trumpet; Jimmy Buffington (4): French horn; Bob Northern (4): French horn;
Jerome Richardson (4): reeds; Milt Hinton (4): bass; Osie Johnson (4):
drums.
1964 - Verve, V-8555 and V6-8555 (LP)
1964 - Verve, MGV S6-8555 (LP)
???? - Verve, 2683 045 (LP)
???? - Verve (Japan), MV 2054 (LP)
1988 - Verve, 833 804-2 (CD)
Note: the CD edition has 5 extra tracks but without Steve Lacy.
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017 - BOBBY HACKETT
1/ Don't Forget To Mess Around
2/ Lazy'Sippi Steamer Going Home
3/ Brother Bill
4/ Butter And Egg Bossa Nova
5/ If We Never Meet Again
6/ Gatemouth Blues
7/ Someday You Will Be Sorry
8/ Where Were You Last Night
9/ Wild Man Blues
10/ Swing That Music
11/ Hear Me Talkin' To Ya
12/ Satchelmouth Swing
Recorded in NYC, April 28 & 29 and May 1, 1964
Bobby Hackett: trumpet; Sonny Russo: trombone; Harvey Phillips: tuba; Steve
Lacy: soprano; Roger Kellaway: piano; Al Chernet: banjo; Sonny Benford:
drums; Marshall Brown: arranger.
???? - Epic, LN 24099 - BN 26099 (LP)
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018 - GUITAR FORMS: Kenny Burrell, Gil Evans
2/ Lotus Land (Cyril Scott) 9:30
5/ Moon And Sand (Engvick, Wilder, Palitz)4:05
6/ Loie (K. Burrell) 3:08
7/ Greensleeves (traditional) 3:50
8/ Last Night When We Where Young (Arlen, Harburg) 4:25
Recorded in Englewood Cliffs, December 4 and 15, 1964
Kenny Burrell: guitar; Gil Evans: arranger, conductor; Johnny Coles: trum-
pet; Louis Mucci: trumpet; Jimmy Cleveland: trombone; Jimmy Knepper: trom-
bone; Andrew Fitzgerald: flute, English horn; Ray Beckenstein: alto flute,
bass flute, bass clarinet; George Marge: English horn, flute; Richie Kamuka:
tenor, oboe; Bob Tricarico: tenor, flute, bassoon; Ray Allonge: French horn;
Julius Watkins: French horn; Bill Barber: tuba; Lee Konitz: alto; Steve
Lacy: soprano; Ron Carter: bass; Charles Persip: drums; Elvin Jones: drums.
1965 - Verve, V 8612 and V6-8612 (LP)
???? - Verve (UK), VLP 9099 (LP)
???? - Verve Jazz 12 (LP)
???? - Verve (Japan), MV 2070 (LP)
???? - Verve, 2354 158 (LP)
???? - Metro, 2356 101 (LP)
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019 - COMMUNICATION: Jazz Composer's Orchestra
1/ Roast
Recorded at the Judson Hall, NYC, December 29, 1964
Paul Bley: piano; Eddie Gomez: bass; Milford Graves: drums; Steve Lacy: so-
prano; Jimmy Lyons: alto; John Tchicai: alto; Mike Mantler: trumpet; Fred
Pirtle: baritone saxophone; Roswell Rudd: trombone; Willie Ruff: French
horn; Archie Shepp: tenor.
2/ Day (Communication No4)
3/ Communication No5
Recorded at the Contemporary Center, NYC, April 10, 1965
Paul Bley: piano; Kent Carter: bass; Steve Swallow: bass; Barry Altschul:
drums; Bob Carducci: tenor; Robin Kenyatta: alto; Jimmy Lyons: alto; Ken
McIntyre: alto; Steve Lacy: soprano; Fred Pirtle: baritone saxophone; Ray
Codrington: trumpet; Mike Mantler: trumpet; Roswell Rudd: trombone.
???? - Fontana, 881 011 (LP)
???? - Sony/CBS (Japan), SFON 7076 (LP)
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020 - DISPOSABILITY: Steve Lacy
1/ Shuffle Boil (Monk) 5:17
2/ Barble (Lacy) 3:25
3/ Chary (Lacy) 2:51
4/ Tune 2 (C. Taylor) 8:26
5/ Pannonica (Monk) 3:30
6/ M's Transport (Lacy) 4:05
7/ Comin'on The Hudson (Monk) 3:30
8/ There We Were (Lacy) 3:02
9/ Generous 1 (C. Bley) 3:40
Recorded in Rome, December 21 and 22, 1965
Steve Lacy: soprano; Alberto Romano: drums; Kent Carter: bass.
???? - Vik (RCA Italia), KLVP 200 (LP)
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021 - JAZZ REALITIES
1/ Doctor
2/ Oni Puladi
3/ J.S.
4/ Walking Batterie Woman
5/ Closer
6/ Communication No 7
Recorded in Baarn (Holland), January 11, 1966
Mike Mantler: trumpet; Steve Lacy: soprano; Carla Bley: piano; Kent Carter:
bass; Aldo Romano: drums.
???? - Fontana, 881 010 (LP)
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022 - NUOVI SENTIMENTI/NEW FEELINGS: Giorgio Gaslini
1/ Recitativo E Aria
2/ Marcia Dell'Uomo
3/ Nuovi Sentimenti
4/ Rotazzioni
Recorded in Milan, February 4, 1966
Giorgio Gaslini: piano, conductor; Don Cherry: trumpet; Enrico Rava: trum-
pet; Steve Lacy: soprano; Gianni Bedori: alto, flute; Gato Barbieri: tenor;
Kent Carter: bass; Jean-Francois Jenny-Clarke: bass; Aldo Romano: drums;
Franco Tonani: drums.
???? - La Voce Del Padrone (Italy), QELP 8154 (LP)
???? - EMI, 3 C064-180 036
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023 - SORTIE: Steve Lacy
1/ Sortie (Lacy) 12:00
2/ Black Elk (Lacy) 10:00
3/ Helmy (Lacy) 2:20
4/ Fork New York (Lacy) 14:00
5/ Living T. Blues (Lacy) 3:40
6/ 2-Fou (Lacy) 0:03
Recorded in Milan, February 7, 1966
Steve Lacy: soprano; Enrico Rava (except on (3)): trumpet; Kent Carter:
bass; Aldo Romano: drums.
1966 - GTA Records, GT LP 1002 (LP)
1966 - Polydor, 623 223 (LP)
1967 (?) - Globe (Japan), SMJ-7429 (LP)
Note: (6) is missing on the Polydor pressing.
Note: (6) is missing on the Globe pressing; it seems that in order to reach
the correct track number, (4) was cut in two with the second part named
"Living T. Blues", and "Living T. Blues" ended up with the title "2-Fou".
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024 - THE FOREST AND THE ZOO: Steve Lacy
1/ Forest 20:07
2/ Zoo 20:07
Recorded in Buenos Aires, October 8, 1966
Steve Lacy: soprano; Enrico Rava: trumpet; Johnny Dyani: bass; Louis Moholo:
drums.
1967 - ESP, 1060 (LP)
1992 - ZYX/ESP, 1060-1 (LP)
1992 - ZYX/ESP, 1060-2 (CD)
Note: there is also a ESP compilation with an excerpt from this record.
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025 - A GENUINE TONG FUNERAL: Gary Burton, Carla Bley
1/ The Opening (Bley)
2/ Interlude: Shovels (Bley)
3/ The Survivors (Bley)
4/ Grave Train (Bley)
5/ Death Rolls (Bley)
6/ Morning (part 1) (Bley)
7/ Interlude: Lament (Bley)
8/ Intermission Music (Bley)
9/ Silent Spring (Bley)
10/ Fanfare (Bley)
11/ Mother Of The Dead Man (Bley)
12/ Some Dirge (Bley)
13/ Morning (part 2) (Bley)
14/ The New Funeral March (Bley)
15/ The New National Anthem (Bley)
16/ The Survivors (Bley)
Recorded in NYC, November 20, 1967
Gary Burton: vibraphone; Larry Coryell: guitar; Steve Swallow: bass; Bob
Moses: drums; Steve Lacy: soprano; Mike Mantler: trumpet; Gato Barbieri:
tenor; Jimmy Knepper: trombone; Howard Johnson: tuba, baritone saxophone;
Carla Bley: arranger, composer, piano, organ.
1967 - RCA, LSP 3988 - SF 8015 (LP)
???? - RCA (Japan), 6204 (LP)
???? - RCA-Masters, PL 42 766 (LP)
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026 - THE JAZZ COMPOSER'S ORCHESTRA: Michael Mantler, Cecil Taylor
1/ Communication No 8 (Mantler) 13:52
Recorded in NYC, January 24, 1968
Mike Mantler: arranger, composer, conductor; Don Cherry: cornet; Gato
Barbieri: tenor; Steve Lacy: soprano; Al Gibbons: soprano; Gene Hull: alto;
Bob Donovan: alto; Lew Tabackin: tenor; George Barrow: tenor; Charles Davis:
baritone saxophone; Lloyd Michels: fluegelhorn; Randy Brecker: fluegelhorn;
Bob Northern: French horn; Julius Watkins: French horn; Jimmy Knepper: trom-
bone; Jack Jeffers: bass trombone; Howard Johnson: tuba; Carla Bley: piano;
Kent Carter: bass; Ron Carter: bass; Richard Davis: bass; Charlie Haden:
bass; Reggie Workman: bass; Andrew Cyrille: drums.
1968 - JCOA, 1001/2 (2xLP)
???? - JCOA, 89002 XBT (2xLP)
???? - Virgin, 840 048 (2xLP)
???? - JCOA, (1001/2) 841 124-2 (CD)
Note: this record is also called COMMUNICATIONS: Jazz Composer's Orchestra.
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027 - GRIDO: Giorgio Gaslini
1/ Grido
Recorded live in public, Milan, beginning 1968
Giorgio Gaslini: piano, conductor; Sergio Fanni: trumpet; Emilio Soane:
trumpet; Dino Piana: trombone; Gian Carlo Romani: trombone; Steve Lacy: so-
prano; Gianni Bedori: alto; Glauco Masetti: alto; Eraldo Volonte: tenor;
Sergio Rigon: baritone saxophone; Carlo Milano: bass; Bruno Corvetto: bass;
Gianni Cazzola: drums.
???? - Durium, MSA 77199 (LP)
???? - Cicala, BLJ 7131 (LP)
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028 - ROBA: Steve Lacy Gang
1/ Roba (parts 1 & 2) 41:23
Recorded at the Galerie L'Attico, Rome, June 15, 1969
Steve Lacy: soprano, sopranino; Enrico Rava: trumpet; Claudio Volonte: cla-
rinet; Italo Toni: trombone; Irene Aebi: cello; Carlo Colnaghi: drums.
???? - Saravah, SH 10 026 (LP)
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029 - MOON: Steve Lacy
1/ Hit (Lacy) 4:58
2/ Note (Lacy) 4:27
3/ Moon (Lacy) 7:30
4/ Laugh (Lacy) 3:47
5/ The Breath (Lacy) 8:07
Recorded in Rome, September 1969
Steve Lacy: soprano; Italo Toni: trombone; Claudio Volonte: clarinet; Irene
Aebi: cello; Marcello Melis: bass; Jacques Thollot: drums.
1969 - Byg Records, 529.352 (LP)
???? - Affinity, AFF 23 (LP)
???? - Toho/Byg (Japan), 6056 (LP)
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030 - EPISTROPHY: Steve Lacy
1/ Thelonious (Monk) 7:00
2/ Ruby My Dear (Monk) 4:20
3/ Light Blue (Monk) 6:00
4/ Epistrophy (Monk) 2:14
5/ Epistrophy (Monk) 7:50
6/ Misterioso (Monk) 4:50
7/ Friday The Thirteenth (Monk) 5:37
Recorded in Paris, September 23, 1969
Steve Lacy: soprano; Michel Graillier (1,3,6,7): piano; Jean-Francois
Jenny-Clark: bass; Aldo Romano: drums.
1969 - Byg Records, 529.126 (LP)
???? - Toho/Byg (Japan), YX 2015 - 6071 (LP)
1979 - Affinity, AFF 43 (LP)
1979 - Affinity (Spain), L6362 (LP)
Note: the Affinity pressings are called STEVE LACY PLAYS MONK.
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031 - INDEFINITIVE ATMOSPHERE: Giovanni Tommaso
4/ Circle (Tommaso) 1:57
9/ Jazz Gallery (Tommaso) 3:08
11/ Steve (Tommaso) 1:55
Recorded in February 1969
Steve Lacy: soprano; Franco D'Andrea: electric piano; Silvano Chimenti:
electric guitar; Giovanni Tommaso: bass; Pierino Munari: drums; string
section (violin, viola, cello) on (4).
???? - SR SP 126 (LP)
Note: this record was only released as promotional copy.
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032 - GIOVANNI TOMMASO WITH THE HEALTHY FOOD BAND
1/ Appetizer (Tommaso)
2/ Mixed Salad (Tommaso)
3/ The Band Burger - Part 1 (Tommaso)
4/ Hungry (Tommaso)
5/ The Band Burger - Part 2 (Tommaso)
6/ Easy Nourishment (Tommaso)
7/ Country Food (Tommaso) 3:25
8/ Cooked Blues (Tommaso)
9/ Hors-D'Oeuvre (Tommaso)
10/ Italian Pears - Part 1 (Tommaso)
11/ Classical Sauce (Tommaso)
12/ Cannelloni (Tommaso)
13/ Italian Pears - Part 2 (Tommaso)
14/ Five Pop Four Pudding (Tommaso)
15/ Just The End - Plus The End (Tommaso) 4:44
Recorded in Rome, 1970
Alvise Verzella: trumpet; Cicci Santucci: trumpet; Al Korvin: trumpet, flu-
gelhorn; Dino Piana: trombone; Gastone Chiarini: oboe, English horn; Steve
Lacy: soprano; Quarto Maltoni: alto, flute; Livio Cervellieri: tenor; Gato
Barbieri: tenor; Dino Asciolla: viola; Antonello Vannuchi: organ; Franco
D'Andrea: piano; Maurizio De Angelis: guitar; Silvano Chimenti: guitar;
Giovanni Tommaso: bass, conductor, arranger; Vincenzo Restuccia: drums; Gege
Munari: drums; Angelo Zappula: percussion.
1971 - RCA-Kols, 1015 (LP)
Note: Steve Lacy plays only on tracks (7,15).
Note: this record was only released as promotional copy; this was music for
a musical.
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*** - STATIONS: Steve Lacy
1/ Stations (Lacy)
2/ Precipitation Suite (Lacy)
3/ Bete (Lacy)
4/ The Gap (Lacy)
5/ Mouthfuls (Lacy) 0:02
Recorded in Paris, August 1970
Steve Lacy: soprano; Kenneth Terroade: tenor; Irene Aebi: cello; Bob Reid:
bass; Earl Freeman (3): bass; Don Moye: drums.
???? - La Compagnie, 1007 (LP)
Note: this record was never released (Steve Lacy).
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033 - SEASONS: Alan Silva
1/ Seasons - 6 parts
Recorded at the ORTF, Paris, December 29, 1970
Alan Silva: conductor, bass, electric violin, electric sarangi, "arc",
spring; Bernard Vitet: trumpet, French horn; Lester Bowie: trumpet, fluegel-
horn; Alan Shorter: trumpet; Joseph Jarman: saxes, flute, bassoon; Steve
Lacy: soprano; Ronnie Beer: tenor, soprano, flute; Roscoe Mitchell: saxes,
flute, oboe; Robin Kenyatta: alto, flute; Michel Portal: alto, clarinet;
Dieter Gewissler: electric violin; Jouk Minor: electric viola; Kent Carter:
bass; Irene Aebi: cello, celesta; Dave Burrell: piano; Joachim Kuhn: piano;
Bobby Few: piano; Malachi Favors: bass; Beb Guerin: bass; Don Moye: drums,
percussion; Jerome Cooper: drums, percussion, bronte; Oliver Johnson: per-
cussion.
???? - Byg Records, 529 342/43/44 (3xLP)
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034 - NEW YORK CITY R & B: Cecil Taylor, Buell Neidlinger
1/ Things Ain't What They Used To Be (Ellington) 10:04
2/ Jumpin'Punkins (Ellington)
Recorded in NYC, January 10, 1961
Cecil Taylor: piano; Archie Shepp: tenor; Buell Neidlinger: bass; Billy
Higgins: drums; Clark Terry: trumpet; Roswell Rudd: trombone; Steve Lacy:
soprano; Charles Davis: baritone saxophone.
1971 - Barnaby, KZ 31035 (LP)
???? - CBS 64723 (LP)
1972 - CBS (Holland), S 64723 (LP)
???? - Candid (Japan), SMJ 6205 (LP)
???? - Sony/CBS (Japan), SFON 01107 (LP)
1986 - Candid, CS 9017 (LP)
???? - Candid, CCD 79017 (CD)
Note: (2) is available on the Japanese pressings only.
Note: it is likely that extra tracks are available on the CD ...
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035 - WORDLESS: Steve Lacy
1/ Existence (Lacy) 5:55
2/ The Way (Lacy) 3:35
3/ Bone (Lacy) 7:30
4/ Name (Lacy) 8:30
5/ The Breath (Lacy) 9:00
6/ Prologue A Life On Its Way (Lacy) 5:30
Recorded Au Theatre de l'Epee de Bois, Paris, January 4, 1971
Produced by Gerard Terrones
Steve Lacy: soprano; Ambrose Jackson: trumpet; Irene Aebi: cello; Kent
Carter: bass; Jerome Cooper: drums.
1971 - Futura (France), GER 22 (LP)
???? - Musica Records (France), MUS 2006 (LP)
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036 - LAPIS: Steve Lacy
1/ Three Pieces From Tao: Existence, The Way, Life On Its Way
(Lacy)
2/ The Highway (Lacy)
3/ The Cryptosphere (Lacy)
4/ Lapis (Lacy)
5/ The Precipitation Suite: A Draft, Cloudy, Rain
(Lacy)
6/ Paris Rip-Off (Lacy)
Recorded at Studio Saravah, Paris, September 9 and 10, 1971
Steve Lacy: soprano.
???? - Saravah (France), 10031 (LP)
1975 - Saravah/Nippon Columbia (Japan), YQ-7014-SH (LP)
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037 - JOURNEY WITHOUT END: Mal Waldron, Steve Lacy
1/ The Fire Now (Waldron) 9:05
2/ Journey Without End (Waldron) 12:30
3/ I Feel A Draft (Lacy) 7:54
4/ Bone (Lacy) 6:50
5/ Mar (Lacy) 9:15
Recorded at Studios Europa Sonor, Paris on November 30, 1971
Mal Waldron: piano; Steve Lacy: soprano; Kent Carter: bass; Noel McGuee:
drums.
1971 - Victor (Japan), SMJX-10134 (LP), SMJ-6239 (LP), BER-6001 (LP)
???? - JVC (Japan), 101 J4 (LP)
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038 - ESTILHACOS: Steve Lacy
1/ Stations (Lacy) 6:00
2/ Chips, Moon, Dreams (Lacy) 12:42
3/ No Baby (Lacy) 8:29
4/ The Highway (Lacy) 10:32
Recorded live at Cinema Monumental, Lisbon, February 29, 1972
Steve Lacy: soprano; Steve Potts: alto; Irene Aebi: cello, radio transis-
tor on (1), harmonica on (2); Kent Carter: bass; Noel McGuee: drums, per-
cussion.
???? - Sassetti-Guilda-da-Musica (Portugal), 11403001 (LP)
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039 - GIL EVANS ORCHESTRA FEATURING KENNY BURRELL AND PHIL WOODS
1/ Blues In Orbit (Cherryl) (Evans) 7:40
2/ Spoonful (Willie Dixon) 9:37
3/ Concorde (John Lewis) 6:07
4/ Isabel (Evans) 6:07
Recorded in NYC, probably 1963/1964
Gil Evans: piano, arranger, conductor; Johnny Coles: trumpet; Louis Mucci:
trumpet; Bernie Glow: trumpet; Thad Jones: trumpet; Jimmy Cleveland: trom-
bone; Jimmy Knepper: trombone; Tony Studd: trombone; Ray Allonge: French
horn; Julius Watkins: French horn; Bill Barber: tuba; Steve Lacy: soprano;
Phil Woods: alto; Wayne Shorter: tenor; Andrew Fitzgerald: reeds; George
Marge: reeds; Bob Tricarico: reeds; Henry Lokofsky: violin; Kenny Burrell:
guitar; Barry Galbraith: guitar; Paul Chambers: bass; Richard David: bass;
Gary Peacock: bass; Ron Carter: bass; Milt Hinton: bass; Bob Cranshaw: bass;
Charlie Persip: drums; Elvin Jones: drums.
1973 - Verve, V6-8838 (LP)
???? - Verve, 2304 190 (LP)
???? - Verve (Japan), MV 2093 (LP)
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040 - MAL WALDRON WITH THE STEVE LACY QUINTET
1/ Vio (Waldron) 20:00
2/ Jump For Victor (Lacy) 9:00
3/ Blue Wee (Lacy) 13:00
Recorded in Paris, May 1972
Mal Waldron: piano; Steve Lacy: soprano; Steve Potts: alto; Irene Aebi:
cello; Kent Carter: bass; Noel McGuee: drums, percussion.
???? - America (France), 30 AM 6124 (LP)
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041 - THE GAP: Steve Lacy Quintet
1/ The Gap (Lacy) 7:40
2/ Esteem (Lacy) 5:32
3/ La Motte-Picquet (Lacy) 3:50
4/ The Thing (Lacy) 19:00
Recorded in Paris, May 1972
Steve Lacy: soprano, vocals on (3); Steve Potts: alto, soprano; Irene Aebi:
cello; Kent Carter: bass; Noel McGuee: drums.
???? - America, 30 AM 6125 (LP)
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042 - CONCERT SOLO: Steve Lacy
1/ The Breath (Lacy) 5:35
2/ Stations (Lacy) 5:55
3/ Cloudy (Lacy) 3:10
4/ The New Duck (Lacy) 5:40
5/ Josephine (Lacy) 5:40
6/ Weal (Lacy) 4:05
7/ Name (Lacy) 5:00
8/ The Wool (Lacy) 5:50
Recorded at the Theatre Du Chene Noir, Avignon (France), August 7 and 8
1972
Steve Lacy: soprano.
1974 - Emanem, 301 (LP)
1977 - Denon Jazz/Nippon Columbia (Japan), YX-7552-AX (LP)
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043 - FLAPS: Steve Lacy
1/ Flaps (Lacy) 6:15
2/ Misera Plebs, Take 1 (Malli) 3:28
3/ Misera Plebs, Take 2 (Malli) 2:43
4/ Bowery 1 (Koglmann) 5:38
5/ Steirish WC Nr. 2 (Michlmayr) 4:12
6/ Flops (to Charles Chaplin) (Lacy) 5:07
7/ Bowery 2 (Koglmann) 5:00
8/ Homage To An Old Raincoat (Koglmann) 4:52
Recorded at Mueller Sound Studio, Vienna, April 26, 1973
Steve Lacy: soprano; Franz Koglmann: trumpet, fluegelhorn; Toni Michlmayr:
bass; Muhammad Malli: percussions; Gerd Geier: electronics.
???? - Pipe Records (Austria), PR 151 (LP)
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044 - THE CRUST: Steve Lacy
1/ The Crust (Lacy) 10:00
2/ 38 (Lacy) 13:00
3/ The Owl (Lacy) 6:20
4/ A Bit Of The Dumps (Lacy) 3:30
5/ Flakes (Lacy) 7:40
6/ Revolutionary Suicide (Lacy) 3:45
Recorded live at the 100 Club, London, July 30, 1973
Steve Lacy: soprano; Steve Potts: alto, soprano; Derek Bailey: guitar; Kent
Carter: bass; John Stevens: percussion.
1975 - Emanem, 304 (LP)
???? - Victor (Japan), VIP 6635 (LP)
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045 - FABBRICA OCCUPATA: Giorgio Gaslini
1/ Sit-In At The Factory (Gaslini)
2/ The Woman I Love (Gaslini)
Recorded in Milan, October 27-28 and December 13-14, 1973
Giorgio Gaslini: piano; Jean-Luc Ponty: violin; Harry Beckett: trumpet;
Gianni Bedori: tenor, flute; Steve Lacy: soprano; Paul Rutherford: trombone;
Bruno Tommaso: bass; Tony Oxley: drums.
???? - Prod. Associati, PA 64 (LP)
???? - Prod. Associati, PA 6.22664 (LP)
1976 - PA USA/Pausa Records, PR-7014 (LP)
Note: the edition PR-7014 is called GIORGIO GASLINI MEETS, on which (1) is
called "Fabbrica Occupata 1st Part & 2nd Part".
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046 - SCRAPS: Steve Lacy Sextet
1/ Ladies (Lacy) 9:05
2/ Obituary (Lacy) 1:05
3/ Scraps (Lacy) 7:15
4/ Name (Lacy) 4:45
5/ Torments (Lacy) 5:30
6/ Pearl St. (Lacy) 3:45
7/ The Wire (Lacy) 5:15
Recorded in Paris, February 18-21, 1974
Steve Lacy: soprano, small bells; Steve Potts: alto, soprano, tenor; Michael
Smith: piano, organette; Irene Aebi: cello, voice; Kent Carter: bass, cello;
Kenny Tyler: percussion, flute;
???? - Saravah (France), SH 10049 (LP)
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047 - HARD TALK: Mal Waldron Quintet
1/ Russian Melody (Waldron) 6:44
2/ Snake Out (Waldron) 12:29
3/ Hard Talk (Waldron) 19:11
Recorded live at the East-West '74 Festival in Nurnberg on May 4, 1974
Mal Waldron: piano; Manfred Schoof: trumpet; Steve Lacy: soprano; Isla
Eckinger: bass; Allen Blairman: drums.
1975 - Enja (Germany), 2050 (LP)
???? - Enja (Japan), SFX-10728, SMJ-6096 (LP)
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048 - FLAKES: Steve Lacy
1/ Weal (Lacy)
2/ The New Duck (Lacy)
3/ Snorts (Lacy)
4/ Flakes (Lacy)
5/ The Shoals (Lacy)
6/ The Rush (Lacy)
Recorded in Rome, May 12, 1974
Steve Lacy: soprano; Steve Potts: alto, soprano; Irene Aebi: cello; Michael
Smith: piano; Kent Carter: bass; Kenneth Tyler: drums.
1975 - RCA-Vista (Italy), TPL1 1097 (LP)
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049 - IL BESTIARO: Maria Monti
1/ Il Pavone
2/ Dove
3/ No No No No
4/ Il Serpente Innamorato
5/ Lo Zoo
6/ L'Uomo
7/ I Cameleonti
8/ La Pecora Credi Di Essere Un Cavallo
9/ Il Letargo
10/ Aria, Terra, Acqua E Fuoco
Recorded in Rome, probably in July 1974
Maria Monti: vocals; Steve Lacy: soprano; Roberto Ianeri: baritone saxopho-
ne; Alvin Curran: arranger, synthesizer; Luca Balbo: guitar; Tony Ackerman:
guitar.
???? - HI-FI, RDZ-ST 14245 (LP)
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050 - JAZZ FESTIVAL BALVER HOHLE
1/ Flaps
Recorded on July 28, 1974
Franz Koglmann: trumpet; Steve Lacy: soprano; Gerd Geier: electronics; Toni
Michlmayr: bass; Muhammad Malli: drums.
???? - JG Rec. JG 036/039
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051 - SAXOPHONE SPECIAL: Steve Lacy
1/ Staples (Lacy) 9:40
2/ Dreams (Lacy) 11:20
3/ Swishes (Lacy) 5:45
4/ Sops (Lacy, Parker, Potts, Watts)
7:10
5/ Snaps (Lacy) 9:20
Recorded at Wigmore Hall, London (E), December 19, 1974
Steve Lacy: soprano, gramophon on (2); Trevor Watts: alto, soprano on (4);
Evan Parker: tenor, baritone saxophone on (3), soprano on (5); Steve Potts:
alto, soprano on (4,5); Derek Bailey (except on (4)): guitar; Michel
Waisvisz (except on (4)): electronics.
1975 - Emanem (USA), 3310 (LP)
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052 - SCHOOL DAYS: Steve Lacy
1/ Bye-Ya (Monk) 9:00
2/ Brilliant Corners (Monk) 9:45
3/ Monk's Dream (Monk) 7:15
4/ Monk's Mood (Monk) 8:10
5/ Ba-Lue Bolivar Ba-Lues-Are (Monk) 10:25
6/ Skippy (Monk) 6:15
7/ Pannonica (Monk) 3:25
Recorded at Phase Two Coffee House, New York, NY, March 1963
Steve Lacy: soprano; Roswell Rudd: trombone; Henry Grimes (2,3,4,5,6): bass;
Dennis Charles: drums.
1975 - Emanem 3316 - QED 997 (LP)
1994 - Hat Hut Records (Switzerland), hat ART CD 6140 (CD)
Note: (7) was really the second piece recorded and most of it was lost; (2)
and (3) were actually recorded in reverse order; Grimes was not on (1,7) as
he was late for the gig (courtesy of Sandeep Mehta)
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053 - THE ARRANGER'S TOUCH: Gil Evans and Tadd Dameron
1/ Remember 4:30
2/ Ella Speed 5:47
3/ Big Stuff 4:46
4/ Nobody's Heart 4:22
5/ Just One Of Those Things 4:22
6/ If You Could See Me Now 4:15
7/ Jambangle 4:56
8/ Philly J. J. 5:11
9/ Theme Of No Repeat 5:20
10/ Choose Now (take 1) 4:54
11/ Choose Now (take 2) 3:25
12/ Dial ``B'' For Beauty 4:34
13/ Fontainebleau 4:50
14/ Delirium 5:00
15/ The Scene Is Clean 5:02
16/ Flossie Lou 4:49
(1) recorded at Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, September 6, 1957
(2,4,6) " at Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, September 27, 1957
(3,5,7) " at Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, October 10, 1957
(8-12) recorded on July 11, 1953
(13-16) recorded on March 9, 1956
Gil Evans (1-7): leader, arranger, piano; Johnny Carisi (1): trumpet; Louis
Mucci (2-7): trumpet; Jack Koven (1-7): trumpet; Jimmy Cleveland (1-7):
trombone; Bart Varsalona (1-7): bass trombone; Willie Ruff (1-7): French
horn; Steve Lacy (1-7): soprano; Lee Konitz (1-7): alto; Dave Kurtzer (1-7):
bassoon; Paul Chambers (1-7): bass; Papa Jo Jones (1): drums; Nick Stabulas
(2-7): drums; Tadd Dameron (8-16): leader, arranger, piano; Clifford Brown
(8-12): trumpet; Idrees Sulieman (8-12): trumpet; Herb Mullins (8-12): trom-
bone; Gigi Gryce (8-12): alto; Benny Golson (8-12): tenor; Oscar Estell
(8-12): baritone saxophone; Percy Heath (8-12): bass; Philly Jo Jones
(8-12): drums; Kenny Dorham (13-16): trumpet; Henry Coker (13-16): trombone;
Sahib Shihab (13-16): alto; Joe Alexander (13-16): tenor; Cecil Payne
(13-16): baritone saxophone; John Simmons (13-16): bass; Shadow Wilson
(13-16): drums.
1975 - Prestige, P 24049 (2xLP)
See GIL EVANS PLUS TEN (Prestige 7120) for further references on (1-7).
See A STUDY IN DAMERONIA (Prestige 159, 10") for further references on
(8-12).
See FONTAINEBLEAU (Prestige 7037) for further references on (13-16).
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054 - EVIDENCE - VOL. 1: Globe Unity Special
1/ Rumbling (To Joe Louis) (Lacy) 16:08
2/ Alexanders Marschbefehl (M. Mengelberg) 8:37
3/ Evidence (Monk, arr. by A.V.S.) 6:00
Recorded at "Workshop Freie Musik", Berlin (Germany), March 31, 1975
Kenny Wheeler: trumpet; Albert Mangelsdorff: trombone; Paul Rutherford:
trombone; Steve Lacy: soprano; Gerd Dudek: tenor; Evan Parker: soprano,
tenor; Alex Von Schlippenbach: piano, arranger on (3); Peter Kowald: bass,
tuba on (2); Paul Lovens: percussion, strings on (1).
1976 - FMP (Germany), FMP 0220 (LP)
1991 - FMP (Germany), FMP CD 40 (CD)
Note: the CD is called RUMBLING and contains both EVIDENCE - VOL. 1 and INTO
THE VALLEY - VOL. 2.
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055 - INTO THE VALLEY - VOL. 2: Globe Unity Special
1/ Into The Valley (Parker) 15:30
2/ ... Of Dogs, Dreams And Death (Parker) 22:25
Recorded at "Workshop Freie Musik", Berlin (Germany), March 31, 1975
Kenny Wheeler: trumpet; Albert Mangelsdorff: trombone; Paul Rutherford:
trombone; Steve Lacy: soprano; Gerd Dudek: tenor; Evan Parker: soprano,
tenor; Alex Von Schlippenbach: piano; Peter Kowald: bass, tuba; Paul Lovens:
percussion, musical saw; unidentified dog on (2).
1976 - FMP (Germany), FMP 0270 (LP)
1991 - FMP (Germany), FMP CD 40 (CD)
Note: the CD is called RUMBLING and contains both EVIDENCE - VOL. 1 and INTO
THE VALLEY - VOL. 2.
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056 - J'AI DEJA FAIT MON ARCHE, J'ATTENDS LES ANIMAUX: David McNeil
1/ The Campbells Are Coming (Yoho) (McNeil)
Recorded in Paris, probably in May 1975
David McNeil: vocals, guitar; Jean-Pierre Auffredo: guitar; Micky Menecier:
bass; Michael Rushton: drums; Marc Richard: saxes; Bernard Pepin: saxes;
Steve Lacy: soprano; Choir St John's Carpetbagers: Jean-Yves Terlain, Chic
Streetman, Yves Simon, Pierre and Dominique Barouh, Aram Sedefian, Michel
Carras, Leslie McNeil.
???? - Saravah, SH 10057 (LP)
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057 - DREAMS: Steve Lacy
1/ The Uh Uh Uh (Lacy) 7:20
2/ Dreams (Lacy, Gysin) 4:05
3/ The Oil (Lacy) 9:10
4/ The Wane (Lacy) 10:00
5/ Crops (Lacy) 7:00
Recorded at Saravah Studios, Paris, May 12/15, 1975
Steve Lacy: soprano; Steve Potts: alto, soprano; Irene Aebi: cello, vocals;
Kent Carter: bass; Kenneth Tyler: drums; Derek Bailey: guitar; Jean-Jacques
Avenel: bass; Jack Treese (2,5): guitar; Boulou Ferre (2,5): guitar.
???? - Saravah (France), SH 10058 (LP)
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058 - STALKS: Steve Lacy
1/ Stalks (Lacy) 10:35
2/ Moon (Lacy) 9:24
3/ Japanese Duck (Lacy) 6:40
4/ The Wane (Lacy) 6:46
5/ Bone (Lacy) 4:47
Recorded at Nippon Columbia 1st Studio, Tokyo, June 7, 1975
Steve Lacy: soprano; Masahiko Togashi: percussion; Motoharu Yoshizawa: bass.
???? - Columbia (Japan), YQ-7507-N (LP)
???? - Denon (Japan), YQ 7507 - YX 7552 (LP)
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059 - SOLO AT MANDARA: Steve Lacy
1/ Existence (Lacy)
2/ The Way (Lacy)
3/ Bone (Lacy)
4/ Name (Lacy)
5/ The Breath (Lacy)
6/ Life On Its Way (Lacy)
7/ Snips (Lacy)
8/ Stabs (Lacy)
Recorded at Mandara Coffee Shop, Tokyo, June 8, 1975
Steve Lacy: soprano.
???? - Alm Records (Japan), AL-5 (LP)
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060 - DISTANT VOICES: Steve Lacy
1/ Distant Voices (Kosugi, Lacy, Takahashi)
2/ Flying Off (Kosugi, Lacy, Takahashi)
3/ Midsummer Blues (Kosugi, Lacy, Takahashi)
Recorded at Nippon Columbia Studio No. 1, Tokyo, June 24, 1975
Steve Lacy: soprano, percussion; Yuji Takahashi: piano, celesta, vibraphone,
percussion; Takehisa Kosugi: violin, flute, voice, percussion.
1976 - Columbia (Japan), YX-7085-N (LP)
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061 - STABS: Steve Lacy
1/ Deadline (Lacy) 7:51
2/ Coastline (Lacy) 7:07
3/ The Duck (Lacy) 8:05
4/ Cloudy (Lacy) 5:33
5/ Moon (Lacy) 5:58
6/ Stabs (Lacy) 7:30
7/ No Baby (Lacy) 4:23
(1,2,3) recorded in Berlin, November 5, 1975
(4,5,6,7) recorded in Berlin, April 1, 1975
Steve Lacy: soprano.
1976 - FMP (Germany), SAJ-05 (LP)
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Patrice L. Roussel
prou...@ichips.intel.com
MICHAEL H. ALAIMO
As a Steve Lacy neophyte I find this discog to be a bit overwhelming. Could
someone perhaps describe the different periods of Lacy's career and maybe list
a few vital albums from each period?
Rolling Stone's Jazz Record Guide mainly discusses his Monk related works from
the late 50's/early 60's and a little bit about his late 60's/70's
experimental stuff (e.g. the Tao song cycle stuff). It's not a particularly
detailed coverage of this obviously important figure.
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Michael Alaimo - USDA, ARS, ERRC
(Custodian Emeritus, Max *Plonk* Institut)
work email: mal...@arserrc.gov
Patrice Roussel
|>
|>
|> As a Steve Lacy neophyte I find this discog to be a bit overwhelming. Could
Sorry, the "consummer report" version of it is not available yet :-).
|> someone perhaps describe the different periods of Lacy's career and maybe list
|> a few vital albums from each period?
|>
|> Rolling Stone's Jazz Record Guide mainly discusses his Monk related works from
|> the late 50's/early 60's and a little bit about his late 60's/70's
|> experimental stuff (e.g. the Tao song cycle stuff). It's not a particularly
|> detailed coverage of this obviously important figure.
All the record I list are available (which does not mean that they are all
waiting for you at your local store :-).
If you are interested in early Lacy, I recommend:
012 - THE STRAIGHT HORN OF STEVE LACY: Steve Lacy
013 - EVIDENCE: Steve Lacy
THE STRAIGHT HORN OF STEVE LACY is a very interesting record because of the
choice of the intruments (soprano and baryton) and the bold tune selection
(Cecil Taylor, Monk, Davis). This is a record I play very often and it still
has the magic of the first listening. Concerning EVIDENCE, I cannot say too
much about it because I don't have this record with me anymore and the last
time I played it was ... 8 years ago. I just remember that it is excellent
and it was done when Lacy was "messing" with Coleman's crew.
In the beginning 60's, Lacy had a regular quartet with Roswell Rudd, which
was only playing Monk's music. Getting a gig was impossible and they ended
up to play more than often in coffee places. There is a unique recording of
this period which has just been reissued recently.
052 - SCHOOL DAYS: Steve Lacy
Lacy has the same surgical precision to play Monk's tune and Roswell plays
in a more exhuberant way. A very curious contrast and a charming record.
Late 60's he moved to Europe. He spent few years in Italy and in 1969 he
decided to settle down in Paris, where he still lives. The 70's will be a
very important decade for him. He will play with everybody from the Euro-
pean scene (Globe Unity, Derek Bailey, Andrea Centazzo, Gaslini, etc). This
period is characterized by a lot of experimentation and is surely the hardest
to get in. Only few records are available and many are solo (more due to
financial reasons that anything else). Top of my head, you should try:
078/079 - AXIEME
it used to be available as two LP and is packaged now in one CD. It is a solo
recording and includes his famous suite (Tao). Highly recommended (any Lacy
fan has to have at least one Lacy Solo).
He emerges from the 70's with a well lubricated machine: his sextet. Also,
thanks to Irene, he begins to put more and more emphasis on singing. As much
as his music was introverted, abstract, as much the music of the sextet (with
few exceptions) is upbeat and kind of accessible.
For some early records documenting the sextet, I highly recommend:
102 - TROUBLES: Steve Lacy
104 - THE WAY: Steve Lacy
110 - SONGS: Steve Lacy, Brion Gysin
THE WAY is maybe my favorite of Lacy's sextet and is also the less accessible
of the three (you know where Lacy is coming from (the 70's)). TROUBLES and
specially SONGS are very upbeat records and it is surprising that they come
after the very experimental 70's. I remember my surprise when I bought these
records: Lacy could swing!
Now I leave to others recommendations for the 80's (Lacy has many fans on this
group, and they know his music much better than I do).
Patrice.