Steve Lacy

2-CD DIGIPACK EDITION

Steve Lacy’s main occupation in the early 1960s was leading a quartet with Roswell Rudd, however he was no stranger to freer forms having worked on and off with Cecil Taylor since the mid-1950s or performing with the Jazz Composers Orchestra before leaving New York for an extended visit to Europe in the spring of 1965.The two albums reissued on this CD were recorded during his first year in Europe and were both issued shortly after they were recorded

PERSONNEL:

CD 1 [1-9]: DISPOSABILITY

STEVE LACY, soprano saxophone
KENT CARTER, double bass
ALDO ROMANO, drums

Originally issued in 1966 as DISPOSABILITY on Vik KVLP 200,
this is the first issue without cymbal distortion.

01. SHUFFLE BOIL
02. BARBLE
03. CHARY
04. TUNE 2
05. PANNONICA
06. M’S TRANSPORT
07. COMING ON THE HUDSON
08. THERE WE WERE
09. GEREROUS 1
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CD 1 [10-22]: "FREE FALL" FILM CUES

STEVE LACY, soprano saxophone
ENRICO RAVA, trumpet
KARL BERGER, vibraphone, piano
KENT CARTER, double bass
PAUL MOTIAN, drums

Analogue studio recordings made in New York 1967 July
Previously unissued

10. Cue 15 part 2
11. Cue 16: unannounced
12. Cue 17: LISA IN THE AIR
13. undecipherable JUMP
14. Cue 23: LISA LIES IN BED
15. Cue 24: JUMP MONTAGE
16. Cue 25: JUMP MONTAGE continues
17 - Cue 29: DINNER
18 - Cue 30: END OF LISA’S FIRST JUMP
19 - unannounced cue
20 - Cue 7: BEDROOM part 3
21 - Cue 9: FRANK FELLOWS
22 - Cue 12: DEATH SCENE
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CD 2 [1-6]: SORTIE

STEVE LACY, soprano saxophone)
ENRICO RAVA, trumpet
KENT CARTER, double bass
ALDO ROMANO, drums

Originally issued in 1966 as SORTIE on GTA GTLP 1002 .
Analogue studio recordings made in Milano 1966 February 7.

01. SORTIE
02. BLACK ELK
03. HELMY
04. FORK NEW YORK
05. LIVING T. BLUES
06. 2 - FOU
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CD 2 [7-9]: THE RUSH & THE THING

STEVE LACY, soprano saxophone
STEVE POTTS, alto saxophone
IRENE AEBI, cello
KENT CARTER, double bass
NOEL McGHIE, drums

Analogue studio recording made in Paris 1972 March 25.
Previously unissued

07. THE RUS
08. THE THING part 1
09. THE THING part 2
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TOTAL TIME: 123:42 min.