Mal Waldron & Steve Lacy

• NEVER BEFORE RELEASED
• DELUXE LIMITED-EDITION 2-CD SET
• INCLUDES 28-PAGE BOOKLET

• Featuring: REGGIE WORKMAN & ANDREW CYRILLE
• with previously-unpublished photos from the actual concert by HUGO PEETERS: essays by jazz author ADAM SHATZ and producer ZEV FELDMAN, plus testimonies by ANDREW CYRILLE, REGGIE WORKMAN, JANE BUNNETT, DAVID LIEBMAN, VIJAY IYER, EVAN PARKER, DAVID VIRELLES and HIROMI WALDRO

Elemental Music, in collaboration with producer Zev Feldman, launches this never before released Mal Waldron & Steve Lacy live concert recorded in Antwerp in 1995. Transferred from the original tapes (preserved by Patrick Wilen, son of legendary saxophonist Barney Wilen), MAL WALDRON & STEVE LACY: THE MIGHTY WARRIORS is presented as a  limited edition 2-CD SET.

Package includes reflections by producer Zev Feldman and acclaimed jazz writer Adam Shatz, as well as the testimonies of the concert’s bassist Reggie Workman, and drummer Andrew Cyrille. The extensive booklet also contains interviews with Jane Bunnett, David Virelles, David Liebman, Vijay Iyer, Evan Parker, and Mal Waldron’s widow, Hiromi Waldron, as well as never before seen photos from the actual concert taken by Hugo Peeters.

All of the performances heard on this set are PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED.

PERSONNEL:

• STEVE LACY - (soprano sax)
• MAL WALDRON - (piano)
• REGGIE WORKMAN - (bass)
• ANDREW CYRILLE - (drums)

Recorded live at DeSingel Arts Center, Antwerp, Belgium, September 30, 1995.

TRACKS:

• CD ONE

• 01. WHAT IT IS
• 02. EPISTROPHY
• 03. LONGING
• 04. MONK’S DREAM
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• CD TWO

• 01. VARIATION OF III
• 02. MEDLEY: SNAKE OUT/ VARIATIONS ON A THEME BY CECIL TAYLOR