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Saxophone Special [Saxophone Special+] by Derek Bailey Steve Lacy (Saxophone) (Vinyl, 1974)

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UPC5030243402427

eBay Product ID (ePID)5050195332

Product Key Features

FormatVinyl

Release Year1974

Number of Audio ChannelsStereo

GenreJazz Instrument

Run Time76 Mins 49 Seconds

TypeLP

ArtistDerek Bailey, Steve Lacy (Saxophone)

Release TitleSaxophone Special [Saxophone Special+]

Additional Product Features

Additional informationPersonnel includes: Steve Lacy (soprano saxophone); Steve Potts, Trevor Watts (soprano & alto saxophone); Evan Parker (soprano, tenor & baritone saxophone); Michael Waizviz (synthesizer); Derek Bailey (guitar); Kent Carter (bass); John Stevens (percussion). Recorded in London, England between July 28, 1973 and December 30, 1974. Recording information: 100 Club (07/30/1973/12/19/1974); Wigmore Hall (07/30/1973/12/19/1974). Of both historical and musical value, Steve Lacy's Saxophone Special, which features a quartet of saxophonists, was recorded only a couple of months after Anthony Braxton's New York, Fall 1974, which also features a saxophone quartet, and a year or so before the advent of the well-known World Saxophone Quartet. Though the four here are augmented by guitar and synthesizer, the multi-saxophone conception is clearly similar; perhaps the idea was simply "in the air" around that time. All five compositions are by Lacy, and their structure will be familiar to fans of his: quirky, oddly sing-songy, and intricate, their crooked themes serving as complicated ground for improvisation. Evan Parker, Trevor Watts, and future longtime collaborator Steve Potts are lucid and imaginative throughout, riding the ornery accompaniment of Derek Bailey's guitar and the somewhat loopy synthesizer sounds of Michel Waisvisz. It's also a rare (possibly unique) opportunity to hear Parker on baritone for one track. If all involved have performed more inspirationally elsewhere, Saxophone Special is still deserving of a listen both for good, solid playing and to hear one of the earliest manifestations of a grouping that would become more and more common in ensuing years. In 1998, Emanem issued this on disc along with three cuts from a 1973 release, The Crust. ~ Brian Olewnick

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