Steve Lacey (July 23, 1934 - June 4, 2004, current name Stephen Norman Lacrits) is an American jazz saxophonist and composer, one of the greatest soprano saxophonists of all time [2] .
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| Birth name | Stephen Norman Lacrits |
| Date of Birth | July 23, 1934 |
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| Date of death | June 4, 2004 (69 years old) |
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| A country |  USA  France |
| Professions | musician , saxophonist |
| Instruments | soprano saxophone |
| Genres | Dixieland , jazz avant-garde jazz |
| Labels | , and |
| Awards | McArthur Scholarship ( 1992 ) |
Biography
Lacey's stylistic evolution in jazz was very bizarre. Playing on a soprano saxophone, unusual at that time (the influence of Sydney Béschet ) [3] , he began his career in the early 50s with the old-fashioned Dixieland . In 1953 he met Cecil Taylor , who not only expands his cultural baggage, but also draws him into the musical avant-garde [3] . Lacey takes part in the recording of Taylor's debut album Jazz Advance (1956). In 1960, Lacey collaborates with Telonius Monk and is so imbued with his work that he creates a quartet dedicated to the performance of Monk's works (1961–65) [4] .
In 1967 he left for Europe. For three years he participated in Rome in the project Musica Elettronica Viva - the combination of free improvisation with electronics [5] . In 1970, Lacey emigrated to Paris, where he lived for more than 30 years, played with Carla Blay, led a trio, a quartet with Enrico Rava [6] . In the seventies he created his sextet [7] , which existed until the mid-90s [8] . In Europe, Lacey was widely recognized in the jazz field, remaining less well known in the United States. Lacey was interested in art, made musical productions based on the works of Lao Tzu , Samuel Becket , Robert Creelie , Brion Gaisin , Taslima Nasrin and others. The vocal cycle “Rushes” (1990) [9] out of 10 songs Lacy devoted to translated into English verses by Akhmatova , Mandelstam , Tsvetaeva [10] .
In 1992, Lacey became a MacArthur Foundation scholarship [11] . He has also collaborated with many musicians, from traditional jazz to avant-garde and contemporary classical music.
In 2002, he returned to the United States to teach at the Boston Conservatory of New England [12] . He died of cancer in 2004 [13] .
Discography
Notes
- ↑ http://www.jazz.com/encyclopedia/lacy-steve-steven-norman-lackritz
- ↑ 52 street | Steve Lacy (Steve Lacy)
- ↑ 1 2 Steve Lacy interviewed in 1974
- ↑ Steve Lacy - Intercontinental virtuoso
- ↑ Steve Lacy - Jazz Radio (unavailable link) . Date of treatment March 29, 2014. Archived March 29, 2014.
- ↑ Lacey Steve - Jazz. XX century - Yandex. Dictionaries Archival copy of March 29, 2014 on the Wayback Machine (unavailable link from 06/14/2016 [1154 days])
- ↑ Steve Lacy- Perfect Sound Forever
- ↑ By Gérard Rouy "
- ↑ Steve Lacy - Rushes - 10 Songs From Russia (CD, Album) at Discogs
- ↑ Áè-áè-èè | ANNOUNCEMENT | Direct Measurement
- ↑ Jazz Saxman Steve Lacy Dies | Billboard
- ↑ P O L N Y Y Z A Z - Issue # 22 (260) - June 16, 2004
- ↑ Steve Lacy and John Heward - Recessional for Oliver Johnson - Live Montreal 2004