STEVE LACY
November
Steve Lacy Soprano Saxophone
Recorded November, 29, 2003 at
Unerhört! Festival, Rote Fabrik, Zürich, Switzerland.
Mixed, edited and mastered in March 2010 by Patrik Schwitter, Sunhill Project
Studio, Switzerland.
Cover art: René Guiffrey. Cover design: Jonas Schoder. Liner Notes:
Bill Shoemaker, Jürg Wickihalder, Irène Aebi.
Photo: Francesca Pfeffer. Executive production: Jürg Wickihalder. Produced
by Intakt Records, Patrik Landolt.
Intakt CD 171
The
people who heard Steve Lacy’s final solo performance in 2003 at
the “Unerhört” Festival in Zurich will not have forgotten
the experience. This rollercoaster of emotions. It didn’t just
go under the skin; it went straight to the heart. It was so moving to
see and hear the love, serenity, trust and sense of adventure that the
totally weak Lacy displayed for his music. This is what was so wonderful
and magic about that grey, cold November afternoon: we all witnessed
what it is like when a master of improvisation gets carried away by
the power of music. He became one with the music, drawn to it like a
magnet. How beautiful: sadness found joy. Coldness found warmth. Am
Unerhört!-Festival 2003 in Zürich spielte der Saxophonist
Steve Lacy sein letztes Solo Konzert. Acht Jahre nach dem Tod von Steve
Lacy macht Intakt Records diese aussergewöhnlichen Aufnahmen zugänglich:
Das letzte Solo eines der grossen Musiker des heutigen Jazz. Ein eindrückliches,
ergreifendes Dokument. Die Liner Notes schreiben der amerikanische Journalist
Bill Shoemaker, Lacys Frau Irene Aebi sowie Lacys Schüler und Saxophonist
Jürg Wickihalder.
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