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    Steve Lacy

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    When I first started playing music in 1955, there was just a small body of people that knew it. It was a very esoteric type of thing. ↗


    — Steve Lacy

    #esoteric #first #i #just #knew

    When I found the music of Monk I finally found music that fit that horn. Every one of his tunes fit it perfectly. ↗


    — Steve Lacy

    #finally #fit #found #his #horn

    When I heard Monk in person in 1955, he was playing with a quartet in a small club. The place was full of musicians, but there was no public at all. ↗


    — Steve Lacy

    #full #heard #i #monk #musicians

    Whoever has an original thing to say, it is sort of a threat to the status quo. ↗


    — Steve Lacy

    #original thing #quo #say #sort #status

    You have to sound sad first of all, then maybe later you can sound good. ↗


    — Steve Lacy

    #first of all #good #later #maybe #sad

    You must have the music to justify an instrument's extensive use. ↗


    — Steve Lacy

    #instrument #justify #music #must #use






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    Lacy was interested in all the arts: the visual arts and poetry in particular became important sources for him. Live in Berlin
    Lacy played his 'farewell concerts to Europe' in Belgium in duo and solo for a small but motivated public. Europe and sextet
    Lacy's first visit to Europe came in 1965 with a visit to Copenhagen in the company of Kenny Drew; he went to Italy and formed a quartet with Italian trumpeter Enrico Rava and the South African musicians Johnny Dyani and Louis Moholo (their visit to Buenos Aires is documented on The Forest and the Zoo ESP 1967).

    He worked extensively in experimental jazz and dabbled in free improvisation but Lacy's music was typically melodic and tightly-structured. Beyond Monk Lacy performed the work of jazz composers such as Charles Mingus Duke Ellington and Herbie Nichols; unlike many jazz musicians he rarely played standard popular or show tunes.

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