The Way (Steve Lacy album)

The Way
Live album by Steve Lacy
Released 1980
Recorded January 23, 1979
Venue Stadttheater Basel, Switzerland
Genre Jazz
Length 115:28 CD reissue with additional tracks
Label HatHut
hat Hut THREE (2R3)
Producer Werner X. Uehlinger
Steve Lacy chronology
High, Low and Order
(1979)		 The Way
(1980)		 Eronel
(1980)

The Way is a live album by soprano saxophonist Steve Lacy, which was recorded in Basel, Switzerland in 1979 and first released on the HatHut label in 1980 as a double LP.[1][2][3] The album was rereleased as a double LP in 1985 and as a CD in 2000 with three additional tracks from the concert.[4]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[5]

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow stated "the many strong solos by Lacy and the highly underrated altoist Potts makes this two-fer of interest for followers of advanced jazz. This was always a well-organized and highly original group".[5] On All About Jazz Francis Lo Kee said "The great Steve Lacy, recently departed, made many records, but this one captures a great ensemble at the peak of its creative powers ... it's hard to believe that so much great music was played in one sitting".[6] Clifford Allen observed "The playful, off-kilter melodies that Lacy has a penchant for, deceptively simple repetitions of phrase and eloquent austerity, belie a Buddhist wit, and the way in which Lacy plays with composition and improvisation as though they were riddles for one another fits right into the jazz musician's koan".[7]

Track listing

All compositions by Steve Lacy except where noted

  1. "Stamps" – 5:46 Additional track on CD reissue
  2. "Blinks" – 10:45 Additional track on CD reissue
  3. "Troubles" – 9:59 Additional track on CD reissue
  4. "Raps" – 11:31
  5. "Dreams" (Steve Lacy, Brion Gysin) – 9:17
  6. "Existence" – 8:40
  7. "The Way" – 9:56
  8. "Bone" – 7:45
  9. "Name" – 12:57
  10. "The Breath" – 12:00
  11. "Life On Its Way" – 11:05
  12. "Swiss Duck" – 5:53

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ Jazzlists: Steve Lacy discography accessed July 9, 2018
  2. ↑ Steve Lacy discography accessed July 9, 2018
  3. ↑ Jazzlists: HatHut "R01" series discography accessed July 9, 2018
  4. ↑ Discogs album entry accessed July 9, 2018
  5. 1 2 Yanow, Scott. Steve Lacy: The Way – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved July 9, 2018.
  6. ↑ Kee, F. L. All About Jazz Review 1 accessed July 9, 2018
  7. ↑ Allen, C. All About Jazz Review 2 accessed July 9, 2018
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