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Steve Lacy |
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Name: Steve Lacy
| Nee: |
Steven Morman Lackritz |
| Born: |
23 Jul 1934 |
| Died: |
4 Jun 2004 |
| Origin: |
New York City, New York, United States |
| Instruments: |
Sax (Sopranao) |
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| Steve Lacy was an innovative jazz soprano saxophonist. He is unique in jazz for having apprenticed in Dixieland music with masters such as Henry 'Red' Allen, George 'Pops' Foster and Zutty Singleton and then with Kansas City jazz players like Buck Clayton, Dicky Wells, and Jimmy Rushing before jumping into the heart of the avant garde with Cecil Taylor, Thelonious Monk, and Gil Evans.
Steve Lacy established his reputation as a jazz musician in Paris and was thus largely unrecognised in his home country. He subsequently developed into a composer in his own right, and spent 50 years of his career in Europe. He worked and collaborated extensively with the cut-up poet and writer Brion Gysin. |
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