Steve Lacy: Conversations

Description: Please refer to the section BELOW (and NOT ABOVE) this line for the product details - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Title:Steve Lacy: ConversationsISBN13:9780822338154ISBN10:0822338157Author:Weiss, Jason (Editor)Description:Steve Lacy: Conversations Is A Collection Of Thirty-Four Interviews With The Innovative Saxophonist And Jazz Composer Lacy (1934-2004), A Pioneer In Making The Soprano Saxophone A Contemporary Jazz Instrument, Was A Prolific Performer And Composer, With Hundreds Of Recordings To His Name This Volume Brings Together Interviews That Appeared In A Variety Of Magazines Between 1959 And 2004 Conducted By Writers, Critics, Musicians, Visual Artists, A Philosopher, And An Architect, The Interviews Indicate The Evolution Of Lacy's Extraordinary Career And Thought Lacy Began Playing The Soprano Saxophone At Sixteen, And Was Soon Performing With Dixieland Musicians Much Older Than He By Nineteen He Was Playing With The Pianist Cecil Taylor, Who Ignited His Interest In The Avant-Garde He Eventually Became The Foremost Proponent Of Thelonious Monk's Music Lacy Played With A Broad Range Of Musicians, Including Monk And Gil Evans, And Led His Own Bands A Voracious Reader And The Recipient Of A Macarthur Genius Grant, Lacy Was Particularly Known For Setting To Music Literary Texts--Such As The Tao Te Ching, And The Work Of Poets Including Samuel Beckett, Robert Creeley, And Taslima Nasrin--As Well As For Collaborating With Painters And Dancers In Multimedia Projects Lacy Lived In Paris From 1970 Until 2002, And His Music And Ideas Reflect A Decades-Long Cross-Pollination Of Cultures Half Of The Interviews In This Collection Originally Appeared In French Sources And Were Translated Specifically For This Book Jason Weiss Provides A General Introduction, As Well As Short Introductions To Each Of The Interviews And To The Selection Of Lacy's Own Brief Writings That Appears At The End Of The Book The Volume Also Includes Three Song Scores, A Selected Discography Of Lacy's Recordings, And Many Photos From The Personal Collection Of His Wife And Longtime Collaborator, Irene Aebi Interviews By: Derek Bailey, Franck Bergerot, Yves Bouliane, Etienne Brunet, Philippe Carles, Brian Case, Garth W Caylor Jr , John Corbett, Christoph Cox, Alex Dutilh, Lee Friedlander, Maria Friedlander, Isabelle Galloni D'istria, Christian Gauffre, Raymond Gervais, Paul Gros-Claude, Alain-Ren Hardy, Ed Hazell, Alain Kirili, Mel Martin, Franck M Dioni, Xavier Pr Vost, Philippe Quinsac, Ben Ratliff, G Rard Rouy, Kirk Silsbee, Roberto Terlizzi, Jason Weiss Binding:Paperback, PaperbackPublisher:DUKE UNIV PRPublication Date:2006-08-09Weight:1 lbsDimensions:0.7'' H x 9.2'' L x 6.1'' WNumber of Pages:289Language:English

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