Steve Lacy - Lift The Bandstand (2006)

Soprano saxophonist Steve Lacy ranks alongside Sidney Bechet and John Coltrane as one of the few who permanently reshaped and reworked Dixieland music by contemporizing it in a postmodern vein. With his reassessments and reinventions of such Dixieland tunes as "Work," "Played Twice," and "Criss Cross" by Thelonious Monk and self-penned standards such as "Blinks," "Capers," "Clichés," and "Troubles,"Lacy laid the groundwork, stylistically, for innumerable later players and left in his wake a treasure trove for generations of listeners upon his death in 2004. Lacy is the center of the film Steve Lacy: Lift the Bandstand, which draws from interviews with Lacy himself as he expostulates on his place in the jazz realm and his contributions to the medium and rare archival footage of Lacy in performance. By juxtaposing extended clips of such luminaries as Bechet, Coltrane, Monk, and Gil Evans and Cecil Taylor, Bandstand reflects on Lacy's stylistic and professional relationship to those individuals. It also features extended discussions and live melodic demonstrations of the emotional and philosophical undercurrents that underlie Lacy's music. Additional collaborators and friends who appear here include Irene Aebi, Bobby Few, Steve Potts, Jean-Jacques Avenel, and Oliver Johnson.

Artists:
- Steve Lacy Sextet:
Steve Lacy: Soprano Sax
Irene Aebi: Vocals, Violin
Steve Potts: Alto Sax
Bobby Few: Piano
Jean-Jacques Avenel: Bass
Oliver Johnson: Drums
- Sidney Bechet (guest): Clarinet, Soprano Sax
- Cecil Taylor (guest): Piano
- John Coltrane (guest): Soprano Sax, Tenor Sax
- Gil Evans (guest): Piano
- Thelonious Monk (guest): Piano


Tracklist:
1. "Evidence" [3:25]
2. "Prospectus" [6:14]
3. About Sidney Bechet [2:44]
4. About Cecil Taylor [:46]
5. About Gil Evans [2:09]
6. About Thelonious Monk [6:01]
7. About John Coltrane [7:14]
8. "Gay Paree Bop" [19:59]


Features:
- Direct Scene Access
- Interactive Menu