Steve Lacy
USA
Born: 23 July 1934
Died: 04 June 2004
Years Active: 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 2000
Genres: Jazz
Styles: Modern Creative, Free Jazz, Post-Bop, Hard Bop, Modal Music, Bop, Progressive Jazz, Big Band/Swing, Avant-Garde Jazz, Dixieland, Early Jazz, New Orleans/Classic Jazz
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One of the great soprano saxophonists of all time (ranking up there with Sidney Bechet and John Coltrane), Steve Lacy's career was fascinating to watch develop. He originally doubled on clarinet and soprano (dropping the former by the mid-'50s), inspired by Bechet, and played Dixieland in New York with Rex Stewart, Cecil Scott, Red Allen, and other older musicians during 1952-1955. He debuted on record in a modernized Dixieland format with Dick Sutton in 1954. However, Lacy soon jumped over several styles to play free jazz with Cecil Taylor dur...
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