5 x Monk 5 x Lacy

5 x Monk 5 x Lacy
Live album by
Steve Lacy
Released1997
RecordedMarch 26, 1994
VenueThe Stockholm Kulturhuset, Sweden
GenreFree jazz
Length45:07
LabelSilkheart SHCD 144
ProducerKeith Knox
Steve Lacy chronology
Communiqué
(1994) 		5 x Monk 5 x Lacy
(1997) 		Eternal Duo '95
(1995)

5 x Monk 5 x Lacy is a live solo album by the soprano saxophonist Steve Lacy, recorded in Sweden in 1994 and released on the Silkheart label.[1][2]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[3]
Penguin Guide to Jazz[4]

In Allmusic, Scott Yanow awarded the album 4½ stars, writing that Lacey's "interpretations are so self-sufficient that one does not miss the other instruments, although it is quite easy to 'hear' the bass and drums behind the soprano... Highly recommended".[3] The Penguin Guide to Jazz included the album in its "Core Collection" of recommended jazz recordings.[4][5] According to JazzTimes, "the entirety of Lacy's art is to be found in compacted form in solo concerts like 5 X Monk 5 X Lacy".[6]

Track listing

All compositions are by Steve Lacy except as indicated

  1. "Shuffle Boil" (Thelonious Monk) – 3:48
  2. "Eronel" (Monk) – 3:49
  3. "Evidence" (Monk) – 3:37
  4. "Pannonica" (Monk) – 5:24
  5. "Who Knows?" (Monk) – 3:12
  6. "The Crust" – 4:31
  7. "Blues for Aida" – 5:51
  8. "Revenue" – 5:27
  9. "Lunch" – 4:13
  10. "Deadline"- 5:15

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Steve Lacy discography Archived 2018-07-09 at the Wayback Machine accessed July 31, 2014
  2. ^ Silkheart Records album entry accessed July 31, 2014
  3. ^ a b Yanow, S., Allmusic Review accessed July 31, 2014
  4. ^ a b Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2008) [1992]. "Steve Lacy". The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). New York: Penguin. p. 857. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
  5. ^ Penguin Guide to Jazz: Core Collection List, accessed July 31, 2014
  6. ^ Shoemaker, B., JazzTimes Review, October 1997