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b. Steven Norman Lackritz, 23 July 1934, NEW YORK, NY, USA, d. 4 June 2004, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Few contemporary jazzmen have selected the soprano saxophone as their primary device; Steve Lacy was most likely unique in selecting it as his only 1. Reputed to end up being the participant …
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Among the great soprano saxophonists ever (rank up there with Sidney Bechet and John Coltrane), Steve Lacy’s profession was fascinating to view develop. He originally doubled on clarinet and soprano (falling the former with the middle-’50s), motivated by Bechet, and performed Dixieland in NY with Rex Stewart, Cecil Scott, Crimson …
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