Steve Lacy - The Straight Horn Of Steve Lacy AEC Video all of which make for

all of which make for one of the finest films to date about this maverick musician

(he takes) us into Debussy's world and let's us experience it's magic

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for instance in terms of pitches and intonations

"it is inconceivable that they will not soon be among the busiest chamber ensembles going

Steve Lacy - The Straight Horn Of Steve Lacy AEC Video all of which make forThe Straight Horn Of Steve Lacy by Steve Lacy The "straight horn" referred to in the title of this superb album from 1961 is the soprano saxophone, and Lacy is recognized as one of the greatest to ever play the instrument, ranking alongside John Coltrane and Sidney Bechet. Because of the difficulty involved in mastering it's pitch challenges, very few jazzmen concentrated on it. Lacy is widely considered the first "modern" musician to specialize on