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April 04, 2010
Steve Lacy: Ballets (Hedges and 4 Edges) 1982 HatHut LP
A two-record set from HatHut containing two works for ballet by Steve Lacy.
The first LP is a solo performance called "Hedges", recorded live on December 18 1980 at L'Ancienne Eglise des Jesuites in Porrentruy, Switzerland. Says Lacy: "The five pieces, called Hedges, were written as duos for soprano sax and piano, but in this version, as a ballet, my partner was the dancer Pierre Droulers." The ingenuity of Lacy's compositions and the resonant acoustic of the old Jesuit church combine to relieve me of my usual difficulty in absorbing music for solo melodic instruments. Droulers' contributions can be heard from time to time as well.
The second LP is a piece for Lacy's sextet, "The 4 Edges". At the time of this recording, the piece was used by Douglas Dunn for his dance "Cycles" at the Paris Ballet. The lineup is Lacy (soprano sax, footgong, voice and bells), Steve Potts (alto and soprano sax), Bobby Few (piano and fender piano), Irene Aebi (cello, violin and voice), Jean-Jaques Avenel (bass) and Oliver Johnson (drums and percussion).
The pieces:
Hedges: Hedges, Squirrel, Fox I, Fox II, Rabbit, Shambles
The 4 Edges: Outline, Underline, Coastline, Deadline
Lacy explains: "Brion Gysin provided me with the (chemical) formula for grass, Tetra Hydro (3X) Tetra Canabinol, which, when sung with the accelerating accompanying intervals (of Deadline) creates a kind of 'high' to the 'Edges' of the elements."
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Originally from The High Pony Tail, ReBlogged by newmusicrebloggers on Apr 4, 2010 at 08:10 PM