[NewMusicEvents] Jazz Salon Presents Greenlief on Lacy

[Phillip Greenlief]

Dear Friends,
 
I am happy to say that I have been invited to present a lecture at The
Jazz Salon this coming Sunday. I have chosen to talk about Steve Lacy,
one of my very favorite musicians. I'll be playing records, talking
about his unique body of work, and playing some of his compositions.
 
Below are all the pertinent details - I hope to see you there.
Phillip Greenlief
 
 
Jazz Salon:
 
The next Salon will be presented by Philip Greenlief and will be held at
the home of Bruce Nye on June 3rd, starting at 11AM. Please e-mail or
call Bruce to confirm.
 
94 Hermosa Street
Oakland, 94618
652-6937
 
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Phillip Greenlief: Tracing Steve Lacy from Dixieland Gigster to Soprano
Saxophone Icon
 
The next Jazz Salon will feature a presentation on Steve Lacy by
saxophonist Phillip Greenlief, who will play recordings and perform
compositions from Lacy's career in the late 1950's in New York to his
exile in Europe (mainly Paris) and back to Boston at the end of his
life, where he taught at the New England Conservatory. Greenlief was
fortunate to have met Lacy and hung out with him on several occasions,
and will be including some personal anecdotes about this great musician.
 
ABOUT STEVE LACY
 
Steve Lacy (July 23, 1934 - June 4, 2004), born Steven Norman Lackritz
 
Steve Lacy is one of the premiere soprano saxophonists and an American
jazz icon. Inspired by Sidney Bechet, another soprano saxophone giant,
his career began with Dixieland gigs and shortly thereafter he found
himself playing with Thelonious Monk, Cecil Taylor, and many others
before leaving the United States to become a jazz exile in Europe.
During his nearly 40-year residence in Paris, the saxophonist composed
material for numerous ensembles and recordings, revolutionized solo
performance for saxophone and appeared on over 230 recordings as a
leader or guest artist. He collaborated with many of the greatest jazz
musicians and improvisers of the past century, in particular with his
wife, Irene Aebi.
 
Like many other great musicians, Lacy also developed a great body of
compositions based on his own unique organizational system of harmony.
Mr. Greenlief will illustrate this system and compare it to a similar
system used by John Coltrane to develop his influential jazz classic
"Giant Steps".
 
 
Phillip Greenlief
c/o Evander Music
PO Box 22158 Oakland, CA
94623-9991
www.evandermusic.com
 
 
 
 
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