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steve lacy

Steve Lacy, who hipped John Coltrane to the soprano sax and fused the music of Thelonious Monk with Dixieland, passed away Friday. He recently cut an album with trumpeter Dave Douglas that I'd like to pick up. I just learned about him a few weeks ago and I'm shocked to learn that he's already gone.

Posted by Mike on June 7, 2004 11:56 AM |

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Totally ignorant question: When did Coltrane start playing soprano? Later years when he was into the free jazz?

Posted by: LionIndex | June 7, 2004 3:29 PM

I'm not sure, but he got a lot of attention for his soprano playing on My Favorite Things, in 1960 -- which I think was a year or two before his experimental phase really started.

Posted by: nedlog | June 7, 2004 5:24 PM

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