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a r t i s t : Steve Lacy
t i t l e : The Beat Suite
d a t e : 2003
l a b e l : EmArcy/Univeral (France)
g e n r e : Avantgarde
r l s. d a t e : Dec/2003
t r a c k s : 10
b i t r a t e : 192kbps
s i z e : 69,2 MB
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Steve Lacy - soprano saxophone
Irene Aebi - vocals
George Lewis - trombone
Jean Jacques Venel - double bass
John Betsch - drums
"Each song is a role, each poem is a story. This is highfalutin'
material ... it's not for everybody." - Steve Lacy
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Soprano saxophonist Steve Lacy's The Beat Suite is an ambitious attempt
to set beat-era poetry by some of the genre's most iconic progenitors to
Lacy's idiosyncratic jazz stylings. Featuring the vocals of Lacy's wife
and longtime collaborator, Irene Aebi, the group also includes George
Lewis adding counterpuntal touches on trombone, bassist Jean Jacques
Avenel, and drummer John Betsch. While fans of such beat writers as
William S. Burroughs, Robert Creeley, and Jack Kerouac may find this
interesting, the real success of The Beat Suite rests largely in the
listeners' interest in hearing Aebi. An acquired taste even by avant-
garde standards, Aebi often sounds like a cross between Jessye Norman
and Nico. Compositionally, the songs follow Lacy's serpentine, atonal
logic often sounding something like Gerry Mulligan's pianoless quartet
in bizzaro world. Thankfully, the poems are included in the liner notes,
as it is sometimes hard to focus on them with all the jazz going on.
Not for everyone, but longtime Lacy fans should dig it. - Matt Collar
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01-Wave Lover (words by Jack Kerouac) [04:05]
02-Song (words by Allen Ginsberg) [06:26]
03-Naked Lunch (words by William Burroughs) [04:19]
04-Private Sadnes (words by Bob Kaufmann) [08:39]
05-A Ring Of Bone (words by Lew Welch) [04:51]
06-The Mad Yak (words by Gregory Corso) [04:45]
07-Jack's Blues (words by Robert Creely) [03:37]
08-Agenda (words by Jack Spicer) [03:59]
09-In The Pocket (words by Anne Waldman) [04:23]
10-Mother Goose (words by Kenneth Rexroth) [05:14]
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50:18 min
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