Name: Vespers
Brand: Soul Note (Italy)
SKU: 133856
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Performer Notes

Steve Lacy Octet: Steve Lacy (soprano saxophone), Irene Aebi (vocals), Steve Potts (soprano & alto saxophones), Ricky Ford (tenor saxophone), Tom Varner (French horn), Bobby Few (piano), Jean Jacques Avenel (bass), John Betsch (drums).
Producers: Giovanni Bonandrini, Ann Rebentisch (all tracks).
Recorded at Sear Sound, New York on July 5-9, 1993. Includes liner notes by Bill Shoemaker.
All songs written by Steve Lacy.
Personnel: Steve Lacy (soprano saxophone); Irene Aebi (vocals); Steve Potts (soprano saxophone, alto saxophone); Ricky Ford (tenor saxophone); Tom Varner (French horn); Bobby Few (piano); John Betsch (drums).
Recording information: Sear Sound, NY (07/1993).
Photographers: Chris Cameron; Jimmy Katz.
For this unusual set, soprano saxophonist Steve Lacy's sextet (with Steve Potts on alto and soprano, pianist Bobby Few, bassist Jean Jacques Avenel, drummer John Betsch, and vocalist Irene Aebi) is joined by the great tenor Ricky Ford (heard throughout in exciting form) and Tom Varner on French horn. The Lacy originals, which often feature Aebi singing poems, include tributes to Miles Davis, John Carter, Charles Mingus, and Stan Getz, among others. The music, as usual, sounds like nothing played by those performers, but does feature lots of interesting tone colors and harmonies and consistently stimulating solos, particularly from Ford and Potter. Well worth exploring. ~ Scott Yanow