Jump to content

The Cry (Steve Lacy album)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Cry
Live album by
ReleasedMay 4, 1999
RecordedMarch 8, 1998
VenueAMR Jazz Festival, The Alhambra, Geneva, Switzerland
GenreJazz
Length86:54
LabelSoul Note
SN 1315
ProducerSteve Lacy
Steve Lacy chronology
Sands
(1998)
The Cry
(1999)
The Rent
(1999)

The Cry is a live album by soprano saxophonist Steve Lacy recorded at the AMR Jazz Festival in Geneva in 1998 and released on the Italian Soul Note label as a double CD in 1999.[1][2]

Reception

[edit]
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[3]

Allmusic reviewer Tom Schulte stated "Saxophonist Lacy provides listeners with an engaging, lyrical selection of material. ... An entirely different face of Lacy, this is the man at his experimental best".[3] All About Jazz noted "Although The Cry furthers the fascination soprano saxophonist Steve Lacy has previously established with setting the work of women writers to music, it also breaks significant new ground in its bold, uncompromising feminist political slant. In that single respect, The Cry could well prove to be as controversial as it is compelling".[4]

Track listing

[edit]

All compositions by Steve Lacy with text by Taslima Nasrin except where noted

Disc One:

  1. "Cannonade" – 1:39
  2. "Character" – 4:06
  3. "Straight Path" – 5:18
  4. "Granary" – 6:31
  5. "Divorce Letter" – 5:51
  6. "Divided" – 5:07
  7. "Agression" – 6:53

Disc Two:

  1. "Désir D'Amour" – 7:21
  2. "Body Theory" – 7:10
  3. "Dark and Handsome" – 6:27
  4. "Acquaintance" – 6:40
  5. "The Cry" – 11:56
  6. "Rundown (Ambapali Speaks)" (text by Ambapali) – 10:55

Personnel

[edit]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ Jazzlists: Steve Lacy discography accessed February 1, 2019
  2. ^ Steve Lacy discography accessed February 1, 2019
  3. ^ a b Schulte, Tom. Steve Lacy + 6: The Cry – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved January 31, 2019.
  4. ^ AAJ Staff All About Jazz Review, accessed February 1, 2019