Clangs (album) explained

Clangs
Type:Live album
Artist:Steve Lacy Double Sextet
Cover:Clangs.jpg
Released:1993
Recorded:March 4–6, 1992
Venue:Grosser Sendesaal Funkhaus Wallrafplatz, Cologne, Germany
Genre:Jazz
Length:58:38
Label:hat ART
hat ART CD 6116
Producer:Pia Uehlinger, Ulrich Kurth, Werner X. Uehlinger
Chronology:Steve Lacy
Prev Title:Spirit of Mingus
Prev Year:1992
Next Title:We See
Next Year:1993

Clangs is a live album by soprano saxophonist Steve Lacy featuring a double sextet, which was recorded in Germany in 1992 and released on the Swiss hat ART label in 1993.[1] [2] [3]

Reception

The Allmusic review by Thom Jurek called it "a mixed bag" observing "the set is long on poetics and short on swinging or blowing aesthetics ... this is an experiment that, with the exception of one track, didn't work".

Track listing

All compositions by Steve Lacy

  1. "The Owl" – 6:53
  2. "Torments" – 10:52
  3. "Tracks" – 7:30
  4. "Dome" – 16:29
  5. "The New Moon" – 11:15

Personnel

Notes and References

  1. http://www.jazzlists.com/SJ_Steve_Lacy.htm Jazzlists: Steve Lacy discography
  2. http://nyds-discographies.com/lacy.htm Steve Lacy discography
  3. http://www.jazzlists.com/SJ_Label_HatHut_A_6100.htm Jazzlists: hatART discography: CDs: 6100 to 6199