The Super Quartet Live at Sweet Basil explained

The Super Quartet Live at Sweet Basil
Type:Live album
Artist:Mal Waldron & Steve Lacy
Cover:The Super Quartet Live at Sweet Basil.jpg
Released:1987
Recorded:August 28 & 29, 1987
Genre:Jazz
Length:45:55
Label:Paddle Wheel
Producer:Shigeyuki Kawashima
Chronology:Mal Waldron
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The Super Quartet Live at Sweet Basil is a live album by jazz pianist Mal Waldron featuring soprano saxophonist Steve Lacy recorded at Sweet Basil in New York City in 1987 and released on the Japanese Paddle Wheel label.[1]

Reception

The Allmusic review by Henry M. Shteamer awarded the album 4 stars stating " Live at Sweet Basil is highly recommended as an introduction to both Waldron and Lacy, as these performances reveal the quirks of each of their styles in a peppy, yet very profound setting".[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Mal Waldron except as indicated

  1. "What It Is" - 12:19
  2. "Evidence" (Thelonious Monk) - 10:52
  3. "Snake Out" - 15:21
  4. "Let's Call This" (Monk) - 7:23

Personnel

Notes and References

  1. http://www.jazzdisco.org/mal-waldron/catalog/#paddle-wheel-k28p-6471 Mal Waldron discography
  2. Shteamer, H. M. Allmusic Review accessed March 9, 2011