| Wee Sneezawee | |
| Type: | Album |
| Artist: | Jimmy Lyons Quintet |
| Cover: | Wee Sneezawee.jpg |
| Released: | 1983 |
| Recorded: | September 26 & 27, 1983 |
| Genre: | Jazz |
| Length: | 42:45 |
| Label: | Black Saint |
| Producer: | Giovanni Bonandrini |
| Chronology: | Jimmy Lyons |
| Prev Title: | Burnt Offering |
| Prev Year: | 1982 |
| Next Title: | Give It Up |
| Next Year: | 1985 |
Wee Sneezawee is an album by American jazz saxophonist Jimmy Lyons recorded in 1983 for the Italian Black Saint label.[1]
The AllMusic review awarded the album 4 stars.[2] The New York City Jazz Records reviewer wrote that "It's often dense and tense collectivized free jazz, but it's also radically egalitarian, each voice an equal even in the presence of Lyons' soaring virtuosity."[3] The Penguin Guide to Jazz described the album as "the most conventional" of those recorded towards the end of Lyons's career.[4]
Writing for Audiophile Audition, Doug Simpson commented: "Nothing Lyons recorded could be considered mainstream jazz, but over the 42 minutes, Lyons moves as close to a conventional nature as any Lyons record gets. Lyons is the leader, but there is a lot of room and space for the others. Malik shifts from unison lines with Lyons to impactful solo statements and is intense on the opening title track, matching Lyons' enlivened chords and lines. During the course of the program, Borca’s bassoon provides a deeper resonance which complements Parker’s bass, and often is the musical adhesive which grounds the five lengthy Lyons compositions."[5]
All compositions by Jimmy Lyons