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Steve Lacy, born Steven Norman Lackritz, was an American composer, recording artist, and musician. He was born in New York City on July 23, 1934, and died in Boston on June 4, 2004, from cancer. Lacy played the saxophone and soprano saxophone, performing in the jazz, avant-garde jazz, and free jazz genres. He recorded for BYG Records, Candid Records, and ESP-Disk.
Lacy received the MacArthur Fellows Program award and a Guggenheim Fellowship. His works are held in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art. He was married to Irene Aebi.
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New York, New York, U.S.
Known for
- Steve e il Duca — Self (archival)2024
- Steve Lacy: Master of the Soprano Sax — Himself2004
- Steve Lacy: Lift the Bandstand1985
- Notes for a Film on Jazz — Self1965
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1934
- Active to
- 2004
Discography
- Soprano Sax1958
- Reflections: Steve Lacy Plays Thelonious Monk1959
- The Straight Horn of Steve Lacy1960
- Evidence1962
- Disposability1966
- Sortie1966
- The Forest and the Zoo1966
- Epistrophy1969
- Lapis1971
- Moon1971
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There are two major artists known as Steve Lacy. (1) Steve Lacy (July 23, 1934 – June 4, 2004), born Steven Norman Lackritz in New York City, was an American jazz saxophonist and composer recognized as one of the important players of soprano saxophone. Coming to prominence in the 1950s as a progressive dixieland musician, Lacy went on to a long and prolific career. He worked extensively in experimental jazz and to a lesser extent in free improvisation, but Lacy's music was typically melodic a
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Norman
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- New York City
- Place of death
- Boston
- Spouse
- Irene Aebi
- Occupation
- recording artist
- Genre
- jazz
- Instrument
- soprano saxophone
- Record label
- BYG Records
- Image
- Steve Lacy.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1934-07-23
- date of death
- 2004-06-04
- cause of death
- cancer
- manner of death
- natural causes
- Commons category
- Steve Lacy
- birth name
- Steven Norman Lackritz
- pseudonym
- Steve Lacy
- has works in the collection
- Museum of Modern Art
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Steve Lacy (* 23. Juli 1934 in New York als Steven Norman Lackritz; † 4. Juni 2004 in Boston) war ein US-amerikanischer Jazzmusiker (Sopransaxophonist, Bandleader und Komponist).
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