Reissue of this 1983 live outing of the Steve Lacy Five, an incredible and sophisticated band with Steve Potts, Irene Aebi, Jean-Jacques Avenel and Oliver Johnson performing Lacy compositions.
Format: CD Condition: New Released: 2011 Country: Switzerland Packaging: Cardstock foldover Recorded live direct to two-tracks by Peter Pfister assisted by Fanny Pfister at Rote Fabrik Zurich on February 12th, 1983. Originally released as a double CD in 1997 on hatArt as 2-6189.
"On Blinks, the listener hears the Steve Lacy group winning one of these games (kicking ass and taking names, as a friend of mine puts it), caught live 1983 in the big hall at the Rote Fabrik, Zürich. The band plays with such simultaneous togetherness and fire; they've already well-past cleared the ground and taken off as a cohesive ensemble, passed "stiff" period by, able to prod, push, surprise even itself. Just to hear Lacy take over soloing from Potts on "Blinks," like some Hendrix sharpened tendril of feedback: aggressive, interceptive, but continuous. Model of collectivity, balancing trust and risk."- John Corbett, Chicago 1997