Recorded in Paris in 1979, Steve Lacy (soprano sax) and Steve Potts (alto sax) perform music for the aphorisms of Georges Braque, as sung by Irene Aebi; originally issued on Hat Hut records, this reiusse remasters the original release and includes images from the score.
Format: CD Condition: New Released: 2015 Country: USA Packaging: Cardboard Gatefold In Plastic Sleeve Recorded in Paris, France, on December 14th, 1979 by Jef Gibson. Originally issued on Hat Hut Records in 1981 as catalog code 1R20. Remastered at Experimental Sound Studio, Chicago, 2015.
1. A - We Will Never Have Any Peace - The Present Is Perpetual 3:18
2. B - Do Not Imitate What You Wish To Create 3:15
3. C - I Want To Be In Tune With Nature Rather Then Copy It 3:13
4. D - I Don't Do As I Like, I Do As I Can 3:21
5. E - Art Is Made To Trouble, Science Reassures 3:11
6. F - The Only Thing Valueable In Art, Is What Cannot Be Explained 3:20
7. G - One Must Achieve A Certain Temperature That Makes Things Malleable 3:22
8. H - Limited Means Lead To New Forms, Invite Creation, Make Style 3:35
9. I - Impregnation, Obsession, Hallucination 3:15
10. J - It's The Change HappeningThat Reveals To Us, Day To Day Exsistance 3:16
11. K - Echo Answers Echo, All Is Repercussion 3:40
12. L - For Every Gain There Is A Corresponding Loss - That Is The Law Of Compensation 3:23
13. M - Progress In Art Is Not About Extending Its Limits, But In Better Understanding Them 3:27
14. N - With Age, Art And Life Become One 0:43
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"Soprano saxophonist Lacy wrote the suite of tunes for Tips to feature the aphorisms of painter Georges Braque, as sung by Irene Aebi. Together with his right-hand-man, alto saxophonist Potts, he and Aebi recorded these 14 anthemic tracks in Paris in 1979, and the young hat Hut label issued them on a now-rare LP. The music allowed Lacy to extend and deepen his longstanding interest in setting text to music, and at the same time it provided a perfect context for extrapolated duets with Potts, whose dedication to Lacy over twenty years of collaboration somewhat overshadowed his own creative output. This CD is the first release of Lacy's full hat Hut oeuvre, mastered from the original tapes, which CvsD acquired last year."-Corbett Vs. Dempsey
"Georges Braque (1882-1963) was a major 20th-century French painter, collagist, draughtsman, printmaker and sculptor. His most important contributions to the history of art were in his alliance with Fauvism from 1906, and the role he played in the development of Cubism. Braque's work between 1908 and 1912 is closely associated with that of his colleague Pablo Picasso. Their respective Cubist works were indistinguishable for many years, yet the quiet nature of Braque was partially eclipsed by the fame and notoriety of Picasso."-Wikipedia