Mal Waldron, Steve Lacy - The Mighty Warriors: Live in Antwerp (Live) (2024)

“Lacy and Waldron first shared a stage at the Five Spot in 1958 and had performed together ever since, often in Europe, where both men settled in the 1960s. They weren’t an obvious match. Lacy’s soprano saxophone had a chirping, fluttering sound that often evoked a lightness, an irrepressible jauntiness. Waldron’s sound had a vein of melancholy as deep and as rich as a Black spiritual, or a Schubert lieder. But the two men shared an affinity with the music of Thelonious Monk and had a similar relationship with the avant-garde, whose freedoms they embraced without ever turning their back on melody. These contrasts and convergences made for a sublime chemistry, and it was on thrilling display that night in Antwerp, the last in a series of three concerts held in celebration of Waldron’s 70th birthday.” ADAM SHATZ.

Bass – Reggie Workman
Drums – Andrew Cyrille
Executive-Producer – Carlos Agustin Colembert, Jordi Soley
Mastered By [LP Mastering] – Matthew Lutthans
Mixed By [Mixing], Restoration [Sound Restoration By] – Marc Doutrepont
Photography By [Back And Booklet Photos] – Hugo Peeters
Photography By [Front Photo] – Kanji Nakayama
Piano – Mal Waldron
Producer [Associate] – Martín Arias Goldestein, Zak Shelby-Szyszko
Producer [For Release] – Zev Feldman
Soprano Saxophone – Steve Lacy

Tracklist:
1.01 - Mal Waldron, Steve Lacy - What It Is (Live) (17:15)
1.02 - Mal Waldron, Steve Lacy - Epistrophy (Live) (6:04)
1.03 - Mal Waldron, Steve Lacy - Longing (Live) (12:19)
1.04 - Mal Waldron, Steve Lacy - Monk's Dream (Live) (12:53)
1.05 - Mal Waldron, Steve Lacy - Variation Of III (Live) (24:51)
1.06 - Mal Waldron, Steve Lacy - Medley: Snake Out / Variations On A Theme by Cecil Taylor (Live) (25:19)