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{{Infobox album
{{Infobox Album | <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums -->
| Name = Soprano Sax
| name = Soprano Sax
| Type = [[Album]]
| type = [[Album]]
| Artist = [[Steve Lacy]]
| artist = [[Steve Lacy (saxophonist)|Steve Lacy]]
| Cover = Soprano Sax.jpg
| cover = Soprano Sax.jpg
| Released = 1958
| alt =
| Recorded = November 1, 1957
| released = 1958
| Genre = [[Jazz]]
| recorded = November 1, 1957
| Length = 33:33
| venue =
| Label = [[Prestige Records|Prestige]]
| studio = [[Van Gelder Studio]], Hackensack, NJ
| Producer =
| genre = [[Jazz]]
| Reviews =
| length = 33:33
| label = [[Prestige Records|Prestige]]<br>PRLP 7125
| Last album =
| producer = [[Bob Weinstock]]
| This album = '''''Soprano Sax'''''</br>(1958)
| prev_title =
⚫
| Next album = ''[[Reflections (Steve Lacy album)|Reflections]]''</br>(1959)
| prev_year =
⚫
| next_title = [[Reflections (Steve Lacy album)|Reflections]]
| next_year = 1959
}}
}}


'''''Soprano Sax''''' (also released as '''''Soprano Today''''') is the [[debut album]] by [[Steve Lacy]] which was released on the [[Prestige Records|Prestige]] label in 1958. It features performances by Lacy, [[Wynton Kelly]], [[Buell Neidlinger]] and [[Dennis Charles]].
'''''Soprano Sax''''' (also released as '''''Soprano Today''''') is the debut album by [[Steve Lacy (saxophonist)|Steve Lacy]] which was released on the [[Prestige Records|Prestige]] label in 1958. It features performances by Lacy, [[Wynton Kelly]], [[Buell Neidlinger]] and [[Dennis Charles]].


==Reception==
==Reception==
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| rev1 = ''[[Allmusic]]''
| rev1 = ''[[Allmusic]]''
| rev1Score = {{rating|4.5|5}}<ref name="Allmusic"/>
| rev1Score = {{rating|4.5|5}}<ref name="Allmusic"/>
|rev2 = ''[[The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide]]''
| rev2Score = {{rating|5|5}}<ref name=RSJRG>{{Cite book
|editor-last=Swenson
|editor-first=J.
| author-link =
| year = 1985
| title = The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide
| publisher = Random House/Rolling Stone
| location = USA
| isbn = 0-394-72643-X
| pages = 120
}}</ref>
|rev3 = ''[[The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings]]''
|rev3score = {{Rating|3|4}} <ref name="Penguin">Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008) ''The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings'' (9th edition). Penguin. p. 855</ref>
}}
}}


==Track listing==
==Track listing==
# "[[Day Dream]]" ([[Billy Strayhorn|Strayhorn]], [[Duke Ellington|Ellington]]) - 4:23
# "[[Day Dream]]" ([[Billy Strayhorn|Strayhorn]], [[Duke Ellington|Ellington]]) - 4:23
# "[[Alone Together (song)|Alone Together]]" ([[Howard Dietz|Dietz]], [[Arthur Schwartz|Schwartz]]) - 6:35
# "[[Alone Together (1932 song)|Alone Together]]" ([[Howard Dietz|Dietz]], [[Arthur Schwartz|Schwartz]]) - 6:35
# "Work" ([[Thelonious Monk|Monk]]) - 5:24
# "Work" ([[Thelonious Monk|Monk]]) - 5:24
# "Rockin' in Rhythm" ([[Duke Ellington|Ellington]], [[Irving Mills|Mills]], [[Harry Carney|Carney]]) - 4:05
# "Rockin' in Rhythm" ([[Duke Ellington|Ellington]], [[Irving Mills|Mills]], [[Harry Carney|Carney]]) - 4:05
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==Personnel==
==Personnel==
*[[Steve Lacy]] - soprano saxophone
*[[Steve Lacy (saxophonist)|Steve Lacy]] - soprano saxophone
*[[Wynton Kelly]] - piano
*[[Wynton Kelly]] - piano
*[[Buell Neidlinger]] - bass
*[[Buell Neidlinger]] - bass
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== References ==
== References ==
{{reflist}}
{{reflist}}
{{Steve Lacy}}
{{Authority control}}


[[Category:1958 debut albums]]
[[Category:1958 debut albums]]
[[Category:Steve Lacy albums]]
[[Category:Steve Lacy (saxophonist) albums]]
[[Category:Prestige Records albums]]
[[Category:Prestige Records albums]]
[[Category:Albums produced by Bob Weinstock]]
[[Category:Albums recorded at Van Gelder Studio]]
[[Category:Albums recorded in a home studio]]

Latest revision as of 02:57, 4 July 2023

Soprano Sax
Studio album by
Steve Lacy
Released1958
RecordedNovember 1, 1957
StudioVan Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ
GenreJazz
Length33:33
LabelPrestige
PRLP 7125
ProducerBob Weinstock
Steve Lacy chronology
Soprano Sax
(1958) 		Reflections
(1959)

Soprano Sax (also released as Soprano Today) is the debut album by Steve Lacy which was released on the Prestige label in 1958. It features performances by Lacy, Wynton Kelly, Buell Neidlinger and Dennis Charles.

Reception

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The Allmusic review by Bob Rusch awarded the album 4.5 stars stating "This was the first of three recordings soprano saxophonist Steve Lacy made for Prestige and this 11/1/57 session was his first as a leader...There was a controlled tension to this date, like everybody's trying to play, carefully, to a common goal. It's almost as if someone were present to make sure everybody stayed within obvious perimeters.".[1]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings [3]

Track listing

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  1. "Day Dream" (Strayhorn, Ellington) - 4:23
  2. "Alone Together" (Dietz, Schwartz) - 6:35
  3. "Work" (Monk) - 5:24
  4. "Rockin' in Rhythm" (Ellington, Mills, Carney) - 4:05
  5. "Little Girl, Your Daddy Is Calling You" (Unknown) - 4:32
  6. "Easy to Love" (Porter) - 8:25
  • Recorded in Hackensack, November 1, 1957

Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ a b Rusch, B. Allmusic Review accessed June 22, 2011
  2. ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 120. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  3. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008) The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th edition). Penguin. p. 855
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