Steve Lacy - StampsCorbett Vs. Dempsey present a reissue of Steve Lacy's Stamps, originally released in 1979 as a double LP on Hat Hut. Stamps was Steve Lacy's first for the legendary Swiss label, and it remains one of the strongest statements of what he termed the "scratchy seventies". With the classic lineup of Lacy's soprano saxophone, Steve Potts on soprano and alto sax, Irene Aebi on cello (and singing on one track), Kent Carter on bass, and Oliver Johnson on

and then a selection of the very best Capitol and RCA recordings from the golden years

the composer who was also a musketeer

and Bach Collegium Japan and Masaaki Suzuki have not kept them waiting

Arthur Bliss's Morning Heroes

Ysaÿe's marvelous Sonata for Solo Cello

Most of the tunes are originals that swing hard and leave room for plenty of improvisation and musical humor

Red Opaque vinyl

opening with the title-song by Francesca Caccini (talented daughter of Giulio Caccini) and reaching a fitting climax with Salve

During the 2010s

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indomitable pieces of the clunky and weird brain bridge to personal autonomy

in the days before recordings