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Ballets (album)

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Ballets
Studio album / Live album by
Released1982
RecordedDecember 18, 1980 and April 23, 1981
VenueL'Ancienne Eglise des Jesuites, Porrentruy, Switzerland
StudioStudio Davout, Paris, France
GenreJazz
Length78:30
Labelhat ART
hat ART 1982/83
ProducerPia Uehlinger, Werner X. Uehlinger
Steve Lacy chronology
Songs
(1980)
Ballets
(1982)
Live at Dreher, Paris 1981
(1981)

Ballets is an album by soprano saxophonist Steve Lacy which was recorded live in Switzerland in 1980 and in the studio in Paris in 1981 and first released on the hat ART label as a double LP.[1][2][3]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[4]

Track listing

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All compositions by Steve Lacy

  1. "Hedges / Squirrel / Fox I" – 18:15
  2. "Fox II / Rabbit / Shambles" – 19:40
  3. "The 4 Edges: Outline" – 12:45
  4. "The 4 Edges: Underline" – 6:35
  5. "The 4 Edges: Coastline" – 9:55
  6. "The 4 Edges: Deadline" – 11:20

Personnel

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  • Steve Lacy – soprano saxophone, bells, gong, voice
  • Steve Potts – alto saxophone, soprano saxophone (tracks 3-6)
  • Bobby Few – piano, Fender Rhodes piano (tracks 3-6)
  • Irene Aebi – cello, violin, voice (tracks 3-6)
  • Jean-Jacques Avenel – bass (tracks 3-6)
  • Oliver Johnson – drums (tracks 3-6)

References

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  1. ^ Jazzlists: Steve Lacy discography accessed July 12, 2018
  2. ^ Steve Lacy discography accessed July 12, 2018
  3. ^ Jazzlists: HatHut hatART discography: LPs accessed July 12, 2018
  4. ^ Steve Lacy: Ballets – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved July 12, 2018.