Windows: The Music of Steve Lacy

by Mats Gustafsson

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1.	Deadline 10:28	buy track
2.	Prospectus 12:10	buy track
3.	Windows 08:03	buy track
4.	Louise 09:25	buy track
5.	Retreat 04:45	buy track
6.	Outline 03:34	buy track

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Review by Brian Olewnick, All Music

"What a pleasant surprise! The Swedish multi-reed maestro, he of the coruscatingly wild fluteophone attacks, turns to the relatively calm and linear world of Steve Lacy and finds a very happy medium in this solo release. While he treats Lacy's deadpan and deceptively simple melodies with clear respect, he uses them as jumping off points for his own idiosyncratic deconstructions. On "Deadline," he navigates into a territory of ultra-soft percussive clicks and taps, creating a fascinating spatial field before tiptoeing back to the theme. Gustafsson is not averse to approaches that might strike the Lacy aficionado as sacrilegious, such as transforming his "Prospectus" into a drone piece for baritone sax. Lest any of these stances seem too outré, Lacy himself provides very appreciative liner notes for the project and, in any case, Gustafsson can quell any criticism with his gorgeous reading of "Retreat," a heartbreakingly lovely, shakuhachi-like song. He also makes the inspired choice of covering Cecil Taylor's "Louise" (a composition that Lacy often performed while a member of the pianist's early bands) and contributes two lovely investigations of his own: the fluttery, percolating title track (for fluteophone, a flute with a sax mouthpiece) and the closing, bubbly "Outline." Windows is an important step in Gustafsson's career, evidencing a mature combination of technical prowess, conceptual rigor, and sublimated passion. Highly recommended."
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released March 9, 2017

Mats Gustafsson: Tenor Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone, Reeds [Fluteophone]

Recorded at AirWave Recording Studios, Chicago, January 26, 1999.
Mixed and mastered at AirWave, September 1999.

Composed By – Gustafsson* (tracks: 3, 6), Lacy* (tracks: 1, 2, 5)
Liner Notes – Steve Lacy
Photography By – John Corbett
Producer – John Corbett, Mats Gustafsson
Recorded By – John McCortney

Thanks to Brad Kendrick and the Empty Bottle.

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