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The Super Quartet Live at Sweet Basil

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Released
  
1987

Length
  
45:55

The Super Quartet Live at Sweet Basil (1987)
  
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Release date
  
1987

Genre
  
Jazz

Recorded
  
August 28 & 29, 1987

Producer
  
Shigeyuki Kawashima

Artist
  
Mal Waldron

Label
  
Paddle Wheel

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The Super Quartet Live at Sweet Basil is a live album by jazz pianist Mal Waldron featuring soprano saxophonist Steve Lacy recorded at Sweet Basil in New York City in 1987 and released on the Japanese Paddle Wheel label.

Contents

Reception

The Allmusic review by Henry M. Shteamer awarded the album 4 stars stating " Live at Sweet Basil is highly recommended as an introduction to both Waldron and Lacy, as these performances reveal the quirks of each of their styles in a peppy, yet very profound setting".

Track listing

All compositions by Mal Waldron except as indicated
  1. "What It Is" — 12:19
  2. "Evidence" (Thelonious Monk) — 10:52
  3. "Snake Out" — 15:21
  4. "Let's Call This" (Monk) — 7:23
  • Recorded at Sweet Basil in New York City on August 28 & 29, 1987
  • Personnel

  • Mal Waldron — piano
  • Steve Lacy — soprano saxophone
  • Reggie Workman — bass
  • Eddie Moore — drums
  • Songs

    1What It IsSteve Lacy12:19
    2EvidenceSteve Lacy10:52
    3Snake OutSteve Lacy15:21

    References

    The Super Quartet Live at Sweet Basil Wikipedia