Let's Call This... Esteem
1993 live album by Steve Lacy & Mal Waldron
| Let's Call This... Esteem | ||||
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| Live album by Steve Lacy & Mal Waldron | ||||
| Released | 1993 | |||
| Recorded | May 16, 1993 | |||
| Venue | Playhouse Theatre, Oxford, England | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 78:06 | |||
| Label | Slam | |||
| Producer | George Haslam | |||
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| Mal Waldron chronology | ||||
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Let's Call This... Esteem is a live album by soprano saxophonist Steve Lacy and pianist Mal Waldron recorded in Oxford in 1993 and released on the Slam label.[1][2]
Reception
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [3] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [4] |
The Allmusic review by Steve Loewy stated: "While this one differs only minutely from some of the other collaborations between these two outstanding musicians, the rewards are plentiful, and both the novice and experienced listener will thrill to the nuanced excitement."[3]
Track listing
- Introduction/"Let's Call This..." (Thelonious Monk) – 6:59
- "Monk's Dream" (Monk) – 5:23
- "In a Sentimental Mood" (Duke Ellington, Manny Kurtz, Irving Mills) – 8:17
- "Snake Out" (Mal Waldron) – 14:00
- "Blues for Aida" (Steve Lacy) – 7:27
- "Johnny Come Lately" (Billy Strayhorn) – 6:53
- "What It Is" (Waldron) – 9:05
- "Evidence" (Monk) – 6:55
- "Epistrophy" (Monk, Kenny Clarke) – 5:17
- "Esteem" (Lacy) – 7:50
Personnel
- Steve Lacy – soprano saxophone
- Mal Waldron – piano
References
- ^ Jazzlists: Steve Lacy discography accessed July 16, 2018
- ^ Steve Lacy discography accessed July 16, 2018
- ^ a b Loewy, Steve. Steve Lacy: Let's Call This... Esteem – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved July 16, 2018.
- ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008) The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th edition). Penguin. p. 857
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Year(s) indicated are for the recording(s), not first release.
leader
or
co-leader
- Mal-1 (1956)
- Mal/2 (1957)
- The Dealers (1957)
- Mal/3: Sounds (1958)
- Just Wailin' (1958)
- Mal/4: Trio (1958)
- Left Alone (1959)
- Impressions (1959)
- The Quest (1961)
- Sweet Love, Bitter (1967)
- Ursula (1969)
- Free at Last (1969)
- Tokyo Bound (1970)
- Tokyo Reverie (1970)
- Blood and Guts (1970)
- Spanish Bitch (1970
- The Opening (1970)
- Mal: Live 4 to 1 (1970)
- The Call (1971)
- First Encounter (1971)
- Number Nineteen (1971)
- Black Glory (1971)
- Mal Waldron Plays the Blues (1971)
- Signals (1971)
- Journey Without End (1971)
- Blues for Lady Day (1972)
- A Little Bit of Miles (1972)
- Jazz a Confronto 19 (1972)
- A Touch of the Blues (1972)
- Mal Waldron on Steinway (1972)
- Mal Waldron with the Steve Lacy Quintet (1972)
- The Whirling Dervish (1972)
- Meditations (1972)
- Up Popped the Devil (1973)
- Hard Talk (1974)
- Moods (1977)
- Mingus Lives (1979)
- Mal 81 (1981)
- Live at Dreher, Paris 1981 (1981)
- What It Is (1981)
- One Entrance, Many Exits (1982)
- In Retrospect (1982)
- Breaking New Ground (1983)
- Mal Waldron Plays Eric Satie (1983)
- You and the Night and the Music (1983)
- Encounters (1984)
- Dedication (1985)
- Sempre Amore (1986)
- Left Alone '86 (1986)
- Update (1986)
- The Git Go – Live at the Village Vanguard (1986)
- The Seagulls of Kristiansund (1986)
- Our Colline's a Treasure (1987)
- Remembering the Moment (1987)
- The Super Quartet Live at Sweet Basil (1987)
- Mal, Dance and Soul (1987)
- Evidence (1988)
- Art of the Duo (1988)
- No More Tears (For Lady Day) (1988)
- Crowd Scene (1989)
- Where Are You? (1989)
- Quadrologue at Utopia (1989)
- More Git' Go at Utopia (1989)
- Spring in Prague (1990)
- Hot House (1990)
- I Remember Thelonious (1992)
- My Dear Family (1993)
- Waldron-Haslam (1994)
- After Hours (1994)
- Communiqué (1994)
- Mal, Verve, Black & Blue (1994)
- Two New (1995)
- Silence (with David Murray, 2001)
Gene
Ammons
- Jammin' with Gene (1956)
- Funky (1957)
- Jammin' in Hi Fi with Gene Ammons (1957)
- The Big Sound (1958)
- Groove Blues (1958)
- Velvet Soul (1962)
- Angel Eyes (1962)
- Sock! (1962)
Jackie
McLean
- 4, 5 and 6 (1956)
- Jackie's Pal (1956)
- Jackie McLean & Co. (1957)
- Makin' the Changes (1957)
- A Long Drink of the Blues (1957)
- Strange Blues (1957)
- McLean's Scene (1957)
Charles Mingus
- Jazz Composers Workshop (1954)
- Mingus at the Bohemia (1955)
- The Charles Mingus Quintet & Max Roach (1955)
- Pithecanthropus Erectus (1956)
- Blues & Roots (1959)
Prestige
All Stars
- Baritones and French Horns (aka, Dakar, 1957)
- Four Altos (1957)
- Interplay for 2 Trumpets and 2 Tenors (1957)
- The Prestige Jazz Quartet (1957)
- Wheelin' & Dealin' (1957)
others
- All Night Long (Kenny Burrell, 1956)
- Earthy (Kenny Burrell, 1957)
- 2 Guitars (Kenny Burrell & Jimmy Raney, 1957)
- Where? (Ron Carter, 1961)
- The Teddy Charles Tentet (1956)
- Coolin' (Teddy Charles, 1957)
- Cattin' with Coltrane and Quinichette (John Coltrane & Paul Quinichette, 1957)
- Coltrane (1957)
- Dakar (John Coltrane, Pepper Adams & Cecil Payne, 1957)
- At the Five Spot (Eric Dolphy, both volumes, 1961)
- Tuba Sounds (Ray Draper, 1957)
- Hornful of Soul (aka, Catwalk, Bennie Green, 1960)
- Ella Fitzgerald and Billie Holiday at Newport (1957)
- Lady in Satin (Billie Holiday, 1958)
- So Warm (Etta Jones, 1961)
- After Hours (Thad Jones, 1957)
- Olio (Thad Jones, 1957)
- Reflections: Steve Lacy Plays Thelonious Monk (1958)
- Straight Ahead (Abbey Lincoln, 1961)
- Teo (Teo Macero, 1957)
- On the Sunny Side (Paul Quinichette, 1957)
- Percussion Bitter Sweet (Max Roach, 1961)
- It's Time (Max Roach, 1962)
- Speak, Brother, Speak! (Max Roach, 1962)
- For Lady (Webster Young, 1957)
