Irene Aebi (born 27 July 1939 in

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) is a

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singer, violinist and cellist. She is noted for her work with jazz saxophonist

Steve Lacy Steve Thomas Lacy-Moya (born May 23, 1998) is an American singer-songwriter, guitarist and record producer. He gained recognition as the guitarist of the alternative R&B band the Internet, which he joined in 2015. His self-produced debut EP, '' ...

, her husband, from the 1960s to his death in 2004. Initially a classically trained instrumentalist, she only began to sing at Lacy's request. In a review of a 1999 concert, critic Frank Rubolino describes Aebi as possessing a "brusque, forceful style of singing".Rubolino, Frank (1995)
Steve Lacy with Irene Aebi at Diverse Works in Houston
All About Jazz.com, October 20, 1999; URL accessed 23 July 2015

Discography

With

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'' (BYG, 1971) * ''Wordless'' (Futura, 1971) * ''The Gap'' (America, 1972) * ''Estilhacos'' (Guilda Da Musica, 1972) * ''Roba'' (Saravah, 1972) * ''Scraps'' (Saravah, 1974) * ''Dreams'' (Saravah, 1975) * ''Flakes'' (RCA, 1975) * ''

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'' (Musica, 1977) * ''Follies'' (FMP, 1978) * ''

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'' (Black Saint, 1979) * ''

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'' (Hat Hut, 1979) * ''Crops & the Woe'' (Quark & Books, 1979) * ''The Owl'' (Saravah, 1979) * '' The Way'' (Hat Hut, 1980) * ''Songs'' with

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(Hat ART, 1981) * ''

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'' (Hat ART, 1982) * '' Prospectus'' (Hat ART, 1983) * '' Blinks'' (Hat Hut, 1984) * ''The Condor'' (Soul Note, 1986) * ''

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'' (Novus, 1987) * '' The Door'' (Novus, 1989) * ''

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'' (Hat ART, 1991) * '' Live at Sweet Basil'' (Novus/RCA, 1992) * ''

Clangs ''Clangs'' is a live album by soprano saxophonist Steve Lacy featuring a double sextet, which was recorded in Germany in 1992 and released on the Swiss hat ART label in 1993.

'' (Hat ART, 1993) * ''

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'' (Soul Note, 1993) * ''Weal & Woe'' (Emanem, 1995) * '' The Cry'' (Soul Note, 1999) * '' Monk's Dream'' (Verve, 2000) * ''Gravensteen Ghent 1971'' (Naked Music, 2004) * ''Esteem: Live in Paris 1975'' (Atavistic, 2006) With others *

Takashi Kako (born 31 January 1947) is a Japanese pianist and composer, who works in both jazz and art-music idioms. Early life Kako was born in Osaka. He began playing piano at eight years old and learned to play jazz while in his teens. Later life and care ...

, ''Micro Worlds'' (Trio, 1976) *

Alan Silva Alan Lee da Silva (born 22 January 1939, in Bermuda) is an American free jazz multi-instrumentalist, best known as a double bassist. He has recorded on keyboards, violin, cello and trumpet among other instruments. Biography Silva was born a ...

, ''

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'' (BYG, 1971) *

Mal Waldron Malcolm Earl "Mal" Waldron (August 16, 1925 – December 2, 2002) was an American jazz pianist, composer, and arranger. He started playing professionally in New York in 1950, after graduating from college. In the following dozen years or so Wa ...

, ''

Mal Waldron with the Steve Lacy Quintet ''Mal Waldron with the Steve Lacy Quintet'' is an album by American jazz pianist Mal Waldron and soprano saxophonist Steve Lacy released on the French America label in 1972.

'' (America, 1972)

References

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