''Live at Dreher, Paris 1981'' is a

live album An album is a collection of audio recordings (e.g., music) issued on a medium such as compact disc (CD), vinyl (record), audio tape (like 8-track or cassette), or digital. Albums of recorded sound were developed in the early 20th centur ...

by American jazz pianist

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 ...

and soprano 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, '' ...

recorded in Paris in 1981 and released by the Hathut label. The four-CD box set combines recordings previously released on the LPs ''Snake Out'' in 1983, ''Herbe De L'oubli'' in 1986 and ''Let's Call This'' in 1986, with additional recordings from the concert series. The recordings were also released as two double-CD sets ''Live at Dreher, Paris 1981: Round Midnight Vol. 1'' and ''Live at Dreher, Paris 1981: The Peak Vol. 2''.

Reception

The

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review by Thom Jurek awarded the album 4½ stars stating "Lacy and Waldron display what so few duets in jazz history have been able to conjure: true synchronicity. This is a wonderfully gratifying set; one only wishes she or he could have been there".Jurek, T
Allmusic Review
accessed March 1, 2011 The review by Bill Shoemaker in ''

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'' said "for anyone with a serious interest in either artist, ''Live at Dreher Paris 1981'' is an essential collection. By this time in their respective developments, both artists had stripped their approaches down to the bare essentials".Shoemaker, B
''JazzTimes'' Review
November, 2003

Track listing

:''All compositions by Mal Waldron except as indicated'' :''Disc One:'' # "Let's Call This" (

Thelonious Monk Thelonious Sphere Monk ( October 10, 1917 – February 17, 1982) was an American Jazz piano, jazz pianist and composer. He had a unique improvisational style and made numerous contributions to the Jazz standard, standard jazz repertoire, includ ...

) — 7:48 # " 'Round Midnight" (Monk) — 10:32 # "No Baby" (Steve Lacy) — 11:24 # "Herb De L'oublie" (Lacy) — 11:14 # "Snake Out" — 15:02 :''Disc Two:'' # "'Round Midnight" (Monk) — 13:22 Originally released on ''Let's Call This'' # "Deep Endeavours" — 13:10 Originally released on ''Let's Call This'' # "A Case Of Plus 4's" — 10:17 Originally released on ''Snake Out'' # "The Seagulls Of Kristiansund" — 10:23 # "Snake Out" — 13:16 Originally released on ''Snake Out'' :''Disc Three:'' # "Bone" (Lacy) — 10:45 Originally released on ''Let's Call This'' # "No Baby" (Lacy) — 13:25 Originally released on ''Snake Out'' # "Blinks" (Lacy) — 11:37 Originally released on ''Snake Out'' # "I Feel A Draft" (Lacy) — 10:48 Originally released on ''Let's Call This'' # "'Round Midnight" (Monk) — 12:37 # "

Well, You Needn't This is a list of compositions by jazz musician Thelonious Monk. 0-9 52nd Street Theme A contrafact based loosely on rhythm changes in C, and was copyrighted by Monk under the title "Nameless" in April 1944. The tune was also called "Bip Bop" b ...

" (Monk) — 10:01 # " Epistrophy" (Monk) — 7:44 :''Disc Four:'' # "The Peak" — 17:11 Originally released on ''Let's Call This'' # "Herbe De L'oubli" (Lacy) — 11:09 Originally released on ''Herbe De L'oubli'' # "Hooray For Herbie" — 17:40 Originally released on ''Herbe De L'oubli'' # "Let's Call This" (Monk) — 6:59 Originally released on ''Let's Call This'' # "Epistrophy" (Monk) — 7:27 Originally released on ''Herbe De L'oubli'' # "Well You Needn't" (Monk) — 7:54 Originally released on ''Let's Call This'' :*Recorded at Dreher, Paris on August 10 (Disc One tracks 1 & 2), August 13 (Disc One tracks 3-5 & Disc Two track 1), August 14 (Disc Two tracks 2-5 & Disc Three) and August 15 (Disc Four), 1981

Personnel

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piano A piano is a keyboard instrument that produces sound when its keys are depressed, activating an Action (music), action mechanism where hammers strike String (music), strings. Modern pianos have a row of 88 black and white keys, tuned to a c ...

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soprano saxophone The soprano saxophone is a small, high-pitched member of the saxophone family of woodwind instruments invented in the 1840s by Belgian instrument maker Adolphe Sax. Built in B♭ an octave above the tenor saxophone (or rarely, slightly small ...

References

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