The Door

The Door

Recorded in 1988
Steve Lacy soprano saxophone Steve Potts alto (1,2,5), soprano saxophone (8) Irene Aebi violin (8) Bobby Few piano (1,2,4,5,8) Jean-Jacques Avenel bass (1,2,3,5,6,8), sanza (3) Oliver Johnson drums (1,2,5,6,7,8) Sam Woodyard drums (8)

Ind. Title Composer Dur.
1/ The Door Steve Lacy 7:26
2/ Ugly Beauty Thelonious Monk 7:48
3/ Clichés Steve Lacy 8:27
4/ Forgetful George Handy, Jack Segal 7:21
5/ Blinks Steve Lacy 9:13
6/ Coming Up * Bud Powell 4:43
7/ The Breath * Steve Lacy 4:25
8/ Virgin Jungle Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn 9:21

* not on LP releases.

Recorded on July 4-5, 1988 at Family Sound, Paris (F). Engineer: Daniel Vallancien. Assistant engineer: Nicolas Thevenin.

Producer: Ed Michel. Series Director: Steve Backer.

Cover painting: Kenneth Noland ("Parisian Bar"). Cover art: Pietro Alfieri.