Steve Lacy:
The Complete Jaguar Sessions
We were young, ignorant, and free to search for a jazz "soul". […] Some of us (the lucky ones) are still searching.
(Steve Lacy - liner notes, October 14, 1985)
Recorded in 1954
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Steve Lacy:The Complete Jaguar Sessions |
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(Steve Lacy - liner notes, October 14, 1985) |
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Recorded in 1954 |
| Side A (original issue: "Jazz Idiom" - Jaguar JP 802) | ||||
| Ind. | Title | Composer | Dur. | |
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| 1/ | Avalon (take 1) | Jolson, Rose | 2:46 | |
| 2/ | Softly As A Morning Sunrise (take 1) | Hammerstein, Romberg | 2:53 | |
| 3/ | I'm Coming Virginia (take 1) | Heywood, Cook | 3:16 | |
| 4/ | I Would Do Almost Anything For You (take 1) | Claude Hopkins | 2:23 | |
| 5/ | Liza (take 1) | Rubens, Condon | 2:05 | |
| 6/ | How About You (take 2) | Freed, Lane | 3:08 | |
| 7/ | You're Lucky To Me (take 2) | Black, Razaf | 2:35 | |
| 8/ | Peg O'My Heart (take 2) | Bryan, Fisher | 2:26 | |
| Side B (original issue: "Progressive Dixieland" - Jaguar JP 804) | ||||
| Ind. | Title | Composer | Dur. | |
| 1/ | As Long As I Live (take 4) | Arlen, Koehler | 3:39 | |
| 2/ | My Old Flame (take 3) | Johnston, Coslow | 2:44 | |
| 3/ | A Foggy Day (take 4) | Gershwin, Gershwin | 2:54 | |
| 4/ | Let's Get Away From It All (take 3) | Dennis, Adair | 3:27 | |
| 5/ | Ibid (aka I Bid) (take 2) | Dick Sutton | 2:39 | |
| 6/ | Love Me Or Leave Me (take 3) | Donaldson, Kahn | 2:34 | |
| 7/ | Footnote (aka Fortunate, #13) (take 3) | Dick Sutton | 3:08 | |
| 8/ | Sunday (take 1) | Coots, Grey | 2:54 | |
| Side C (JP 804 alternate tracks previously unissued) | ||||
| Ind. | Title | Composer | Dur. | |
| 1/ | As Long As I Live (take 2) | Arlen, Koehler | 3:49 | |
| 2/ | As Long As I Live (take 3) | 3:54 | ||
| 3/ | A Foggy Day (take 1) | Gershwin, Gershwin | 3:23 | |
| 4/ | A Foggy Day (take 2) | 3:25 | ||
| 5/ | A Foggy Day (take 3) | 3:24 | ||
| 6/ | Let's Get Away From It All (take 1) | Dennis, Adair | 3:22 | |
| 7/ | Let's Get Away From It All (take 2) | 3:20 | ||
| 8/ | Ibid (aka I Bid) (take 1) | Dick Sutton | 2:43 | |
| Side D (JP 802* and 804 alternate tracks previously unissued) | ||||
| Ind. | Title | Composer | Dur. | |
| 1/ | Love Me Or Leave Me (take 1) | Donaldson, Kahn | 3:12 | |
| 2/ | Love Me Or Leave Me (take 2) | 3:10 | ||
| 3/ | Footnote (aka Fortunate, #13) (take 1) | Dick Sutton | 3:37 | |
| 4/ | Footnote (aka Fortunate, #13) (take 2) | 3:08 | ||
| 5/ | Sunday (take 2) | Coots, Grey | 2:55 | |
| 6/ | Sunday (take 3) | 2:54 | ||
| 7/* | You're Lucky To Me (take 1) | Black, Razaf | 2:37 | |
| 8/ | Jazz Me Blues (breakdown) | Tom Delaney | 2:49 | |
Recorded at Mastertone Recording Studios, NY, 1954 – tracks A1-A8 & D7 August 8, other tracks November 24. Remastered for reissue by Pomeroy Audio.
Producer: Frederick Cohen for Fresco Jazz Records.
Cover photography & design: Bob Parent. Liner notes: Francis Davis & Steve Lacy.
Tracks A1-A8:
Tracks B1-B8: