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Frank Lacy

Ku-umba Frank Lacy is an American jazz trombonist

His father was a teacher who had played guitar with Illinois Jacquet, Eddie Cleanhead Vinson, and Arnett Cobb; his mother sang gospel music. He played piano from age eight, and played trumpet, euphonium, and tuba before settling on trombone at age 16.

He earned a bachelor's degree in physics[citation needed] before studying music at the Berklee College of Music,[citation needed] where he played with Branford Marsalis, Greg Osby, and Marvin Smith. Lacy then studied for his Masters degree at Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University. Following this Lacy worked with Henry Threadgill, Oliver Lake, Julius Hemphill, Dizzy Gillespie, Abdullah Ibrahim, Bobby Watson, David Murray, McCoy Tyner, and Lester Bowie. He also played in the Mingus Big Band and served as musical director for Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers.


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Frank Lacy & the Smalls Legacy Band: Live at Smalls

Read "Live at Smalls" reviewed by Angelo Leonardi


Da un paio d'anni il trombonista Frank Lacy guida un sestetto di giovani emergenti che ora presenta in questo scintillante compact live, tratto da due serate (16 e 17 ottobre 2012) allo Smalls Jazz Club di New York. Ku-umba mette in evidenza la lunga esperienza di hard-bopper svolta nei gruppi di McCoy Tyner, Bobby Watson e Art Blakey (dei cui Jazz Messengers è stato direttore musicale) e il risultato è superbo. La musica non ha niente da ...

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Frank Lacy: That Which Is Planted

Read "That Which Is Planted" reviewed by Mark Corroto


The real reason the revolution will not be televised (with apologies to Gil Scott Heron) is that the sound of the revolution is free jazz. While those street fighting men are satisfied to throw rock music up against the wall, the real uprising is music of bands like 1032K. With roots in the streets and lofts of the 1960s and 70s, trombonist/trumpeter Ku-umba Frank Lacy, bassist Kevin Ray, and drummer Andrew Drury interpret the sounds of Sam Rivers, Roswell Rudd, ...

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Jazz This Week: David Sanborn, Rebirth Brass Band, Chick Corea, Ku-Umba Frank Lacy, Stanley Clarke Band, and More

Jazz This Week: David Sanborn, Rebirth Brass Band, Chick Corea, Ku-Umba Frank Lacy, Stanley Clarke Band, and More

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman

It's the busiest week for jazz and creative music so far this fall in St. Louis, with a half- dozen touring headliners passing through town in the next seven days. Let's go to the highlights.... Tonight, alto saxophonist and Kirkwood's own David Sanborn returns home to begin a four- night run continuing through Saturday at Jazz at the Bistro. Sanborn will be accompanied on this visit by an all-St. Louis rhythm section, with Eric Slaughter on guitar, U City's Peter ...

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Magic Triangle Jazz Series Presents Two Trombone Trios at UMass/Amherst on Thursday, February 23

Magic Triangle Jazz Series Presents Two Trombone Trios at UMass/Amherst on Thursday, February 23

Source: MassJazz: Jazz in Massachusetts

The Magic Triangle Jazz Series, produced by WMUA-91.1FM and the Fine Arts Center at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, is presenting Two Trombone Trios in concert on Thursday, February 23, 2012 at 8:00 p.m. at Beranson Recital Hall. The double billing features Frank Lacy on trombone; Andrew Drury on drums and Kevin Ray on bass, plus the Ray Anderson Trio featuring Ray Anderson on trombone; Dean Johnson on bass and Eric McPherson on drums. General Admission is $12; and $7 ...

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You Remind Me

Whaling City Sound
2024

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Cool Water

Whaling City Sound
2021

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That Which Is Planted

Passin' Thru Records
2014

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Live at Smalls

Smalls Records
2014

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