Steve Lacy Seven

Steve Lacy Seven: Clich

by Robert Spencer
September 1, 1999

Clichés is a partial reissue of the Hat Hut double LP Prospectus, but tape deterioration unfortunately ate up a portion of the original 1982 recording, including the former title track. So: Clichés is what remains, a CD-length look at Lacy's long-running and protean sextet, augmented by trombonist George Lewis.

Although almost twenty years have passed, this music sounds astonishingly fresh. It was recorded as Lacy was in the middle of the long process of recovering set structures in his music ...