Editing Steve Lacy (saxophonist)

{{Short description|American jazz musician (1934–2004)}}
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{{Infobox musical artist <!-- For individuals; see Wikipedia:WikiProject_Musicians -->
| name             = Steve Lacy
| image            = Steve Lacy.jpg
| caption          = Lacy in 1976
| birth_name       = Steven Norman Lackritz
| birth_date       = {{Birth date|1934|07|23}}
| birth_place      = New York City, U.S.
| death_date       = {{Death date and age|2004|06|04|1934|07|23}}
| death_place      = 
| genre            = [[Jazz]], [[dixieland]], [[avant-garde jazz]]
| occupation       = Musician
| instrument       = Soprano saxophone
| years_active     = 
| label            = 
| past_member_of  = [[Red Allen]], [[Pee Wee Russell]], [[Pops Foster]], [[Thelonious Monk]], [[Mal Waldron]], [[Roswell Rudd]], [[Cecil Taylor]], Michail Bezverkhni
}}

'''Steve Lacy''' (born '''Steven Norman Lackritz'''; July 23, 1934 – June 4, 2004) was an American [[jazz]] saxophonist and composer recognized as one of the important players of [[soprano saxophone]].<ref name="AMG">{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/steve-lacy-mn0000753004/biography|title=Steve Lacy &#124; Biography & History|website=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=July 29, 2021}}</ref> Coming to prominence in the 1950s as a [[Dixieland|progressive dixieland]] musician, Lacy went on to a long and prolific career. He worked extensively in experimental jazz and to a lesser extent in [[free improvisation]], but Lacy's music was typically melodic and tightly-structured. Lacy also became a highly distinctive composer, with compositions often built out of little more than a single questioning phrase, repeated several times.

The music of [[Thelonious Monk]] became a permanent part of Lacy's repertoire after a stint in the pianist's band, with Monk's works appearing on virtually every Lacy album and concert program; Lacy often partnered with trombonist [[Roswell Rudd]] in exploring Monk's work. Beyond Monk, Lacy performed the work of jazz composers such as [[Charles Mingus]], [[Duke Ellington]] and [[Herbie Nichols]]; unlike many jazz musicians he rarely played standard popular or show tunes.

==Early life and career==
Lacy began his career at sixteen playing [[Dixieland]] music with much older musicians such as [[Red Allen|Henry "Red" Allen]], [[Pee Wee Russell]], [[Pops Foster|George "Pops" Foster]] and [[Zutty Singleton]] and then with [[Kansas City, Missouri|Kansas City]] jazz players like [[Buck Clayton]], [[Dicky Wells]], and [[Jimmy Rushing]].<ref name="AMG"/> He then became involved with the [[avant-garde]], performing on ''[[Jazz Advance]]'' (1956), the debut album of [[Cecil Taylor]],<ref name="VW77">{{cite book|last=Wilmer|first=Val|author-link=Val Wilmer|title=As Serious as your Life|year=1977|publisher=Quartet|isbn=0704331640}}</ref>{{rp|55}} and appearing with Taylor's groundbreaking quartet at the 1957 [[Newport Jazz Festival]]; he also made a notable appearance on an early [[Gil Evans]] album.<ref name="AMG"/> His most enduring relationship, however, was with the music of [[Thelonious Monk]]: he recorded the first album to feature only Monk compositions (''[[Reflections (Steve Lacy album)|Reflections]]'', Prestige, 1958) and briefly played in Monk's band in 1960<ref name="JL84">{{cite book|last=Litweiler|first=John|title=The Freedom Principle: Jazz after 1958|year=1984|publisher=Da Capo Press|isbn=9780306803772}}</ref>{{rp|241}} and later on Monk's ''[[Big Band and Quartet in Concert]]'' album (Columbia, 1963).

==Europe and sextet==
Lacy's first visit to Europe came in 1965, with a visit to Copenhagen in the company of [[Kenny Drew]]; he went to Italy and formed a quartet with Italian trumpeter [[Enrico Rava]]<ref name="AMG"/> and the South African musicians [[Johnny Dyani]] and [[Louis Moholo]] (their visit to [[Buenos Aires]] is documented on ''[[The Forest And The Zoo|The Forest and the Zoo]]'', ESP, 1967). After a brief return to New York, he returned to Italy, then in 1970 moved to Paris, where he lived until the last two years of his life. He became a widely respected figure on the European jazz scene, though he remained less well known in the U.S.

The core of Lacy's activities from the 1970s to the 1990s was his sextet: his wife, singer/violinist [[Irene Aebi]],<ref name="VW77"/>{{rp|272}} soprano/alto saxophonist [[Steve Potts (jazz musician)|Steve Potts]],<ref name="JF04">{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2004/jun/10/guardianobituaries.artsobituaries1|title=Steve Lacy|last=Fordham|first=John|date=June 10, 2004|work=The Guardian|access-date=January 25, 2017}}</ref> pianist [[Bobby Few]], bassist [[Jean-Jacques Avenel]], and drummer Oliver Johnson (later [[John Betsch]]).<ref name="AMG"/> Sometimes this group was scaled up to a large ensemble (e.g. ''Vespers'', Soul Note, 1993, which added Ricky Ford on tenor sax and [[Tom Varner]] on French horn), sometimes pared down to a quartet, trio, or even a two-saxophone duo. He played duos with pianist [[Eric Watson (musician)|Eric Watson]]. Lacy also, beginning in the 1970s, became a specialist in solo saxophone; he ranks with [[Sonny Rollins]], [[Anthony Braxton]], [[Evan Parker]], and [[Lol Coxhill]] in the development of this demanding form of improvisation.

Lacy was interested in all the arts: the visual arts and poetry in particular became important sources for him.<ref name="AMG"/> Collaborating with painters and dancers in multimedia projects, he made musical settings of his favourite writers: [[Robert Creeley]], [[Samuel Beckett]], [[Tom Raworth]], [[Taslima Nasrin]], [[Herman Melville]], [[Brion Gysin]] and other Beat writers, including settings for the Tao Te Ching and [[haiku]] poetry. As Creeley noted in the Poetry Project Newsletter, "There's no way simply to make clear how particular Steve Lacy was to poets or how much he can now teach them by fact of his own practice and example. No one was ever more generous or perceptive."

==Later career==
In 1992, he was the recipient of a [[MacArthur Fellowship]] (nicknamed the "genius grant").<ref name="JF04"/><ref name="Fellows92">{{cite web|url = http://www.macfound.org/site/c.lkLXJ8MQKrH/b.1142707/k.296C/Fellows_List__July_1992.htm|title = MacArthur Fellows July 1992|author = The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation|access-date = June 2, 2007|url-status = dead|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110116042327/http://www.macfound.org/site/c.lkLXJ8MQKrH/b.1142707/k.296C/Fellows_List__July_1992.htm|archive-date = January 16, 2011}}</ref>

He also collaborated with a wide range of musicians, from traditional jazz to the avant-garde to contemporary classical music. Outside of his regular sextet, his most regular collaborator was pianist [[Mal Waldron]],<ref name="JL84"/>{{rp|244–245}} with whom he recorded a number of duet albums<ref name="JF04"/> (notably ''[[Sempre Amore]]'', a collection of Ellington/Strayhorn material, Soul Note, 1987).

Lacy played his 'farewell concerts to Europe' in Belgium, in duo and solo, for a small but motivated public. This happened in Brussels, Antwerp, Ghent, [[Bruges]] and [[Mons, Belgium|Mons]]. In duo he played with Fred Van Hove, Joëlle Léandre, Mikhail Bezverkhni, Irène Aebi, Frederic Rzewski, Christopher Culpo and the dancer Shiro Daimon. This recollection is published by Naked Music, Afkikker, Ghent. In Ghent he played with the classical violinist Mikhail Bezverkhni, winner of Queen Elisabeth Concours. Two of these concerts were organized by Rita De Vuyst, his last muse in Europe, to whom he dedicated his solo CD Mother Goose solo @ afkikker. This CD is published within the book, ''Bone'', a tribute to Lacy. He returned to the United States in 2002, where he began teaching at the [[New England Conservatory of Music]] in [[Boston]], [[Massachusetts]]. One of his last public performances was in front of 25,000 people at the close of a [[peace]] rally on [[Boston Common]] in March 2003, shortly before the [[2003 Invasion of Iraq|US-led invasion of Iraq]].

After Lacy was diagnosed with liver cancer in August 2003, he continued playing and teaching until weeks before his death on June 4, 2004, at the age of 69.<ref name="AMG"/>

==Discography==
=== As leader/co-leader ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Recording date
! Title
!  Label
! Year released
! Notes
|-
| 1957-11
| ''[[Soprano Sax (Steve Lacy album)|Soprano Sax]]''
| [[Prestige Records|Prestige]] || 1957 || 
|-
| 1958-10
| ''[[Reflections (Steve Lacy album)|Reflections]]''
| Prestige || 1959 || 
|-
| 1960-11
| ''[[The Straight Horn of Steve Lacy]]''
| [[Candid Records|Candid]] || 1961 || 
|-
| 1961-11
| ''[[Evidence (Steve Lacy album)|Evidence]]''
| [[New Jazz Records|New Jazz]] || 1962 || 
|-
| 1963-03
| ''School Days'' with [[Roswell Rudd]]
| Emanem || 1975 || Live
|-
| 1965-12
| ''[[Disposability]]''
| Vik || 1966 || 
|-
| 1966-01
| ''[[Jazz Realities]]'' with [[Carla Bley]] and [[Michael Mantler]]
| Fontana || 1966 || 
|-
| 1966-02
| ''[[Sortie (album)|Sortie]]''
| GTA || 1966 || 
|-
| 1966-10
| ''[[The Forest and the Zoo]]''
| ESP-Disk || 1967 || Live
|-
| 1969-06
| ''Roba'' as Steve Lacy Gang
| Saravah || 1972 || Live
|-
| 1969-09
| ''[[Moon (Steve Lacy album)|Moon]]''
| BYG Actuel || 1969 || 
|-
| 1969-09
| ''[[Epistrophy (Steve Lacy album)|Epistrophy]]''
| BYG Actuel || 1969 || 
|-
| 1971-01
| ''Wordless''
| Futura || 1971 || Live
|-
| 1971-09
| ''Lapis''
| Saravah || 1971 || 
|-
| 1972-02
| ''Estilhacos: Live in Lisbon''
| Guilda Da Música || 1972 || Live
|-
| 1972-05
| ''The Gap''
| America || 1972 || 
|-
| 1972-08
| ''Solo - Théâtre Du Chêne Noir''
| Emanem || 1974 || Live
|-
| 1972-08, <br/>1973-01
| ''Weal & Woe''
| Emanem || 1974 || Partially live (1972-08)
|-
| 1973-04
| ''Flaps'' with [[Franz Koglmann]]
| Pipe || 1973 || 
|-
| 1973-07
| ''The Crust''
| Emanem || 1975 || Live
|-
| 1974-02
| ''Scraps''
| Saravah || 1974 || 
|-
| 1974-05
| ''Flakes''
| RCA || 1974 || 
|-
| 1974-09
| ''Lumps'' with [[Michel Waisvisz]], [[Han Bennink]], [[Maarten Altena|Maarten van Regteren Altena]]
| Instant Composers Pool || 1978 || 
|-
| 1974-12
| ''Saxophone Special''
| Emanem || 1974 || Live
|-
| 1975-05
| ''Dreams''
| Saravah || 1975 || 
|-
| 1975-06<!-- -07 -->
| ''Stalks''
| Nippon Columbia || 1975 || 
|-
| 1975-06<!-- -08 -->
| ''Solo at Mandara''
| ALM || 1975 || 
|-
| 1975-06<!-- -16 -->
| ''Torments: Solo in Kyoto''
| Morgue || 1979 || 
|-
| 1975-06<!-- -18 -->
| ''[[The Wire (album)|The Wire]]''
| Denon Jazz || 1977 || 
|-
| 1975-06<!-- -24 -->
| ''Distant Voices'' with [[Masayuki Takayanagi]] and [[Takehisa Kosugi]]
| Nippon Columbia || 1976 || 
|-
| 1975-09
| ''[[Axieme (album)|Axieme]]''
| Red || 1975 || 
|-
| 1975-04, <br/>1975-11
| ''Stabs''
| FMP || 1975 || 
|-
| 1976-02
| ''Clangs'' with [[Andrea Centazzo]]
| Ictus || 1976 || Live
|-
| 1976-03<!-- -11, -14 -->
| ''[[Trickles]]''
| Black Saint || 1976 || 
|-
| 1973-01, <br/>1976-03<!-- -24 -->
| ''Crops & The Woe''
| Quark Records & Books || 1979 || Partially live (1976-03)
|-
| 1976-03<!-- -24 -->
| ''Hooky''
| Emanem || 2000 || 
|-
| 1976-05
| ''Snips: Live at Environ''
| Jazz Magnet || 2000 || [2CD] Live
|-
| 1976-09
| ''Sidelines''
| [[Improvising Artists]] || 1977 || 
|-
| 1976-11<!-- -28, -29 -->
| ''Straws''
| strange days || 1977 || 
|-
| 1976-12
| ''Trio Live''
| Ictus || 1977 || Live
|-
| 1977-01
| ''Raps''
| Adelphi || 1977 || 
|-
| 1977-04
| ''Follies''
| FMP || 1978 || Live
|-
| 1977-05
| ''Threads''
| [[Horo Records|Horo]] || 1977 || 
|-
| 1977-06
| ''[[Clinkers (album)|Clinkers]]''
| HatHut || 1978 || Live
|-
| 1977-09
| ''Catch''
| Horo || 1977 || 
|-
| 1977-10
| ''Shots''
| Musica || 1977 || 
|-
| 1977
| ''The Owl''
| Saravah || 1979 || 
|-
| 1977-08, <br/>1978-02
| ''[[Stamps (album)|Stamps]]''
| HatHut || 1979 || Live
|-
| 1978-02
| ''Points''
| Le Chant Du Monde || 1978 || 
|-
| 1979-01
| ''[[The Way (Steve Lacy album)|The Way]]''
| hat Hut || 1980 || 
|-
| 1979-02
| ''Eronel''
| Horo || 1979 || 
|-
| 1979-05
| ''[[Troubles (Steve Lacy album)|Troubles]]''
| Black Saint || 1979 || 
|-
| 1979-10
| ''Duet'' with [[Walter Zuber Armstrong]] <br/>also released as ''Alter Ego''
| World Artists || 1979 || 
|-
| 1979-10
| ''Call Notes'' with Walter Zuber Armstrong
| World Artists || 1980 || 
|-
| 1979-12
| ''[[Capers (album)|Capers]]'' <br/>also released as ''N.Y. Capers & Quirks''
| hat Hut || 1981 || Live
|-
| 1979-12
| ''[[Tips (album)|Tips]]''
| hat Hut || 1981 || 
|-
| 1981-01
| ''[[Songs (Steve Lacy and Brion Gysin album)|Songs]]'' with [[Brion Gysin]]
| hat ART || 1981 || 
|-
| 1980-12, <br/>1981-04
| ''[[Ballets (album)|Ballets]]''
| hat ART || 1982 || 
|-
| 1982-01
| ''[[The Flame (Steve Lacy album)|The Flame]]''
| Black Saint || 1982 || 
|-
| 1982-06
| ''[[Regeneration (Roswell Rudd album)|Regeneration]]'' with [[Roswell Rudd]], [[Misha Mengelberg]] et al.
| Soul Note || 1983 || 
|-
| 1982-11
| ''[[Prospectus (album)|Prospectus]]''
| hat ART || 1983 || Live
|-
| 1983-02
| ''[[Blinks (album)|Blinks]]''
| hat ART || 1984 || Live
|-
| 1984-07
| ''Change of Season'' with [[Misha Mengelberg]], [[Han Bennink]] et al.
| Soul Note || 1985 || 
|-
| 1984-09
| ''Live Lugano 1984'' with Barry Wedgle, J.J. Avenel 
| ezz-thetics || 2025 || Live
|-
| 1984-11, <br/>1985-01
| ''Futurities''
| Hat Hut || 1985 || [2LP]
|-
| 1985-03
| ''Deadline'' with Ulrich Gumpert
| Sound Aspects || 1987 || Live
|-
| 1985-06
| ''[[The Condor (album)|The Condor]]''
| Soul Note || 1986 || 
|-
| 1985-07<!-- -18 -->
| ''Chirps'' with [[Evan Parker]]
| FMP || 1986 || Live
|-
| 1985-07<!-- -29 - -31 -->
| ''[[Only Monk]]''
| Soul Note || 1987 || 
|-
| 1985-12
| ''Steve Lacy Solo''
| In Situ || 1991 || 
|-
| 1986-02
| ''[[Morning Joy]]''
| hat ART || 1989 || Live
|-
| 1986-05
| ''Solo''
| Egg Farm || 1986 || 
|-
| 1986-05
| ''The Kiss''
| Lunatic || 1987 || Live
|-
| 1986-06<!-- -13 - -15 -->
| ''[[One Fell Swoop]]''
| Silkheart || 1987 || 
|-
| 1986-04, <br/>1986-06<!-- -20 -->
| ''Outings''
| Ismez || 1986 || 
|-
| 1986?
| ''Hocus-Pocus''
| Les Disques Du Crépuscule || 1986 || 
|-
| 1986-07
| ''[[The Gleam]]''
| Silkheart || 1987 || 
|-
| 1986-12
| ''[[Flim-Flam (album)|Flim-Flam]]'' with Steve Potts
| hat ART || 1991 || 
|-
| 1987-03
| ''Dutch Masters'' with [[Misha Mengelberg]], [[Han Bennink]], [[George E. Lewis]], [[Ernst Reijseger]]
| Soul Note || 1992 || 
|-
| 1987-04
| ''Explorations'' with Subroto Roy Chowdury
| Jazzpoint || 1987 || 
|-
| 1987-05
| ''[[Momentum (Steve Lacy album)|Momentum]]''
| RCA Novus || 1987 || 
|-
| 1987-07
| ''[[The Window (Steve Lacy album)|The Window]]''
| RCA Novus || 1988 || 
|-
| 1987-10<!-- -11 -->
| ''Live in Budapest'' with [[Steve Potts (jazz musician)|Steve Potts]]
| West Wind || 1988 || Live
|-
| 1987-10<!-- -16 -->
| ''Image'' with [[Steve Argüelles]]
| Ah Um || 1989 || 
|-
| 1987-11
| ''The Amiens Concert'' with [[Eric Watson (musician)|Eric Watson]] and [[John Lindberg (jazz musician)|John Lindberg]]
| Amiens || 1987 || Live
|-
| 1987-11, <br/>1987-12
| ''[[Paris Blues (album)|Paris Blues]]'' with [[Gil Evans]]
| [[Owl Studios|Owl]] || 1987 || 
|-
| 1988-07
| ''[[The Door (Steve Lacy album)|The Door]]''
| RCA Novus || 1989 || 
|-
| 1989-04
| ''[[More Monk]]''
| Soul Note || 1991 || 
|-
| 1989-09, <br/>1989-11
| ''Rushes: Ten Songs from Russia''
| New Sound Planet || 1990 || 
|-
| 1990-06
| ''[[Anthem (Steve Lacy album)|Anthem]]''
| RCA Novus || 1990 || 
|-
| 1990-11
| ''[[Itinerary (album)|Itinerary]]''
| hat ART || 1991 || Live
|-
| 1991-04
| ''[[Remains (Steve Lacy album)|Remains]]''
| hat ART || 1992 || 
|-
| 1991-07
| ''[[Live at Sweet Basil (Steve Lacy album)|Live at Sweet Basil]]''
| RCA Novus || 1992 || Live
|-
| 1991-12
| ''[[Spirit of Mingus]]''
| [[Freelance Records|Freelance]] || 1992 || Live
|-
| 1992-03
| ''[[Clangs]]''
| hat ART || 1993 || Live
|-
| 1993-09<!-- -01, -02 -->
| ''[[We See]]''
| hat ART || 1993 || Live
|-
| 1992-09
| ''[[Three Blokes]]'' with Evan Parker and [[Lol Coxhill]]
| FMP || 1994 || Live
|-
| 1993-02
| ''[[Revenue (album)|Revenue]]''
| Soul Note || 1993 || 
|-
| 1993-07
| ''[[Vespers (album)|Vespers]]''
| Soul Note || 1993 || 
|-
| 1994-01
| ''The Rendezvous'' with Barry Wedgle
| Exit || 1995 || 
|-
| 1994-03<!-- -26 -->
| ''[[5 x Monk 5 x Lacy]]''
| Silkheart || 1997 || Live
|-
| 1995-03
| ''Packet'' with Irene Aebi, Frederic Rzewski
| Naxos || 1995 || 
|-
| 1995-04
| ''Actuality''
| Cavity Search || 1995 || 
|-
| 1995-06<!-- -08 -->
| ''The Joan Miró Foundation Concert'' with [[Irene Aebi]]
| Nova Era || 1999 || Live
|-
| 1995-09<!-- -08 -->
| ''Eternal Duo '95'' with [[Masahiko Togashi]]
| Take One || 1996 || Live
|-
| 1995-09<!-- -10 -->
| ''Blues for Aida''
| Egg Farm || 1996 || [2CD] Live
|-
| 1996-03
| ''Bye-Ya''
| Freelance || 1996 || 
|-
| 1996-04
| ''[[Five Facings]]''
| FMP || 1996 || Live
|-
| 1997-11<!---06 -->
| ''Live at Unity Temple''
| Wobbly Rail || 1998 || Live
|-
| 1997-11<!-- -30 -->
| ''The Rent''
| Cavity Search || 1999 || [2CD] Live
|-
| 1998-03
| ''[[The Cry (Steve Lacy album)|The Cry]]''
| Soul Note || 1999 || 
|-
| 1998-07
| ''Sands''
| Tzadik || 1998 || 
|-
| 1999-06
| ''[[Monk's Dream (Steve Lacy album)|Monk's Dream]]''
| Verve || 2000 || 
|-
| 2000-10<!-- -15 -->
| ''10 of Dukes & 6 Originals''
| Senators || 2002 || Live
|-
| 2000-10<!-- -15 -->
| ''Apices'' with Masahiko Togashi and [[Masahiko Satoh]]
| Studio Songs || 2002 || Live
|-
| 2001-08<!-- -12 -->
| ''Best Wishes: Live at The Labirinti Sonori Festival 2001''
| Labirinti Sonori || 2001 || Live
|-
|2001-09
|''Dummy - Steve Lacy Meets the Riccardo Fassi Trio''
|Splasc(H) Records
|2002
|
|-
| 2001-09
| ''Materioso (Monk's Moods)''
| Onyx JazzClub || 2003 || Live
|-
| 1998-01, <br/>2001-10
| ''The Holy La''
| Free Lance || 2002 || 
|-
| 2001-10
| ''Mother Goose, solo@afkikker'' in ''Bone: a tribute to Steve Lacy''
| Gent || 2003 || [CD attached in book] Live
|-
| 2001-12
| ''The Beat Suite''
| Universal Music Jazz France || 2003 || 
|-
| 2002-05
| ''Work'' with Anthony Cox、Daniel Humair
| Sawano || 2003 || 
|-
| 2002-07
| ''One More Time'' with Joëlle Léandre
| Leo || 2005 || Live
|-
| 2002-07, <br/>2002-08
| ''Leaves Blossoms''
| Naked Music || 2005 || Live
|-
| 2002-12
| ''New Jazz Meeting Baden-Baden 2002''
| hatOLOGY || 2003 || [2CD] Live
|-
| 2003-11
| ''November''
| Intakt || 2010 || Live
|-
| 2004-03
| ''Last Tour''
| Emanem || 2015 || Live
|}

'''Compilations'''
* ''Scratching the Seventies/Dreams'' ([[Saravah]], 1996) 
* ''Associates'' (Musica Jazz, 1996)
* ''[[Opium (Bill Dixon, Franz Koglmann, and Steve Lacy album)|Opium]]'' with [[Bill Dixon]], [[Franz Koglmann]] (Between The Lines, 2001) – rec. 1973-76; compiles tracks from the Koglmann/Lacy album ''Flaps'' (Pipe, 1973) and the Koglmann/Dixon album ''[[Opium for Franz]]'' (Pipe, 1977)
* ''The Complete Whitey Mitchell Sessions'' (Lone Hill Jazz, 2004) – rec. 1956
* ''Tao'' with Andrea Centazzo (Ictus, 2006) – rec. 1976-84
* ''Early and Late'' with Roswell Rudd (Cuneiform,  2007) – rec. 1962, 1999, 2002
* ''The Sun'' (Emanem, 2012)
* ''Avignon And After Volume 1'' (Emanem, 2012)
* ''Avignon And After Volume 2'' (Emanem, 2014)

=== With Mal Waldron ===
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* ''[[Journey Without End]]'' (RCA Victor, 1971)
* ''[[Mal Waldron with the Steve Lacy Quintet]]'' (America, 1972)
* ''[[Hard Talk (album)|Hard Talk]]'' (Enja, 1974)
* ''[[One-Upmanship (album)|One-Upmanship]]'' (Enja, 1977)
* ''[[Moods (Mal Waldron album)|Moods]]'' (Enja, 1978)
* ''[[Sempre Amore]]'' (Soul Note, 1987) – rec. 1986
* ''[[The Super Quartet Live at Sweet Basil]]'' (Paddle Wheel, 1987)
* ''[[Hot House (Steve Lacy album)|Hot House]]'' (RCA Novus, 1991) – rec. 1990
* ''[[I Remember Thelonious]]'' (Nel Jazz, 1996) – rec. 1992
* ''[[Let's Call This... Esteem]]'' (Slam, 1993) – live
* ''[[Communiqué (Steve Lacy & Mal Waldron album)|Communiqué]]'' (Soul Note, 1997)
* ''One More Time'' (2002)
* ''[[Live at Dreher, Paris 1981]]'' (hatOLOGY, 2003) – compilation
** ''Live at Dreher, Paris 1981, Round Midnight Vol. 1'' (hat ART, 1996)
** ''Live at Dreher, Paris 1981, The Peak Vol. 2'' (hat ART, 1996)
* ''Japan Dream'' (2004)
* ''At the Bimhuis 1982'' (2006)
* ''The Mighty Warriors Live in Antwerp'' (Elemental, 2024) – rec. 1995
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=== As sideman ===
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'''With [[Area (band)|Area]]'''
* ''[[Maledetti (Maudits)|Maledetti]]'' (Cramps, 1976)
* ''[[Event '76]]'' (Cramps, 1979) – rec. 1976

'''With [[Miles Davis]]'''
* ''[[Miles Davis at Carnegie Hall]]'' (Columbia , 1962) – rec. 1961
* ''[[Quiet Nights (Davis and Evans album)|Quiet Nights]]'' (Columbia , 1963) – rec. 1962–63

'''With [[Gil Evans]]'''
* ''[[Gil Evans & Ten]]'' (	Prestige, 1958) – rec. 1957
* ''[[Great Jazz Standards]]'' (World Pacific, 1959)
* ''[[The Individualism of Gil Evans]]'' (Verve, 1964) – rec. 1963–64
* ''[[Parabola (album)|Parabola]]'' (Horo, 1979) – rec. 1978

'''With [[Giorgio Gaslini]]'''
* ''Nuovi Sentimenti'' (La Voce Del Padrone, 1966)
* ''Il Grido: Big Band Live'' (Durium, 1968)
* ''Fabbrica Occupata'' (Produttori Associati, 1974) – rec. 1973. also with [[Jean-Luc Ponty]]

'''With [[Globe Unity Orchestra]]'''
* ''Evidence, vol.1'' (FMP, 1976) – rec. 1975
* ''Into the Valley, vol.2'' (FMP, 1976) – rec. 1975

'''With [[Roswell Rudd]]'''
* ''[[Blown Bone]]'' (Philips, 1979) – rec. 1976
* ''[[Broad Strokes]]'' (Knitting Factory, 2000)

'''With Dick Sutton'''
* ''Jazz Idiom'' (Jaguar, 1954)[10"]
* ''Progressive Dixieland'' (Jaguar, 1954)[10"]

'''With [[Cecil Taylor]]'''
* ''[[Jazz Advance]]'' (Transition, 1957) – rec. 1956
* ''[[At Newport (Cecil Taylor & Gigi Gryce album)|At Newport]]'' (Verve, 1958) – also with [[Gigi Gryce]]. rec 1957.

'''With Giovanni Tommaso'''
* ''Indefinitive Atmosphere'' (SR, 1970) – rec. 1968
* ''La Banda Del Cibo Salutare'' (RCA, 1970)
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'''With others'''
* Tom Stewart, ''Quintet/Sextet'' (ABC-Paramount, 1956)
* [[Gordon Whitey Mitchell|Whitey Mitchell]] Sextette, ''Whitey Mitchell Sextette'' (Sparton, 1956)
* [[Thelonious Monk]], ''[[Big Band and Quartet in Concert]]'' (Columbia, 1964) – rec. 1963
* [[Bobby Hackett]], ''Hello Louis'' (Epic, 1964)
* [[Kenny Burrell]], ''[[Guitar Forms]]'' (Verve, 1965) – rec. 1964
* [[Jazz Composers Orchestra]], ''[[Communication (Jazz Composer's Orchestra album)|Communication]]'' (Fontana, 1965) – rec. 1964–65
* [[Gary Burton]], ''[[A Genuine Tong Funeral]]'' (RCA, 1968) – rec. 1967
* [[Alan Silva]], ''[[Seasons (Alan Silva album)|Seasons]]'' (BYG Actuel, 1971) – rec. 1970
* [[Maria Monti]], ''Il Bestiario'' (Rifi, 1974)
* [[Max Roach]] & [[Abbey Lincoln]], ''Sounds as a Roach'' (Joker, 1977) – rec. 1968
* [[Derek Bailey (guitarist)|Derek Bailey]]'s Company, ''Company 4'' (Incus, 1977) – rec. 1976
* [[Musica Elettronica Viva]], ''United Patchwork'' (Horo, 1977)
* [[Kenny Davern]], ''Unexpected'' (Kharma, 1978)
* Laboratorio della Quercia, ''Laboratorio della Quercia del Tasso'' (Horo, 1978)
* [[Globe Unity Orchestra]], ''Compositions'' (Japo, 1980) – rec. 1979
* V.A., ''Amarcord Nino Rota'' (Corbett Vs. Dempsey, 1980)
* Tiziana Ghiglioni, ''Somebody Special'' (Soul Note, 1986)
* [[Company (free improvisation group)|Company]], ''Company'', vol. 5, 6, 7 (Incus, 1991) – rec. 1977
* V.A., ''Interpretations Of Monk'' (DIW, 1994) – rec. 1981
* [[Joe Puma]], ''Wild Kitten'' (Dawn, 1998) – 2 tracks in reissued version
* [[Hans Koller]], ''London Ear'' (33 Records, 2005) featuring Steve Lacy - rec. 2003
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==References==
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==External links==
{{Archival records|title=Steve Lacy papers, 1960s-2001|location= [[Library of Congress]]|description_URL=https://lccn.loc.gov/2020570079}}
* [http://nyds-discographies.com/lacy.htm Discography]
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