2CD - IMPORT - LimitedElemental Music, in collaboration with producer Zev Feldman, launches this never before released Mal Waldron & Steve Lacy live concert recorded in Antwerp in 1995. Transferred from the original tapes (preserved by Patrick Wilen, son of legendary saxophonist Barney Wilen), MAL WALDRON & STEVE LACY: THE MIGHTY WARRIORS is presented as a Deluxe 2-CD SET.Package includes reflections by producer Zev Feldman and acclaimed jazz writer Adam Shatz, as well as the testimonies of the concert’s bassist Reggie Workman, and drummer Andrew Cyrille. The extensive booklet also contains interviews with Jane Bunnett, David Virelles, David Liebman, Vijay Iyer, Evan Parker, and Mal Waldron’s widow, Hiromi Waldron, as well as never before seen photos from the actual concert taken by Hugo Peeters.All of the performances heard on this set are PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED.Tracklist:CD 1:1) WHAT IT IS (Mal Waldron) 17:332) EPISTROPHY (Thelonious Monk-Kenny Clarke) 5:583) LONGING (Steve Lacy) 12:304) MONK’S DREAM (Thelonious Monk) 12:33 CD 1: 1) VARIATION OF III (Reggie Workman) 24:432) MEDLEY: SNAKE OUT (Mal Waldron)/ VARIATIONS ON A THEME BY CECIL TAYLOR (Mal Waldron) 24:03Personnel:STEVE LACY, soprano saxMAL WALDRON, pianoREGGIE WORKMAN, bassANDREW CYRILLE, drumsRecorded live at DeSingel Arts Center, Antwerp, Belgium, September 30, 1995.
