Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments xi
4. Introduction 1
5. Part 1. Interviews with Steve Lacy
6. 1. Introducing Steve Lacy (1959) 13
7. 2. My Favorite Thing (1961) 17
8. 3. The Land of Monk (1963) 20
9. 4. Goodbye, New York (GarthW. Caylor, Jr., 1965) 24
10. 5. Faithful Lacy (Philippe Carles, 1965) 33
11. 6. Twenty-six New Jazzmen Put to the Question (1965) 41
12. 7. Steve Lacy Speaks (Paul Gros-Claude, 1971) 43
13. 8. Improvisation (Derek Bailey, 1974) 48
14. 9. Evidence and Reflections (Alain-René Hardy and Philippe Quinsac, 1976) 52
15. 10. On Play and Process, and Musical Instincts (Raymond Gervais and Yves Bouliane, 1976) 62
16. 11. In the Spirit (Roberto Terlizzi, 1976) 78
17. 12. The Spark, the Gap, the Leap (Brian Case, 1979) 84
18. 13. In Search of theWay ( JasonWeiss, 1980) 97
19. 14. Songs: Steve Lacy and Brion Gysin ( JasonWeiss, 1981) 104
20. 15. Unrecognized Giant? (Xavier Prévost, 1982) 109
21. 16. Futurities (Isabelle Galloni d’Istria, 1984) 111
22. 17. The Solitude of the Long-Distance Player (Gérard Rouy, 1987) 115
23. 18. On Practicing, and Exploring the Instrument (Kirk Silsbee, 1988) 123
24. 19. Art is Made to Trouble (Christian Gauffre, 1990) 130
25. 20. Shop Talk (Mel Martin, 1990) 133
26. 21. It’s Got to Be Alive (Ben Ratliff, 1991) 138
27. 22. Regarding the Voice: Steve Lacy and Irene Aebi ( JasonWeiss, 1993) 146
28. 23. A Petite Fleur for S. B. (Philippe Carles, 1994) 156
29. 24. Sculpture and Jazz (Alain Kirili, 1994) 158
30. 25. One Shouldn’t Make Too Much Noise, There’s Enough Already (Franck Médioni, 1995) 163
31. 26. Living Lacy (Gérard Rouy, 1995) 166
32. 27. Scratching the Seventies (Étienne Brunet, 1996) 167
33. 28. Forget Paris ( John Corbett, 1996) 185
34. 29. In the Old Days (Lee Friedlander and Maria Friedlander, 1997) 193
35. 30. The Glorious Thirty (Franck Bergerot and Alex Dutilh, 2000) 208
36. 31. Farewell Paris (Gérard Rouy, 2002) 212
37. 32. Invisible Jukebox (Christoph Cox, 2002) 217
38. 33. Big Kisses from Boston (Franck Médioni, 2003) 226
39. 34. The Art of the Song: Steve Lacy and Irene Aebi (Ed Hazell, 2004) 228
40. Part 2. Writings by Steve Lacy
41. 1. MEV Notes (ca. 1968) 244
42. 2. Roba (early 1970s) 248
43. 3. Garden Variety (ca. 1974) 249
44. 4. FMP: 10 Years Jubilee (ca. 1979) 250
45. 5. What about Monk? (1980) 251
46. 6. He Flew (1980) 253
47. 7. In the Upper Air: Albert Ayler (1996) 256
48. 8. Shiro and I (1997 257
49. 9. Short Takes (1998 258
50. 10. Yoshizawa (1998) 260
51. 11. Made in France (2000) 261
52. 12. Song Sources (undated) 266
53. 13. Residency Statement (2004) 267
54. Part 3. Song Scores
55. Dreams (1975) 272
56. Mind’s Heart (1982) 273
57. 3 Haiku (1998) 274
58. Selected Discography 277
59. Credits 281
60. Index 283