Steve Lacy – Reflections LP (clear) garage Owoh’s grassroots take on Highlife

Owoh’s grassroots take on Highlife music and provocative lyrics led him into political realms in the turbulent Nigeria of the 1980s

15 unheard-of tracks found on an obscure cassette tape make the schizo split in his music – rabid rock n roll fantasy and cold-eyed acoustic introspection – an epic

and New York City

and ragged delivery root them in the world of DIY punk and hardcore

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Steve Lacy – Reflections LP (clear) garage Owoh’s grassroots take on HighlifeAll of soprano saxophonist Steve Lacy's early recordings are quite fascinating, for during 1957 1964, aspects of his style at times hinted at Dixieland, swing, Monk, and Cecil Taylor, sometimes at the same time. Here, Lacy teams up with pianist Mal Waldron, bassist Buell Neidlinger, and drummer Elvin Jones for seven Thelonious Monk compositions. The typical standbys (such as "Round Midnight," "Straight No Chaser," and "Blue Monk") are avoided in favor