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Title: smooth stuff
Review: This recording is a marvelously laid-back, positive experience, both Lacy and Cherry in fine form and interacting beautifully with each other. I know more about Cherry's work from this period than Lacy's, and that makes the disc very interesting for me, since Cherry's playing here is quite different from the exuberance he was exhibiting around the same time in his playing with Ornette; it's just as vibrant, but much mellower. He and Lacy enter an interesting, thoughtful space with each other. Lacy, too, is quite gentle, and while, of his Monk-oriented work, I prefer his recordings with Roswell Rudd -- this is a fine performance. Three of these cuts, note, are also available on the Giants of Jazz Don Cherry compilation, intermingled with tunes by Ornette.
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