Andrea Centazzo / Steve Lacy - ScrapsSometime an old box of tapes, overlooked for decades, could reserve nice surprises. This album is a collection of those surprises. In the years of my collaboration with Steve Lacy, we did a lot of recording and we selected what was the best for the short length of the vinyl LPs. So some tracks were edited leaving part of the improvisations out or discarded for a similarity with something already included in the albums.

Thelonius Monk

the violence of the drug epidemic and the real-estate booms and busts that coincided with the change

In his claustrophobic

" and "The Ballad of Jesse James

How could witnesses really hear the voice of God and yet come to doubt His prophet

various sound effects

Jingle-O-The Brownie

For reasons involving over-the-counter painkillers

this production ranks among the best all year' (operawire

Ragtime Band Vol

The tempos and vibes on this album run the gamut of sometimes unpredictably minimal and quirky

perhaps revealing an element of pride that the composer had been true to his art in the face of state threats