Remains (Steve Lacy album)
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| Released | 1992 | |||
| Recorded | April 29–30, 1991 | |||
| Studio | Radio DRS, Zurich, Switzerland | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 64:20 | |||
| Label | hat ART hat ART CD 6102 | |||
| Producer | Pia Uehlinger, Werner X. Uehlinger | |||
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Remains is a solo album by soprano saxophonist Steve Lacy, recorded in Switzerland in 1991 and first released on the hat ART label the following year.[1][2][3]
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [4] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz |  [5] |
The first six tracks form a suite that was inspired by the Tao Te Ching.[5] The title track is a dance piece commissioned from Lacy, who described it as "a danse macabre of a skeleton in a tomb".[6] The album also contains a reworking of Lacy's "The Way" that would surprise listeners with how it was changed from earlier performances, he suggested.[6]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz praised the "close-up, attentive recording [that] catches every gritty little resonance and breath noise" and described the album as "Lacy's most accomplished solo performance for some time".[5] The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow stated, "On this solo soprano saxophone CD, the remarkable Steve Lacy performs his six-song, half-hour 'Time of Tao-Cycle', plus three other originals ... The improvising is thoughtful, adventurous, and sometimes wandering, but rarely aimless. For specialized tastes".[4]