Author: Steve Lacy

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I started in New Orleans music and played all through the history of jazz.

I started in New Orleans music and played all through the history of jazz.

- Steve Lacy

I heard Sidney Bechet play a Duke Ellington piece and fell in love with the soprano saxophone.

I heard Sidney Bechet play a Duke Ellington piece and fell in love with the soprano saxophone.

- Steve Lacy

The saxophone is a very interesting machine, but I'm more interested in music.

The saxophone is a very interesting machine, but I'm more interested in music.

- Steve Lacy

I've always been extremely lucky in playing with great people who knew much more than I did. That's how I got from there to here.

I've always been extremely lucky in playing with great people who knew much more than I did. That's how I got from there to here.

- Steve Lacy

Circumstances can be very important. Find the right people to work with.

Circumstances can be very important. Find the right people to work with.

- Steve Lacy

I've been working on the soprano saxophone for 40 years, and the possibilities are astounding. It's up to you, the only limit is the imagination.

I've been working on the soprano saxophone for 40 years, and the possibilities are astounding. It's up to you, the only limit is the imagination.

- Steve Lacy

I fell in love with jazz when I was 12 years old from listening to Duke Ellington and hearing a lot of jazz in New York on the radio.

I fell in love with jazz when I was 12 years old from listening to Duke Ellington and hearing a lot of jazz in New York on the radio.

- Steve Lacy

I've performed solo for 20 years now, but I don't do much of it, because if you only play alone, you go crazy and out of tune and play foolish music.

I've performed solo for 20 years now, but I don't do much of it, because if you only play alone, you go crazy and out of tune and play foolish music.

- Steve Lacy

I think it is in collaboration that the nature of art is revealed.

I think it is in collaboration that the nature of art is revealed.

- Steve Lacy

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