Clangs (album)

Clangs is a live album by soprano saxophonist Steve Lacy featuring a double sextet, which was recorded in Germany in 1992 and released on the Swiss hat ART label in 1993.^[1][2][3]

Clangs
Live album by Steve Lacy Double Sextet
Released	1993
Recorded	March 4–6, 1992
Venue	Grosser Sendesaal Funkhaus Wallrafplatz, Cologne, Germany
Genre	Jazz
Length	58:38
Label	hat ART hat ART CD 6116
Producer	Pia Uehlinger, Ulrich Kurth, Werner X. Uehlinger
Steve Lacy chronology
Spirit of Mingus (1992) Clangs (1993) We See (1993)

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[4]

The Allmusic review by Thom Jurek called it "a mixed bag" observing "the set is long on poetics and short on swinging or blowing aesthetics ... this is an experiment that, with the exception of one track, didn't work".^[4]

Track listing

All compositions by Steve Lacy

1. "The Owl" – 6:53
2. "Torments" – 10:52
3. "Tracks" – 7:30
4. "Dome" – 16:29
5. "The New Moon" – 11:15

Personnel

• Steve Lacy – soprano saxophone
• Steve Potts – alto saxophone, soprano saxophone
• Hans Kennel – trumpet
• Glenn Ferris – trombone
• Irene Aebi – voice
• Nicholas Isherwood – voice
• Bobby Few – piano
• Eric Watson – piano
• Sonhando Estwick – vibraphone
• Jean-Jacques Avenel – bass
• John Betsch – drums
• Sam Kelly – percussion