Let's Call This... Esteem
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{{Infobox album
| name = Let's Call This... Esteem
| type = Live album
| artist = Steve Lacy & Mal Waldron
| cover = Let's Call This Esteem.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1993
| recorded = May 16, 1993
| venue = Playhouse Theatre, Oxford, England
| studio =
| genre = Jazz
| length = 78:06
| label = Slam
| producer = George Haslam
| chronology = Steve Lacy
| prev_title = Three Blokes
| prev_year = 1992
| next_title = Vespers
| next_year = 1993
| misc = {{Extra chronology
| artist = Mal Waldron
| type = Live album
| prev_title = I Remember Thelonious
| prev_year = 1991
| title = Let's Call This... Esteem
| year = 1993
| next_title = My Dear Family
| next_year = 1993
}}
}}
Let's Call This... Esteem is a live album by soprano saxophonist Steve Lacy and pianist Mal Waldron recorded in Oxford in 1993 and released on the Slam label.[http://www.jazzlists.com/SJ_Steve_Lacy.htm Jazzlists: Steve Lacy discography] accessed July 16, 2018[http://nyds-discographies.com/lacy.htm Steve Lacy discography] accessed July 16, 2018
Reception
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = Allmusic
| rev1Score = {{rating|4.5|5}} |rev2 = The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings
|rev2score = {{Rating|3.5|4}} Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008) The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th edition). Penguin. p. 857}}
The Allmusic review by Steve Loewy stated: "While this one differs only minutely from some of the other collaborations between these two outstanding musicians, the rewards are plentiful, and both the novice and experienced listener will thrill to the nuanced excitement."{{AllMusic|first=Steve |last=Loewy |class=album |id=mw0000570222 |title=Steve Lacy: Let's Call This... Esteem – Review |accessdate=July 16, 2018}}
Track listing
- Introduction/"Let's Call This..." (Thelonious Monk) – 6:59
- "Monk's Dream" (Monk) – 5:23
- "In a Sentimental Mood" (Duke Ellington, Manny Kurtz, Irving Mills) – 8:17
- "Snake Out" (Mal Waldron) – 14:00
- "Blues for Aida" (Steve Lacy) – 7:27
- "Johnny Come Lately" (Billy Strayhorn) – 6:53
- "What It Is" (Waldron) – 9:05
- "Evidence" (Monk) – 6:55
- "Epistrophy" (Monk, Kenny Clarke) – 5:17
- "Esteem" (Lacy) – 7:50
Personnel
References
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Category:1993 collaborative albums