The Window (Steve Lacy album)

{{Infobox album

| name = The Window

| type = Album

| artist = Steve Lacy

| cover = The Window album cover.jpg

| alt =

| released = 1988

| recorded = July 30–31, 1987

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Jazz

| length = 48:31

| label = Soul Note

| producer = Giovanni Bonandrini

| prev_title = The Super Quartet Live at Sweet Basil

| prev_year = 1987

| next_title = Live in Budapest

| next_year = 1988

}}

The Window is an album by Steve Lacy which was released on the Italian Soul Note label in 1988 and features six of Lacy's compositions, one featuring text by the poet Mary Frazee, performed by Lacy, Jean-Jacques Avenel and Oliver Johnson.[http://www.jazzlists.com/SJ_Steve_Lacy.htm Jazzlists: Steve Lacy discography] accessed July 11, 2018[http://nyds-discographies.com/lacy.htm Steve Lacy discography] accessed July 11, 2018

Reception

The Allmusic review awarded the album 4½ stars.[http://allmusic.com/album/ Allmusic Review] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130716125857/http://www.allmusic.com/album |date=2013-07-16 }} accessed June 29, 2011

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = Allmusic

| rev1Score = {{rating|4.5|5}}

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Track listing

1 The Window - 8:02

2 Flakes - 7:00

3 Twilight - 9:14

4 The Gleam - 8:23

5 A Complicated Scene - (Mary Frazee, Steve Lacy) - 8:48

6 Retreat - 7:04

:All compositions by Steve Lacy except as indicated

:*Recorded July 30–31, 1987 at Barigozzi Studios, Milan

Personnel

References

{{reflist}}https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-window-mw0000652963{{Steve Lacy}}

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Category:1988 albums

Category:Steve Lacy (saxophonist) albums

Category:Black Saint/Soul Note albums