Let's Call This... Esteem

Let's Call This... Esteem
Let's Call This... Esteem
Live album by Steve Lacy & Mal Waldron
Released	1993
Recorded	May 16, 1993
Venue	Playhouse Theatre, Oxford, England
Genre	Jazz
Length	78:06
Label	Slam
Producer	George Haslam
Steve Lacy chronology
Mal Waldron chronology

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.^[1]^[2]

Reception[]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	^[4]

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."^[3]

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[]

Steve Lacy – soprano saxophone
Mal Waldron – piano

References[]

^ Jazzlists: Steve Lacy discography accessed July 16, 2018
^ Steve Lacy discography accessed July 16, 2018
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Loewy, Steve. Steve Lacy: Let's Call This... Esteem – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved July 16, 2018.
^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008) The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th edition). Penguin. p. 857

[Lacy_discography-1] Jazzlists: Steve Lacy discography accessed July 16, 2018

[2] Steve Lacy discography accessed July 16, 2018

[Allmusic-3] Jump up to: ^a ^b Loewy, Steve. Steve Lacy: Let's Call This... Esteem – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved July 16, 2018.

[Penguin-4] Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008) The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th edition). Penguin. p. 857

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With Jackie McLean	4, 5 and 6 (1956) Jackie's Pal (1956) Jackie McLean & Co. (1957) Makin' the Changes (1957) A Long Drink of the Blues (1957) Strange Blues (1957) McLean's Scene (1957)
With Charles Mingus	Jazz Composers Workshop (1954) Mingus at the Bohemia (1955) The Charles Mingus Quintet & Max Roach (1955) Pithecanthropus Erectus (1956) Blues & Roots (1959)
With the Prestige All Stars	Baritones and French Horns (aka, Dakar, 1957) Four Altos (1957) Interplay for 2 Trumpets and 2 Tenors (1957) The Prestige Jazz Quartet (1957) Wheelin' & Dealin' (1957)
With others	All Night Long (Kenny Burrell, 1956) Earthy (Kenny Burrell, 1957) 2 Guitars (Kenny Burrell & Jimmy Raney, 1957) Where? (Ron Carter, 1961) The Teddy Charles Tentet (1956) Coolin' (Teddy Charles, 1957) Cattin' with Coltrane and Quinichette (John Coltrane & Paul Quinichette, 1957) Coltrane (1957) Dakar (John Coltrane, Pepper Adams & Cecil Payne, 1957) At the Five Spot (Eric Dolphy, both volumes, 1961) Tuba Sounds (Ray Draper, 1957) Hornful of Soul (aka, Catwalk, Bennie Green, 1960) Ella Fitzgerald and Billie Holiday at Newport (1957) Lady in Satin (Billie Holiday, 1958) So Warm (Etta Jones, 1961) After Hours (Thad Jones, 1957) Olio (Thad Jones, 1957) Reflections: Steve Lacy Plays Thelonious Monk (1958) Straight Ahead (Abbey Lincoln, 1961) Teo (Teo Macero, 1957) On the Sunny Side (Paul Quinichette, 1957) Percussion Bitter Sweet (Max Roach, 1961) It's Time (Max Roach, 1962) Speak, Brother, Speak! (Max Roach, 1962) For Lady (Webster Young, 1957)

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