Steve Lacy-Art (by Herman Melville)
from “Steve Lacy -- Momentum“ 1987
Alto Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone, Tambourine -- Steve Potts
Bass -- Jean-Jacques Avenel
Drums -- Oliver Johnson
Piano -- Bobby Few
Soprano Saxophone, Tambourine, Composed By -- Steve Lacy
Vocals, Violin, Cello -- Irene Aebi
Producer -- Ed Michel
Art
In placid hours well-pleased we dream
Of many a brave unbodied scheme.
But form to lend, pulsed life create,
What unlike things must meet and mate:
A flame to melt--a wind to freeze;
Sad patience--joyous energies;
Humility--yet pride and scorn;
Instinct and study; love and hate;
Audacity--reverence. These must mate,
And fuse with Jacob's mystic heart,
To wrestle with the angel--Art.
Herman Melville
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