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Steve Lacy

1934 - 2004

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Steve Lacy (born Steven Norman Lackritz; July 23, 1934 – June 4, 2004) was an American jazz saxophonist and composer recognized as one of the important players of soprano saxophone. Coming to prominence in the 1950s as a progressive dixieland musician, Lacy went on to a long and prolific career. He worked extensively in experimental jazz and to a lesser extent in free improvisation, but Lacy's music was typically melodic and tightly-structured. Lacy also became a highly distinctive composer, with compositions often built out of little more than a single questioning phrase, repeated several times. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Steve Lacy is the 705th most popular musician (up from 2,148th in 2019), the 3,918th most popular biography from United States (up from 11,344th in 2019) and the 219th most popular American Musician.

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Among musicians, Steve Lacy ranks 705 out of 3,175. Before him are Rufus Wainwright, Screamin' Jay Hawkins, Jeff Buckley, Xaver Scharwenka, Eddie Gómez, and Josef Suk. After him are Stephen Morris, Victor Young, Klaus Voormann, Fou Ts'ong, David Knopfler, and Jim Lea.

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Among people born in 1934, Steve Lacy ranks 187. Before him are Vernon Dobtcheff, George Hilton, Peter Berling, Elgin Baylor, Maureen Connolly, and Eva Mozes Kor. After him are Fou Ts'ong, Giancarlo Baghetti, Lev Polugaevsky, Luis Héctor Villalba, Maria Carta, and Vasily Lanovoy. Among people deceased in 2004, Steve Lacy ranks 118. Before him are Anthony Steffen, Michael Grant, Kalevi Sorsa, Rafael Eitan, Jean Lefebvre, and Czesław Niemen. After him are José Giovanni, Jozef Lenárt, Jacques Georges, Alexandra Ripley, Jesús Gil, and Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Steve Lacy ranks 3,918 out of 20,380. Before him are Maureen Connolly (1934), Richard Carlson (1912), Suzanne Somers (1946), Cecil Andrus (1931), Don Simpson (1943), and Edward Calvin Kendall (1972). After him are Herman Wouk (1915), William Devane (1939), James Foley (1973), Mariska Hargitay (1964), Deborah Lipstadt (1947), and Robert Hanssen (1944).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Steve Lacy ranks 219. Before him are Chaka Khan (1953), Jelly Roll Morton (1890), Suzanne Vega (1959), Rufus Wainwright (1973), Screamin' Jay Hawkins (1929), and Jeff Buckley (1966). After him are Victor Young (1900), Dick Dale (1937), Willy DeVille (1950), Robert Gordon (1947), Michael Stipe (1960), and Lonnie Johnson (1899).

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