| The Box Set now is released in limited edition with 5 concerts never before heard on any official records. This is the music of Jimmy Lyons when he was the bandleader and picked the artists he wanted.
In the history of modern jazz, The Box Set is an invaluable document.
The recordings were made just to document the concerts and where never ment to be released on records but the technical blemishes are overshadowed by the incredible music performed by Jimmy Lyons and his group members.
The box comes with a 64 pages, 4 colours booklet with description of the 5 CDs and the, so far, most comprehensive biography of Jimmy Lyons written by Ben Young and Ed Hazell. Never before published photographs and some of Jimmy Lyons’ hand written manuscript are also included in the booklet.
One Final Note Review: In the summer of 1975, as Ben Young's invaluable annotations to Jimmy Lyons: The Box Set relate, alto saxophonist Jimmy Lyons was but three years into the decade and a half (or so) of his most concentrated work as a bandleader. By 1975, Lyons' reputation as one of free jazz's pre-eminent soloists, ensured by his creative partnership with pianist/composer Cecil Taylor, was further enhanced by a two-year residency at Antioch College in Yellow Springs, Ohio (again, under Taylor's leadership), a period during which Lyons was able to mentor several musicians of the next generation. His association with Sam Rivers also gave Lyons quick entry into New York's loft scene, where, on the evidence of a June 1975 trio concert—with two Antioch students: bassist Hayes Burnett and drummer Henry Letcher—given at Rivers' Studio Rivbea, the alto saxophonist distinguished himself yet again as a player of unusual passion and intelligence. In other words, by 1975, Lyons' career would appear to have turned the proverbial corner. But it is only now, in 2003, that I can write about these June 30, 1975 performances, which, in this reviewer's opinion, constitute some of the strongest music Lyons ever made.
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