About This Song
About "'Round Midnight (Live)" by Steve Lacy
Steve Lacy's live 'Round Midnight' is a ghostly conversation with Monk and Ellington. The title's hour—liminal, blue—stretches through his soprano sax, each note a flicker in a dark room. Recorded at Yoshi's in 1994, the performance balances reverence and restlessness, a tightrope walk over jazz history.