title: Irene Aebi
text: # Irene Aebi
  
  Irene Aebi (born 27 July 1939 in Zurich, Switzerland) is a Swiss singer, violinist and cellist. She is noted for her work with jazz saxophonist Steve Lacy, her husband, from the 1960s to his death in 2004.
  
  Initially a classically trained instrumentalist, she only began to sing at Lacy's request. In a review of a 1999 concert, critic Frank Rubolino describes Aebi as possessing a "brusque, forceful style of singing".
  
  ## Discography
  
  With Steve Lacy
  
  * Moon (BYG, 1971)
  * Wordless (Futura, 1971)
  * The Gap (America, 1972)
  * Estilhacos (Guilda Da Musica, 1972)
  * Roba (Saravah, 1972)
  * Scraps (Saravah, 1974)
  * Dreams (Saravah, 1975)
  * Flakes (RCA, 1975)
  * Songs (Musica, 1977)
  * Follies (FMP, 1978)
  * Troubles (Black Saint, 1979)
  * Stamps (Hat Hut, 1979)
  * Crops & the Woe (Quark & Books, 1979)
  * The Owl (Saravah, 1979)
  * The Way (Hat Hut, 1980)
  * Songs with Brion Gysin (Hat ART, 1981)
  * Ballets (Hat ART, 1982)
  * Prospectus (Hat ART, 1983)
  * Blinks (Hat Hut, 1984)
  * The Condor (Soul Note, 1986)
  * The Gleam (Silkheart, 1987)
  * Momentum (Novus, 1987)
  * The Door (Novus, 1989)
  * Itinerary (Hat ART, 1991)
  * Live at Sweet Basil (Novus/RCA, 1992)
  * Clangs (Hat ART, 1993)
  * Vespers (Soul Note, 1993)
  * Weal & Woe (Emanem, 1995)
  * The Cry (Soul Note, 1999)
  * Monk's Dream (Verve, 2000)
  * Gravensteen Ghent 1971 (Naked Music, 2004)
  * Esteem: Live in Paris 1975 (Atavistic, 2006)
  
  With others
  
  * Takashi Kako, Micro Worlds (Trio, 1976)
  * Alan Silva, Seasons (BYG, 1971)
  * Mal Waldron, Mal Waldron with the Steve Lacy Quintet (America, 1972)
  