Frank Wunsch

Lee Konitz, with Frank Wunsch - Insight (2011)

Source: Something Else!
July 29, 2011

An interesting recording from a period in which Lee Konitz wasn't always all that interesting. The saxophonist appears on these dates, recorded between 1989-94, alone and with German pianist Frank Wunsch. Konitz completists will remember his 1990 Nabel recording S'Nice with Munsch's trio, a graceful if not all that interesting aside. Here, however, we find Konitz returning—during three of the eight tracks found on the new Jazzwerkstatt recording Insight—to the solo format that propelled him past an early-career generalization as ...
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