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Jeff Denson + Lee Konitz

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2015
Track listing: Baby; Duet; Blue Skies; East Thirty-Second; Subconscious Lee; Body And Soul; Background Music; Kary’s Trance; Skylark; 317 East 32nd Street; Subconscious Lee (solo).

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Jeff Denson Trio + Lee Konitz

By Jeff Denson

Label: Ridgeway Records
Released: 2015
Track listing: Baby; Duet; Blue Skies; East Thirty-Second; Subconscious Lee; Body And Soul; Background Music; Kary's Trance; Skylark; 317 East 32nd Street; Subconscious Lee.

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Jeff Denson Trio: Jeff Denson Trio + Lee Konitz

Read "Jeff Denson Trio + Lee Konitz" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky
July 8, 2015

Part of the beauty and challenge in following the late career recordings of saxophone icon Lee Konitz can be traced to the way he continues to grow and evolve, inspired by the many and varied musicians he works with and, in turn, inspiring them. Anybody who's heard him wildly deconstruct a standard with pianist Dan Tepfer, ...

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Jeff Denson Trio/Lee Konitz: Jeff Denson + Lee Konitz

Read "Jeff Denson + Lee Konitz" reviewed by Mark Corroto

by Mark Corroto
July 3, 2015

Let us celebrate the life of 87-year old jazz master Lee Konitz. The alto saxophonist has been recording music for seven decades now. While his tone is not as strong these days, his music is arguably more expressive now than ever. Heard here as a guest with bassist Jeff Denson's trio, he adds a new dimension ...

News: Recording

"Jeff Denson Trio + Lee Konitz" To Be Released July 7 By Denson's Ridgeway Records

June 8, 2015

Bassist/composer Jeff Denson has enjoyed a richly rewarding musical and personal relationship with alto saxophone legend Lee Konitz since 2007, when Denson joined Konitz’s well-traveled New Quartet. The latest chapter in their association involves the recording, at Berkeley’s Fantasy Studios in February of this year, of Jeff Denson Trio + Lee Konitz, with pianist Dan Zemelman ...

Article: Year in Review

Robert Bush Best of 2014

by Robert Bush
January 11, 2015

2014 proved a banner year for jazz recordings. Still, two of my favorite discs this year came in the form of previously unreleased material--the Jarrett Trio and Coltrane Quintet cannot be overlooked, in my opinion. Wadada Leo Smith The Great Lakes Suites (Tum Records) Keith Jarrett, ...

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Jazz Quanta May

by C. Michael Bailey
May 2, 2014

Oran Etkin Gathering Light Motema 2014 Multi-reedist Oran Etkin gathers his scattered points of inspiration from the whole of the Eastern Hemisphere and a good bit of the Western one. Etkin's main horn is the bass clarinet...not completely unheard of, Eric Dolphy played a mean one, but one ...

News: Recording

Two New Duo CDs By Bassist/Composer Jeff Denson Due April 15

March 29, 2014

Best known for his work in the celebrated cooperative trio Minsarah (which he founded with Florian Weber and Ziv Ravitz) and his seven-year tenure in the Lee Konitz New Quartet, bassist and composer Jeff Denson has also led a highly regarded quartet featuring Weber, Ralph Alessi, and Dan Weiss. Now Denson is preparing to showcase other ...

News: Performance / Tour

East Coast Tour Dates Announced By Bassist Jeff Denson & His Quartet

February 27, 2013

Bassist and composer Jeff Denson introduced his commanding new quartet last year on the CD Secret World (Between the Lines), followed by a West Coast fall tour. This spring, Denson has scheduled several East Coast dates to feature the band, which consists of German-born pianist Florian Weber, captivating trumpeter Ralph Alessi, and the singularly versatile drummer ...

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