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Lee Konitz and the Axis String Quartet: Play French Impressionist Music from the 20th Century
by Jack Bowers
This homage to 20th–century French Impressionist composers by alto saxophonist Lee Konitz and the Axis String Quartet might best be described as a sometimes interesting but more often overly ambitious venture. Konitz is an undeniably marvelous player (although not especially well–recorded here) and the quartet is clearly an accomplished unit, but the music itself is on ...
Lee Konitz: Some New Stuff
by Andrew Lindstrom
One of the most exciting and unique aspects of “saxophonitz" Lee Konitz's playing and writing is his intense respect for both the intuitive nature of the improvisational process as well as the practical nuts and bolts of making music with others. This is a characteristic of many of pianist/pedagogue Lennie Tristano's pupils to a certain extent, ...
Lee Konitz: Some New Stuff
by Mark Corroto
Recently, I’ve rediscovered the music of Lee Konitz. Actually never lost, I just kind of never favored his sound. Till now. Maybe he has mellowed, or I’ve aged, but to my ears he has set aside attitude to favor beauty. Konitz, a Lennie Tristano disciple, has for years been undeservedly labeled with a cool-school moniker. His ...
Lee Konitz Plays French Impressionist Music from the 20th Century
By Lee Konitz
Label: Palmetto Records
Released: 2000
Track listing: 1. Bandar-Log 2. Colibir 3. Sur Un Lanterne 4. Reverie 5. Berceuse Sur le Nom De Gabriel Faure 6. L
