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Lee Konitz: Sound Of Surprise
by Mark Corroto
New Lee Konitz records have recently been coming out at a rate to match David Murray’s output of the early 1990s. There are my favorites, the two Blue Note live sessions with Brad Mehldau and Charlie Haden, Alone Together and Another Shade Of Blue. Also, Three Guys (Enja) with Paul Motian and Steve Swallow, Dig It ...
Konitz/Swallow/Motian: Three Guys
by Derek Taylor
Perenially the self-deprecating soul, Konitz offers a brief but highly understated analysis of the music contained here in his brief notes to the disc. For my money, the evidence presented in aural form is all the proof necessary as to why he remains one of the most inventive improvisers alive. He can take even the most ...
Lee Konitz: The Real Lee Konitz
by AAJ Staff
You know the experimental Lee Konitz; he isn’t here. No carefully-planned abstractions or sweating in a studio – everything is spontaneous, including the way it was made. The agent calls on a Friday: “Do you want to open in Pittsburgh on Monday?" He did, and a band was created with a few phone calls. The clubowner ...
Lee Konitz/Ted Brown: Dig-It
by Mark Corroto
Lee Konitz and Ted Brown have lived many lives since they played together as students and sidemen of pianist Lennie Tristano more than fifty years ago. Konitz started with Claude Thornhill’s Orchestra before working with Gil Evans and Miles Davis’ Birth of the Cool Nonet. His familiar alto saxophone was featured in what many say was ...
Lee Konitz: Another Shade Of Blue
by Mike Neely
To be able to hear the hesitancies and offerings of vivid thought and in turn the delicate reactions of exchange is to hear the poetry of jazz at its elemental level. This is the accomplishment of a recent Lee Konitz, Brad Mehldau, and Charlie Haden trio recording entitled: “Another Shade Of Blue." This CD is the ...
Tender Lee For Chet
By Lee Konitz
Label: Philology Jazz Records
Released: 1999
Track listing: Blues For Chet; My Funny Valentine; Just
Friends; It Could Happen To You; But Not For
Me; What's New; I'll Remember April;
