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| 1. | Partout
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| 2. | Alone Together
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| 3. | Body And Soul
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| 4. | Leewise
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| 5. | Jesper Lee
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| 6. | Subconscious Lee
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| 7. | Peggy Lee
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| 8. | Skygger
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| 9. | Allan Lee
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| 10. | Pazzenger
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| 11. | Jens Lee
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| 12. | Stardust
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Jazz / Cool, Post-Bop
Lee Konitz
Featured With
The Jazzpar All Star Nonet
Directed By Jens Sondergaard:
Jeff Davis (Tp) Allan Botschinsky (Tp & Flg) Erling Kroner (Tb) Niels Gerhardt (B-Tb & Tuba) Lee Konitz (As & Ss) Jens Søndergaard ( As, Ss & Bs) Peter Gullin ( Bs & Ts) Butch Lacy (P) Jesper Lundgaard (B) Svend-Erik Norregaard (Dr)
The end of March 1992 was the time for much international jazz performance and recording activity in Denmark, thanks to the celebration of the third annual JAZZPAR award. These awards are organised by the Danish Jazz Center with the sponsorship of Skandinavisk Tobakskompagni. On the one hand, thay enable each of two local musicians to select a foreign player of their choice to rehearse and perform as a sideman with them. On the other hand, an internationally celebrated artist is offered a substancial financial inducement to play a starring role in concerts with a larger Danish based group. This prize was accepted by Lee Konitz in 1992.
On this diverse and highly enjoyable set altoist Lee Konitz is heard in a variety of settings. Five songs (four of them recently composed) feature Konitz interacting with a fine Danish nonet and on "Subconscious Lee" he is showcased in a quintet with flugelhornist Allan Botchinsky and pianist Peggy Stern. However it is his six duets (with Stern, Botchinsky, bassist Jesper Lundgaard and fellow altoist Jens Sondergaard) that are most notable. Konitz, who can play as freely as any avant-gardist, somehow always sounds relaxed and thoughtful, turning these duets into comfortable dialogues. ~ Scott Yanow, All Music Guide
Lee Konitz
Active Decades: '40s, '50s, '60s, '70s, '80s, '90s and '00s
Born: Oct 13, 1927 in Chicago, IL
Genre: Jazz
Styles: Modern Creative, Cool, Post-Bop
One of the most individual of all altoists (and one of the few in the 1950s who did not sound like a cousin of Charlie Parker), the cool-toned Lee Konitz has always had a strong musical curiosity that has led him to consistently take chances and stretch himself, usually quite successfully. Early on he studied clarinet, switched to alto, and played with Jerry Wald. Konitz gained some attention for his solos with Claude Thornhill's Orchestra (1947). He began studying with Lennie Tristano, who had a big influence on his conception and approach to improvising. Konitz was with Miles Davis's Birth of the Cool Nonet during their one gig and their Capitol recordings (1948-1950) and recorded with Lennie Tristano's innovative sextet (1949), including the first two free improvisations ever documented. Konitz blended very well with Warne Marsh's tenor (their unisons on "Wow" are miraculous) and would have several reunions with both Tristano and Marsh through the years, but he was also interested in finding his own way; by the early '50s he started breaking away from the Tristano school. Konitz toured Scandinavia (1951), where his cool sound was influential, and he fit in surprisingly well with Stan Kenton's Orchestra (1952-1954), being featured on many charts by Bill Holman and Bill Russo. Konitz was primarily a leader from that point on. He almost retired from music in the early '60s but re-emerged a few years later. His recordings have ranged from cool bop to thoughtful free improvisations, and his Milestone set of Duets (1967) is a classic. In the late '70s Konitz led a notable nonet and in 1992 he won the prestigious Jazzpar Prize. He kept a busy release schedule throughout the '90s and dabbled in the world of classical with 2000's French Impressionist Music from the Turn of the Twentieth Century. The Mark Masters Ensemble joined him for 2004's One Day with Lee. And in 2007 he recorded Portology with the Ohad Talmor Big Band. He has recorded on soprano and tenor but has mostly stuck to his distinctive alto.Konitz has led consistently stimulating sessions for many labels, including Prestige, Dragon, Pacific Jazz, Vogue, Storyville, Atlantic, Verve, Wave, Milestone, MPS, Polydor, Bellaphon, SteepleChase, Sonet, Groove Merchant, Roulette, Progressive, Choice, IAI, Chiaroscuro, Circle, Black Lion, Soul Note, Storyville, Evidence, and Philogy.
---Scott Yanow, All Music Guide |
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