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| Unaccompanied Live in Yokohama [ ÉLŐ ] |
| Lee Konitz |
| első megjelenés éve: 1996 |
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| (2003)
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| 6.738 Ft
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| 1. | The Nearness of You
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| 2. | Thingin'
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| 3. | Darn That Dream
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| 4. | Play Fiddle Play-Kary's Trance
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| 5. | Subconscious Lee
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| 6. | Duo Improvisations for Alto Saxophone and Acoustic Guitar
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| 7. | Duo Improvisations for Alto Saxophone and Electric Guitar
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Jazz / Cool, Post-Bop
Lee Konitz - Sax (Alto)
Kazuo Imai - Guitar
Youei Hashimoto Mastering
Lee Konitz has occasionally recorded as an unaccompanied soloist, but this live session, recorded for a small Japanese label, is a rare opportunity to hear him unaccompanied on-stage. With his distinctive sound on alto sax, he overcomes the handicap of not having any accompanists. His treatment of the standard "The Nearness of You" is intricate, incorporating space between phrases. "Thingin'" is his decades-old reworking of the changes to "All the Things You Are"; this brilliant solo rendition stands up to his earlier recordings rather well. Konitz inserts brief flourishes into his laconic setting of "Darn That Dream," making it a bit more melancholy than usual. The sole medley consists of the long out of favor "Play, Fiddle, Play" and a vintage Konitz composition, "Kary's Trance," the latter which featured him playing both alto and tenor saxes in its debut recording four decades earlier. Finally, he revives another original, "Subconscious Lee," a piece dating to the earliest days of his career and one he has continued to play. The final two tracks are improvisations that add guitarist Kazuo Imai, who adds minimalist backgrounds to Konitz's flights. This Japanese CD will be very difficult to find, as it has lapsed from the PSF catalog. ~ Ken Dryden, 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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