Lee Konitz Meets Jimmy Giuffre is an album by American jazz saxophonist Lee Konitz and saxophonist, composer and arranger Jimmy Giuffre which was released on the Verve label in 1959.[1][2]
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| Released | 1959 | |||
| Recorded | May 12–13, 1959 New York City | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Label | Verve MGV 8335 | |||
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Critical reception
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [3] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings |  [4] |
Scott Yanow of Allmusic states that Giuffre's "arrangements for five saxes (including the great tenor Warne Marsh) and a trio led by pianist Bill Evans are sometimes equally influenced by classical music and bop".[3]
Track listing
edit- "Palo Alto" (Lee Konitz) – 3:06
- "Darn That Dream" (Jimmy Van Heusen, Eddie DeLange) – 1:53
- "When Your Lover Has Gone" (Einar Aaron Swan) – 4:59
- "Cork 'N Bib" (Konitz) – 9:42
- "Somp'm Outa' Nothin'" (Jimmy Giuffre) – 4:20
- "Someone to Watch over Me" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 3:30
- "Uncharted" (Giuffre) – 3:53
- "Moonlight in Vermont" (Karl Suessdorf, John Blackburn) – 3:53
- "The Song Is You" (Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II) – 5:01
Personnel
edit- Lee Konitz – alto saxophone
- Jimmy Giuffre – baritone saxophone, arranger
- Hal McKusick – alto saxophone
- Ted Brown, Warne Marsh – tenor saxophone
- Bill Evans – piano
- Buddy Clark – bass
- Ronnie Free – drums
References
edit- ^ Verve Records Catalog: 8300 series accessed July 6, 2015
- ^ Lee Konitz discography accessed July 6, 2015
- ^ a b Yanow, Scott. Lee Konitz Meets Jimmy Giuffre – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved July 6, 2015.
- ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 840. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.