Round & Round
Lee Konitz
Adam Nussbaum, Fred Hersch, Mike Richmond
Nimbus, 2008
1 CD
Catalogue #: NI 2703
EAN: 0710357270321
UPC: 710357270321
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Personnel: Lee Konitz (alto & soprano saxophones); Fred Hersch (piano); Mike Richmond (bass); Adam Nussbaum (drums).
Personnel: Lee Konitz (soprano saxophone, alto saxophone); Fred Hersch (piano); Mike Richmond (bass instrument); Adam Nussbaum (drums).
This late-1980s Lee Konitz date finds the revered saxophonist leading a fine ensemble that includes pianist Fred Hersch, who was just beginning to rack up accolades of his own as a bandleader. Highlights of the strikingly straight-ahead album include a lovely rendition of the oft-covered "Someday My Prince Will Come" and a relaxed version of John Coltrane's "Giant Steps."
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While bebop was the jazz avant-garde of the late 1940's, there was a parallel movement about the same time as pianist Lennie Tristano and alto saxophonist Lee Konitz unofficially led the school of cool jazz. While preeminent alto icon Charlie Parker burned hot and bluesy (while still abstract), Konitz had an altogether drier, more cerebral, and subdued approach. Besides Tristano, he performed and recorded with Miles Davis, and bandleaders Claude Thornhill and Stan Kenton, before finally establishing himself as a leader. As his career extends into the `00s, Konitz is one of the few players of his generation who still stretches himself. Ever contemporary, he's recorded unaccompanied; with straight-ahead trios and quartets, etc.; and with string sections; and has engaged in totally free improvisation with the U.K. collective Company (often featuring Derek Bailey).
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