Alto Summit | |
Type: | Album |
Artist: | Lee Konitz, Pony Poindexter, Phil Woods and Leo Wright |
Cover: | Alto Summit.jpg |
Released: | 1968 |
Recorded: | June 2–3, 1968 |
Studio: | MPS Tonstudio, Villingen, Black Forest, West Germany |
Genre: | Jazz |
Length: | 45:39 |
Label: | MPS MPS 15 192 |
Producer: | Joachim E. Berendt |
Chronology: | Lee Konitz |
Prev Title: | The Lee Konitz Duets |
Prev Year: | 1967 |
Next Title: | European Episode |
Next Year: | 1968 |
Alto Summit is an album by saxophonists Lee Konitz, Pony Poindexter, Phil Woods and Leo Wright recorded in West Germany in 1968 and released on the MPS label.[1] [2] [3] [4] The album was released in the US on Prestige Records.[5]
Scott Yanow of Allmusic said "This unusual album teams together the altos of Lee Konitz, Pony Poindexter, Phil Woods and Leo Wright (along with pianist Steve Kuhn, bassist Palle Danielsson and drummer Jon Christensen) on a variety of challenging material. There are four pieces for the full septet (including one that pays tribute to both Bach and Bird), a pair of quintet performances and a ballad medley that ends in a complete fiasco (it has to be heard to be believed). Despite the latter, everyone fares well on this summit meeting".