| Dig-It | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Lee Konitz and Ted Brown |
| Cover: | Dig-It (Lee Konitz and Ted Brown album).jpg |
| Recorded: | May 1999 |
| Genre: | Jazz |
| Producer: | Nils Winther |
| Chronology: | Lee Konitz |
| Prev Title: | Sound of Surprise |
| Prev Year: | 1999 |
| Next Title: | Pride |
| Next Year: | 1999 |
Dig-It is an album by saxophonists Lee Konitz and Ted Brown recorded in 1999 and released on the Danish SteepleChase label.[1] [2] [3] [4]
In JazzTimes, Duck Baker wrote: "A less known figure, Brown is nevertheless a wonderful player; his style basically as it was in the ’50s, occupying sort of a middle ground between Warne Marsh and Lester Young. It’s interesting to note the subtle difference in Konitz’s approach here, compared to his work with the like-minded Marsh. ... I’ve always felt that returning to this material brings out the best in Konitz, and it’s great to hear Brown again".[5] On All About Jazz, Marc Corotto noted "This reunion in a pianoless quartet is all about their mentor, Lennie Tristano. His music (their music) of the 1940/50’s paralleled bebop, but in a complex multi-layered way. Tristano was said to have instructed the two to play “...deliberately uninflected, in a neutral tone, concentrating instead on the solo.” This style, reflected on this release, is anything but unemotional. Konitz and Brown’s cool tones create a delicate internal tension that is and was a bridge between Charlie Parker and Ornette Coleman".[6]
All compositions by Lee Konitz except where noted