Lee Konitz Meets Jimmy Giuffre Explained

Lee Konitz Meets Jimmy Giuffre
Type:	Studio
Artist:	Lee Konitz and Jimmy Giuffre
Cover:	Lee Konitz Meets Jimmy Giuffre.jpg
Released:	1959
Recorded:	May 12–13, 1959 New York City
Genre:	Jazz
Label:	Verve MGV 8335
Chronology:	Jimmy Giuffre
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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]}

Critical reception

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".

Track listing

1. "Palo Alto" (Lee Konitz) – 3:06
2. "Darn That Dream" (Jimmy Van Heusen, Eddie DeLange) – 1:53
3. "When Your Lover Has Gone" (Einar Aaron Swan) – 4:59
4. "Cork 'N Bib" (Konitz) – 9:42
5. "Somp'm Outa' Nothin'" (Jimmy Giuffre) – 4:20
6. "Someone to Watch over Me" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 3:30
7. "Uncharted" (Giuffre) – 3:53
8. "Moonlight in Vermont" (Karl Suessdorf, John Blackburn) – 3:53
9. "The Song Is You" (Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II) – 5:01

Personnel

• 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

Notes and References

1. http://www.jazzdisco.org/verve-records/catalog-8300-series/#mgv-8335 Verve Records Catalog: 8300 series
2. https://www.press.umich.edu/pdf/0472115871-discography.pdf Lee Konitz discography