Lines (Pandelis Karayorgis album) explained

Lines
Type:	studio
Artist:	Pandelis Karayorgis, Eric Pakula
Cover:	Lines_Karayorgis_cover.jpg
Released:	1995
Recorded:	March 16–21, 1995
Studio:	Cambridge, Massachusetts
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	67:17
Label:	Accurate
Chronology:	Pandelis Karayorgis
Prev Title:	Between Speech & Song
Prev Year:	1994
Next Title:	Lift & Poise
Next Year:	1998

Lines is an album by jazz pianist Pandelis Karayorgis and alto saxophonist Eric Pakula, which was recorded in 1995 and released on Accurate. They are joined by bassists Nate McBride and Jonathan Robinson and drummers John McLellan and Eric Rosenthal in various combinations, playing compositions by Lennie Tristano, Lee Konitz, Warne Marsh and Ted Brown, along with some originals.^[1]

Reception

In his review for AllMusic, Alex Henderson states "While Karayorgis refuses to be the least bit sentimental, Pakula has no problem being lyrical one minute and intellectual the next. One thing they share, of course, is a healthy appreciation of Tristano's innovations, but thankfully, they do a great deal of interpreting instead of placing his music under a sheet of glass and treating it like a museum piece."

Track listing

"317 E. 32nd Street" (Lennie Tristano) – 3:48
"Two Not One" (Lennie Tristano) – 5:25
"King Oliver" (Eric Pakula) – 5:14
"Dark Song" (Eric Pakula) – 5:01
"Featherbed" (Ted Brown) – 2:33
"Kary's Trance" (Lee Konitz) – 3:38
"Mishing" (Pandelis Karayorgis) – 4:36
"April" (Lennie Tristano) – 5:44
"All About You" (Lennie Tristano) – 2:27
"Lament" (Eric Pakula) – 5:37
"In Time" (Pandelis Karayorgis) – 3:47
"Dreams" (Lennie Tristano) – 4:25
"Out and Out" (Pandelis Karayorgis) – 4:41
"Baby" (Lennie Tristano) – 5:53
"Background Music" (Warne Marsh) – 3:42

Personnel

Eric Pakula - alto sax
Pandelis Karayorgis - piano
Jonathan Robinson - bass
Nate McBride - bass
Eric Rosenthal - drums
John McLellan - drums

Notes and References

http://karayorgis.com/Pages/CDPages/Lines.html Lines