Peacemeal Explained

Peacemeal
Type:	Album
Artist:	Lee Konitz Quintet
Cover:	Peacemeal.jpg
Released:	1970
Recorded:	March 20–21, 1969
Studio:	Decca Studios, New York City
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	60:21
Label:	Milestone MSP 9025
Producer:	Dick Katz
Chronology:	Lee Konitz
Prev Title:	Stereokonitz
Prev Year:	1968
Next Title:	Spirits
Next Year:	1971

Peacemeal is an album by American jazz saxophonist Lee Konitz's Quintet recorded in 1969 and released on the Milestone label.^[1] ^[2] ^[3] The 2004 CD reissue added three alternate takes as bonus tracks not on the original LP.^[4]

Critical reception

Scott Yanow of Allmusic called it "A thought-provoking and consistently enjoyable set of music".

Track listing

"Thumb Under (No. 98 from Mikrokosmos)" (Béla Bartók) – 3:11
"Lester Leaps In" (Lester Young) – 3:22
"Village Joke (No. 130 from Mikrokosmos)" (Bartók) – 4:05
"Something to Sing" (Dick Katz) – 4:09
"Peacemeal" (Katz) – 7:05
"Body and Soul" (Johnny Green, Edward Heyman, Frank Eyton, Robert Sour) – 5:04
"Peasant Dance (No. 128 From Mikrokosmos)" (Bartók) – 4:56
"Fourth Dimension" (Lee Konitz) – 4:34
"Second Thoughts" (Katz) – 3:06
"Subconscious-Lee" (Konitz) – 4:13
"Lester Leaps In" [Take 4] (Young) – 3:18 Bonus track on CD reissue
"Body and Soul" [Take 3] (Green, Heyman, Eyton, Sour) – 6:30 Bonus track on CD reissue
"Subconscious-Lee" [Take 6] (Konitz) – 5:51 Bonus track on CD reissue

Personnel

Lee Konitz – alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, multivider
Marshall Brown – valve trombone, baritone horn
Dick Katz – piano, electric piano
Eddie Gómez – bass
Jack DeJohnette – drums

Notes and References

Fitzgerald. M., Milestone label discography, accessed June 3, 2015
https://www.press.umich.edu/pdf/0472115871-discography.pdf Lee Konitz discography
http://www.jazzlists.com/SJ_Label_Milestone_9000.htm Jazzlists: Milestone Records 9000 series discography
http://www.jazzdisco.org/fantasy-records/catalog-ojc-1100-series/ Fantasy Records Catalog: OJC 1100 series