The Real Lee Konitz Explained

The Real Lee Konitz
Type:	Live album
Artist:	Lee Konitz
Cover:	The Real Lee Konitz.jpg
Released:	1957
Recorded:	February 15, 1957
Studio:	The Midway Lounge in Pittsburgh, PA
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	36:19
Label:	Atlantic LP 1273
Chronology:	Lee Konitz
Prev Title:	Worth While
Prev Year:	1956
Next Title:	Very Cool
Next Year:	1957

The Real Lee Konitz is a live album by American jazz saxophonist Lee Konitz which was released on the Atlantic record label in 1957.^{[1] [2]}

Critical reception

Jim Todd of Allmusic states "The result of this low-tech production is a fine document of Konitz playing live in a fairly straight-ahead setting. The sound is good and places the leader's alto sax at the forefront, as he floats his sinewy, pleasantly acerbic sound over the attentive work of the rhythm section".

Track listing

1. "Straightaway" (Lee Konitz) - 3:41
2. "Foolin' Myself" (Andy Razaf, Fats Waller) - 4:40
3. "You Go to My Head" (J. Fred Coots, Haven Gillespie) - 6:10
4. "My Melancholy Baby" (Ernie Burnett, George A. Norton) - 3:56
5. "Pennies in Minor" (Lennie Tristano) - 8:42
6. "Sweet and Lovely" (Gus Arnheim, Jules LeMare, Harry Tobias) - 2:15
7. "Easy Livin'" (Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin) - 3:35
8. "Midway" (Konitz) - 3:20

Personnel

• Lee Konitz - alto saxophone
• Don Ferrara - trumpet (tracks 5 & 6)
  • Billy Bauer - guitar Peter Ind - bass
• Dick Scott - drums

Notes and References

1. http://www.jazzdisco.org/atlantic-records/catalog-1200-series/#1273 Atlantic Records Catalog: 1200 series
2. https://www.press.umich.edu/pdf/0472115871-discography.pdf Lee Konitz discography