Tranquility (Lee Konitz album) explained

Tranquility
Type:	Album
Artist:	The Lee Konitz Quartet
Cover:	Tranquility_(Lee_Konitz_album).jpg
Released:	1957
Recorded:	October 22, 1957 New York City
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	34:05
Label:	Verve MGV 8281
Chronology:	Lee Konitz
Prev Title:	Very Cool
Prev Year:	1957
Next Year:	1958

Tranquility is an album by American jazz saxophonist Lee Konitz's Quartet recorded in 1957 and released on the Verve label.^{[1] [2]}

Critical reception

Jason Ankeny of Allmusic states "crafted with startling precision and economy, Tranquility extols the virtues of mood and shape with Talmudic zeal, towering astride thought and expression. ...Rarely is music so profoundly cerebral also so deeply heartfelt".

Track listing

1. "Stephanie" (Lee Konitz) – 3:57
2. "Memories of You" (Eubie Blake, Andy Razaf) – 3:12
3. "People Will Say We're in Love" (Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II) – 4:57
4. "When You're Smiling" (Mark Fisher, Joe Goodwin, Larry Shay) – 3:48
5. "Sunday" (Chester Conn, Benny Krueger, Ned Miller, Jule Styne) – 3:26
6. "Lennie Bird" (Lennie Tristano) – 5:25
7. "The Nearness of You" (Hoagy Carmichael, Ned Washington) – 6:09
8. "Jonquil" (Werner Bauer) – 3:09

Personnel

• Lee Konitz – alto saxophone
• Billy Bauer – guitar
• Henry Grimes – bass
• Dave Bailey – drums

Notes and References

1. http://www.jazzdisco.org/verve-records/catalog-8200-series/#mgv-8281 Verve Records Catalog: 8200 series
2. https://www.press.umich.edu/pdf/0472115871-discography.pdf Lee Konitz discography