The Lee Konitz Duets

Lee Konitz | Format: MP3 Download

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• Original Release Date: December 12, 2006
• Release Date: December 12, 2006
• Label: Fantasy Records
• Copyright: (C) 1990 Fantasy, Inc.
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• Total Length: 44:53
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• ASIN: B000UBQQDO
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #265,469 Paid in MP3 Albums (See Top 100 Paid in MP3 Albums)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Seeking Variety? Try This !, June 1, 2007

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David Conklin (Albuquerque, NM USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Lee Konitz Duets (Audio CD)

This surely must be one of the most unique and varied jazz albums ever recorded. Lee Konitz--a master of improvisation who epitomizes the "West Coast Cool" sound on alto sax --duos with 9 different folks (including Joe Henderson, Jim Hall, Ray Nance, and Elvin Jones) on several different instruments. There's also a quartet piece and a great finale where almost everyone joins in. Styles vary, and while the music leans toward the avant-garde, it should be fairly accessible to most listeners. Presumably everything here was recorded in one 5-hour session to maximize spontaneity and intensity. This was a very impressive achievement by Konitz, and is a lot of fun to boot. I hope this eventually gets a good re-mastering: the OJC series sounds fine as far as first generation CDs go, but a 20 or 24-Bit job by skilled engineers might work wonders on this.