The Real Lee Konitz

by Lee Konitz

The Real Lee Konitz cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1957
  • Label: Atlantic
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 36:37
  • Community rating: 3.99/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Performing at the Midway Lounge in Pittsburgh, the fiercely independent alto saxophonist delivers a masterclass in highly intellectual, linear improvisation. The remarkably dry, vibrato-less tone perfectly articulates his incredibly complex harmonic ideas outside of the prevailing bebop conventions.

Genres

Descriptors: acoustic, improvisation, instrumental

Tracklist

  1. Straight Away
  2. Foolin' Myself
  3. You Go To My Head
  4. My Melancholy Baby
  5. Pennies In Minor
  6. Sweet And Lovely
  7. Easy Livin'
  8. Midway

Credits

  • Lee Konitz - primary artist, alto saxophone, written-by
  • Dick Scott - drums
  • Billy Bauer - guitar
  • Don Ferrara - trumpet
  • Andy Razaf - written-by
  • Fats Waller - written-by
  • Haven Gillespie - written-by
  • J. Fred Coots - written-by

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