Lee Konitz Archives

308: Jakob Bro w. Lee Konitz, Bill Frisell, Paul Motian, ‘Evening Song’

3 wrinkled legends meet a chill young Dane. Music to think by.

July 6, 2023 by jeff Jazz Song Of the week 2

040: Lennie Tristano Quintet, ‘317 East 32nd’ (Live in Toronto 1952)

Desert Island music. Ice also burns.

April 2, 2019 by jeff Jazz Song Of the week 5

153: Pete Christlieb & Warne Marsh, ‘Magna-Tism’

Pete Christlieb (Steely Dan/Tonight Show ) teams up with the legendary Warne Marsh, 1978. Listen to two tenor saxophonists set the studio on fire.

March 14, 2019 by jeff Jazz Song Of the week 5

027: Lennie Tristano, ‘Wow’

An obscure club date by an obscure pianist and his band, forerunners of cool jazz.
Music for snobs, with some virtuosic playing that would make Paderewski blush.
Ice also burns.

April 4, 2018 by jeff Jazz Song Of the week 6

“Duende” in Spanish denotes both an evil little goblin and ‘a certain diabolical magic’which Lorca called “a sort of corkscrew that can get art into the sensibility of an audience.” The Lee Konitz ‘Duende’ (written for him by Chick Corea) has remained an obscure bluenote in a legendary career. But it wrenched my heart the first time I heard it, and has done so every time since.

April 20, 2012 by jeff Jazz Song Of the week 3