Deep Lee
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| Studio album by Lee Konitz | ||||
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| Label (s) | Enja | |||
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CD |
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11 |
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59:52 |
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Systems Two, Brooklyn, New York |
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Deep Lee is a jazz album by Lee Konitz and the group Minsarah. The recordings made in September 2007 appeared on Enja in 2008 .
background
Deep Lee , recorded on September 22nd and 23rd, 2007, three weeks before Konitz's 80th birthday, finds him in the company of Minsarah , an international trio that first met in Berklee. Minsarah consisted of the German pianist Florian Weber , the Israeli-born drummer Ziv Ravitz and the American bassist Jeff Denson and had already released an album with Enja in 2006; “Minsarah” is the Hebrew word for prism .
Konitz had first heard Minsarah in Cologne, where he lived, before returning to the United States. He had already performed with Minsarah in Europe and the USA before the studio appointment took place.
Track list
- Lee Konitz and Minsarah: Deep Lee (Enja Records ENJ-9517 2)
- Invention (Florian Weber) 3:03
- Chorale (Florian Weber) 1:27
- Canon (Florian Weber) 7:17
- Deep Lee (Lee Konitz) 6:44
- Stella by Starlight ( Ned Washington , Victor Young ) 5:38
- Cactus (Lee Konitz) 5:47
- As the Smoke Clears (Lee Konitz) 7:53
- W 86th (Lee Konitz) 7:27
- See the World for the First Time (Lee Konitz) 3:08
- Color (Florian Weber) 5:11
- Spiders (Lee Konitz) 6:17
reception
Wilbur MacKenzie wrote in All About Jazz that Konitz's recordings with Trio Minsarah jumped the piano trio, combining long form composition, rich harmonic environments and deep melodic inventions to express a kind of drama both introspectively and emphatically. All three bring a wide range of experiences to draw upon in the construction of their highly developed music. This meeting goes far beyond a simple guest appearance by Konitz or a performance by the rhythm section Minsarah, MacKenzie continues. “Konitz has mixed his voice with a variety of contexts and is happy to adapt to the vocabulary and dialogue Minsarah initiated when he first published Enja. This is a project that grew out of an ongoing mutual respect. "
According to Will Smith, who reviewed the album on JazzTimes , Konitz is a musician who deals with the intellectual aspects of jazz improvisation rather than the visceral. Minsarah often gives the impression of the early Paul Bley trio and this loose aura seems to put the alto saxophonist in a relaxed zone. The quartet's confrontations with the standard “ Stella by Starlight ” and Konitz's title track are particularly relevant expressions of Konitz's art and the trio's inspiring sensitivity, while originals from members of the trio such as “Canon”, “Cactus”, “As the Smoke Clears ”and“ Spiders ”enable the alto to search for new creative spaces.
Alex Henderson gave the album 3½ (out of five) stars in Allmusic, writing that Konitz has a strong relationship with the members of Minsarah young enough to be his grandchildren - and their encounter has produced rewarding post-bop results an album that is dominated by original material. Deep Lee is not necessarily essential, Henderson sums up, but this one-hour CD is still a worthwhile example of the fact that the experienced alto saxophonist has continued to produce excellent performances in his last years.
Web links
- Lesson No. 1 From a Master of Improvisation: Never Repeat Yourself. The New York Times, April 2, 2009, accessed April 17, 2020 .
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Will Smith: Lee Konitz / Minsarah: Deep Lee. JazzTimes, January 1, 2009, accessed April 17, 2020 .
- ↑ Booklet of the CD Lee Konitz New Trio Live at the Village Vanguard (Enja 2010).
- ↑ Wilbur MacKenzie: Lee Konitz & Minsarah: Deep Lee. All About Jazz, January 25, 2009, accessed April 17, 2020 .
- ^ Review of the album at Allmusic (English). Retrieved April 17, 2020.