Knowinglee
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| Studio album by Lee Konitz , Dave Liebman and Richie Beirach | ||||
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CD |
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Kurt Renker, Jean-Jacques Pussiau |
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CMP Studio Zerkall |
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Knowinglee (also Knowing Lee ) is a jazz album by Lee Konitz , Dave Liebman and Richie Beirach . The recordings made in May 2010 in the CMP Studio in Zerkall were released in 2011 on OutNote Records.
background
Saxophonist Dave Liebman and pianist Richie Beirach had been playing together for over 40 years when the album was made, in ensembles ranging from the big band ( Quest for Freedom , Sunnyside, 2010) to the smaller ensemble ( Lookout Farm 1974, Quest and Re -Dial: Live in Hamburg , rich 2010), through to Duo productions such as Double Edge from the year 1985. in this trio project played Konitz first time with Dave Liebman, a saxophonist of a later generation, although both employees of Miles Davis were , Konitz with Birth of the Cool in 1948–51, Liebman with the Trumpeter's early electric bands in 1972–74.
Track list
- Lee Konitz, Dave Liebman, Richard Beirach: Knowinglee (OutNote Records OTN 006)
- In Your Own Sweet Way ( Dave Brubeck ) 8:38
- Don't Tell Me What Key 5:40
- Universal Lament 6:27
- Alone Together ( Howard Dietz , Arthur Schwartz ) 8:17
- Knowinglee 5:03
- Solar ( Miles Davis ) 10:04
- Migration 4:24
- Thingin '/ All The Things That ... 7:50
- Trinity 2:05
- Body and Soul (Johnny Green) 6:02
- Hi Beck 3:56
- What Is This Thing Called Love ( Cole Porter ) 7:07
- Unless otherwise noted, the compositions are by Dave Liebman (2, 5, 7–9), Lee Konitz (2, 3, 7–9, 11), Richie Beirach (2, 3, 5, 9)
reception
John Fordham gave the album four stars in the Guardian and wrote, "Eighty-three or not, saxophonist Lee Konitz never seems to lose his enthusiasm for new musical situations." Given the reduced cast and the devotion of all three players to floating improvisational melodies and counterpoints , that are devoid of the harmonies on which the songs are based, this is inevitably a rather distilled jazz exercise preferred by experienced listeners, says the author. Beirach has a wise awareness of when the free explorations of his partners might need strange bluesy chord changes or harmoniously anchoring chords, and his delicate duet with Konitz in their spontaneous "Universal Lament" (with the saxophonist unusually playing soprano, but in the tone of the alto saxophone ) be wonderful.
According to John Kelman, who reviewed the album in All About Jazz and rated it 4½ stars, saxophonist Lee Konitz is almost 20 years older than Liebman and Beirach, but there is one thing they have in common, and that is Lennie Tristano , an often overlooked pianist who experimented with building blocks of free and modal jazz long before they were "invented" for the public by Ornette Coleman and Miles Davis . While Konitz played with Tristano and Liebman and Beirach simply studied him, Knowinglee - a first encounter sparked by a chance letter to Konitz written by Liebman - is “a collection of standards, originals and spontaneous compositions that subliminally reveals a common Connection convince on a deeper, conceptual level. Instead of diluting Liebman and Beirach's chemistry, Konitz actually improves it. "
Individual evidence
- ^ A b John Kelman: Lee Konitz / Dave Liebman / Richie Beirach: KnowingLee. AllAbout Jazz, May 30, 2011, accessed April 17, 2020 .
- ^ A b John Fordham: Lee Konitz / Dave Leibman: Knowing Lee - review. The Guardian, September 28, 2011, accessed April 17, 2020 .
- ↑ Lee Konitz, Dave Liebman, Richard Beirach: Knowinglee at Discogs