Lee Konitz Meets Jimmy Giuffre
Studio album by
Lee Konitz and Jimmy Giuffre
Released1959
RecordedMay 12–13, 1959
New York City
GenreJazz
LabelVerve
MGV 8335
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Lee Konitz Meets Jimmy Giuffre is an album by American jazz saxophonist Lee Konitz and saxophonist, composer and arranger Jimmy Giuffre which was released on the Verve label in 1959.[1][2]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[4]

Scott Yanow of Allmusic states that Giuffre's "arrangements for five saxes (including the great tenor Warne Marsh) and a trio led by pianist Bill Evans are sometimes equally influenced by classical music and bop".[3]

Track listing

  1. "Palo Alto" (Lee Konitz) – 3:06
  2. "Darn That Dream" (Jimmy Van Heusen, Eddie DeLange) – 1:53
  3. "When Your Lover Has Gone" (Einar Aaron Swan) – 4:59
  4. "Cork 'N Bib" (Konitz) – 9:42
  5. "Somp'm Outa' Nothin'" (Jimmy Giuffre) – 4:20
  6. "Someone to Watch over Me" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 3:30
  7. "Uncharted" (Giuffre) – 3:53
  8. "Moonlight in Vermont" (Karl Suessdorf, John Blackburn) – 3:53
  9. "The Song Is You" (Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II) – 5:01

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Verve Records Catalog: 8300 series accessed July 6, 2015
  2. ^ Lee Konitz discography accessed July 6, 2015
  3. ^ a b Yanow, Scott. Lee Konitz Meets Jimmy Giuffre – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved July 6, 2015.
  4. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 840. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
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