Lee Konitz - The Lee Konitz Nonet

Title: The Lee Konitz Nonet Artist: Lee Konitz Release Date: 1977 Re-Released On: 3/4/2003 Label: Chiaroscuro Duration: 61:04 Album Type(s): live UPC: 091454018628 Genre: Jazz Styles: Cool, Post-Bop, Jazz Instrument, Saxophone Jazz Moods: Complex, Intimate, Sophisticated, Austere, Elegant, Stylish, Cerebral, Confident, Earthy, Energetic, Exuberant, Passionate, Playful, Refined/Mannered, Rollicking, Romantic, Ambitious, Enigmatic, Gritty, Lively Total Copies: 0 Members Wishing: 1 Number of Discs/SwapaCD Credits: 1

1. Fanfare
2. Chi-Chi
3. If You Could See Me Now
4. Sometimes I'm Happy
5. Giant Steps
6. April/April Too
7. Who You
8. Stryker's Dues
9. Fourth Dimension
10. Struttin' With Some Barbecue
11. Hymn Too
12. Jazzspeak

Year Type Label Catalog # 2003 CD Chiaroscuro 186

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This is a group that should have been able to stay together, but it was formed a few years too soon, at the height of the fusion era. Altoist Lee Konitz's nonet (featuring trumpeter Burt Collins, trombonist Jimmy Knepper, and keyboardist Andy Laverne, among others) reflected its leader's interest in a wide variety of jazz. The music on this valuable disc ranges from swing classics ("If Dreams Come True" and "A Pretty Girl Is Like a Melody") and bop ("Without a Song") to Wayne Shorter's "Nefertiti" and a pair of Chick Corea tunes ("Matrix" and "Times Lie"). Sy Johnson wrote most of the arrangements (including a full orchestration of six choruses from Chick Corea's piano solo on "Matrix"). This is one of Lee Konitz's finest recordings of the 1970s. ~ Scott Yanow, All Music Guide

Name Credits Benny Aronov Piano Burt Collins Trumpet, Flugelhorn, Piccolo Trumpet Fred Miller Engineer Hank O'Neal Producer, Liner Notes Hereo Nonetto Performer Jimmy Knepper Trombone John Eckert Flugelhorn Jon Bates Digital Mastering, Digital Restoration Kenny Washington Drums Knobby Totah Bass Lee Konitz Sax (Soprano), Sax (Alto) Leo Meiersdorff Illustrations, Booklet, Cover Design Rollo Phlecks Photography Ronnie Cuber Sax (Baritone) Sam Burtis Trombone (Bass)