It's You (album)

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It's You
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Studio album by
Released1996
RecordedMarch 1996
StudioSteepleChase Digital Studio, Copenhagen, Denmark
Genre Jazz
Length51:34
Label SteepleChase
SCCD 31398
Producer Nils Winther
Lee Konitz chronology
Body and Soul
(1995)
It's You
(1996)
Strings for Holiday
(1996)

It's You is an album by American jazz saxophonist Lee Konitz, recorded in Denmark in 1996 and released on the Danish SteepleChase label. [1] [2] [3] [4]

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Critical reception

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Scott Yanow of AllMusic wrote: "The focus is mostly on Konitz, and he is in top form, playing inventively and thoughtfully ... This is a melodic and cool-toned bop session that finds Lee Konitz often sounding as if he is thinking aloud". [5]

Track listing

All compositions by Lee Konitz except where noted

  1. "Thingin'" – 9:47
  2. "Angel Eyes" (Matt Dennis, Earl Brent) – 8:14
  3. "Boo Doo" – 6:35
  4. "It's You" – 9:55
  5. "Mella" – 8:48
  6. "April in Nimes" (Ron McClure) – 8:11

Personnel

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References

  1. Lee Konitz discography accessed May 30, 2017
  2. Di Filippo, R., Enciclopedia del Jazz: Lee Konitz accessed May 30, 2017
  3. SteepleChase Records discography, accessed May 30, 2017
  4. SteepleChase Productions ApS, accessed May 30, 2017
  5. 1 2 Yanow, Scott. It's You – Review at AllMusic . Retrieved May 30, 2017.
  6. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 838. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.