Lee Konitz Nonet

This article is about the album released on Chiaroscuro Records. For the album released on Roulette Records, see The Lee Konitz Nonet .

Lee Konitz Nonet
Studio album by Lee Konitz Nonet
Released	1977
Recorded	September 20–21, 1977
Studio	Downtown Sound Studio, NYC
Genre	Jazz
Length	61:04
Label	Chiaroscuro CR 186
Producer	Hank O'Neal
Lee Konitz chronology
The Lee Konitz Quintet (1977) Lee Konitz Nonet (1977) French Concert (1977)

Lee Konitz Nonet is an album by American jazz saxophonist Lee Konitz recorded in 1977 and released on the Chiaroscuro label. ^{[1] [2]}

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[3]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	[4]
DownBeat	[5]

Scott Yanow on Allmusic said "the results are frequently superb". ^[3]

DownBeat awarded 5 stars to the album. ^[5] Reviewer Herb Nolan wrote, "There's a touch of everything here, all colored by Konitz' cool nonet sound, without tricks, gimmicks or artistic caution; just a unit using some fine musical minds". ^[5]

Track listing

All compositions by Lee Konitz except where noted.

1. "Fanfare" – 0:40
2. "Chi-Chi" (Charlie Parker) – 10:56
3. "If You Could See Me Now" (Tadd Dameron, Carl Sigman) – 5:04
4. "Sometimes I'm Happy" (Vincent Youmans, Irving Caesar) – 3:20
5. "Giant Steps" (John Coltrane) – 5:27
6. "April/April Too" (Lennie Tristano/John Eckert) – 4:48
7. "Who You" (Jimmy Knepper) – 7:25
8. "Stryker's Dues" (Sievert) – 5:00
9. "Fourth Dimension" – 3:42
10. "Struttin' with Some Barbecue" (Lil Hardin Armstrong, Don Raye) – 4:44
11. "Hymn Too" – 0:55
12. Jazzspeak: Lee Konitz's Verbal History of the Nonet – 9:35 Bonus track on CD reissue

Personnel

• Lee Konitz – alto saxophone, arranger
• Burt Collins – trumpet, flugelhorn, piccolo trumpet
• John Eckert – flugelhorn
• Jimmy Knepper – trombone
• Sam Burtis – bass trombone, tuba
• Ronnie Cuber – baritone saxophone
• Ben Aronov – piano
• Knobby Totah – bass
• Kenny Washington – drums
• Sy Johnson – arranger

References

1. Lee Konitz discography accessed November 24, 2016
2. "KONITZ Lee". Jazz Music (in Italian). August 24, 2014. Retrieved November 29, 2023.
3. Yanow, Scott. The Lee Konitz Nonet – Review at AllMusic . Retrieved November 24, 2016.
4. Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide . USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. pp.  120. ISBN   0-394-72643-X.
5. Nolan, Herb (May 3, 1979). "Record Reviews". DownBeat . 46 (9): 32.