Live at the Half Note (Lee Konitz album)

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Live at the Half Note
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Live album by Lee Konitz
Released 1994
Recorded February 24 and possibly March 3, 1959
Venue Half Note, New York City
Genre Jazz
Length96:02
Label Verve Discoveries
314 521 659-2
Producer Lee Konitz
Lee Konitz chronology
An Image: Lee Konitz with Strings
(1958)		Live at the Half Note
(1994)		 Lee Konitz Meets Jimmy Giuffre
(1959)

Live at the Half Note is a live album by American jazz saxophonists Lee Konitz and Warne Marsh recorded at the Half Note in 1959 accompanied by Bill Evans, Jimmy Garrison, and Paul Motian and first released on the Verve label in 1994 as a double CD set. [1] [2] [3]

Lee Konitz American jazz musician and composer

Lee Konitz is an American composer and alto saxophonist.

Warne Marsh American tenor saxophonist

Warne Marion Marsh was an American tenor saxophonist. Born in Los Angeles, his playing first came to prominence in the 1950s as a protégé of pianist Lennie Tristano and earned attention in the 1970s as a member of Supersax.

The Half Note was a jazz club located at 289 Hudson Street in New York City. It opened in 1957.

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Critical reception

Professional ratings
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Scott Yanow of Allmusic states "They perform a dozen extended standards (or "originals" based on the chord changes of familiar tunes) with creativity and inspiration. In fact, of all the Konitz-Marsh recordings, this set ranks near the top". [4]

Track listing

Disc one

  1. "Palo Alto" (Lee Konitz) – 9:13
  2. "How About You?" (Burton Lane, Ralph Freed – 9:15
  3. "My Melancholy Baby" (Ernie Burnett, George Norton) – 6:54
  4. "Scrapple from the Apple" (Charlie Parker) – 7:53
  5. "You Stepped Out of a Dream" (Nacio Herb Brown, Gus Kahn) – 7:39
  6. "317 East 32nd Street" (Lennie Tristano) – 7:44

Disc two

  1. "April" (Tristano) – 8:44
  2. "It's You or No One" (Jule Styne, Sammy Cahn) – 8:09
  3. "Just Friends" (John Klenner, Sam M. Lewis) – 5:40
  4. "Baby, Baby All the Time" (Bobby Troup) – 8:31
  5. "Lennie-Bird" (Tristano) – 8:39
  6. "Subconscious Lee" (Konitz) – 7:41

Personnel

Alto saxophone type of saxophone

The alto saxophone, also referred to as the alto sax, is a member of the saxophone family of woodwind instruments invented by Belgian instrument designer Adolphe Sax in the 1840s, and patented in 1846. It is pitched in E♭, and is smaller than the tenor, but larger than the soprano. The alto sax is the most common saxophone and is commonly used in concert bands, chamber music, solo repertoire, military bands, marching bands, and jazz. The fingerings of the different saxophones are all the same so a saxophone player can play any type of saxophone.

Tenor saxophone type of saxophone

The tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the saxophone family, a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s. The tenor and the alto are the two most commonly used saxophones. The tenor is pitched in the key of B♭ (while the Alto is pitched in the key of E♭), and written as a transposing instrument in the treble clef, sounding an octave and a major second lower than the written pitch. Modern tenor saxophones which have a high F♯ key have a range from A♭2 to E5 (concert) and are therefore pitched one octave below the soprano saxophone. People who play the tenor saxophone are known as "tenor saxophonists", "tenor sax players", or "saxophonists".

Bill Evans American jazz pianist

William John Evans was an American jazz pianist and composer who mostly played in jazz trios. Evans's use of impressionist harmony, inventive interpretation of traditional jazz repertoire, block chords, and trademark rhythmically independent, "singing" melodic lines continue to influence jazz pianists today.

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References

  1. ↑ Verve Records Discography: 1959 accessed June 2, 2016
  2. ↑ Lee Konitz discography accessed June 2, 2016
  3. ↑ Warne Marsh discography accessed June 2, 2016
  4. 1 2 Yanow, Scott. Live at the Half Note – Review at AllMusic . Retrieved June 2, 2016.
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