Subconscious-Lee

Subconscious-Lee
Studio album by Lee Konitz
Released	1955
Recorded	January 11, 1949 – April 7, 1950
Genre	Jazz
Length	56:05
Label	Prestige / OJC
Lee Konitz chronology
Subconscious-Lee (1955) The New Sounds (1951)

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AllMusic	[1]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	[2]

Subconscious-Lee is a jazz album by Lee Konitz although a few tracks were issued on 78rpm under Lennie Tristano's name. It was recorded in 1949 and 1950, and released on the Prestige label (originally as PRLP 7004 in 12" LP format in 1955 ^[3] as follows in the OJC reissue).

Track listing

1. "Progression" (Konitz) – 3:00
2. "Tautology" (Konitz) – 2:45
3. "Retrospection" (Lennie Tristano) – 3:09
4. "Subconscious-Lee" (Konitz) – 2:49
5. "Judy" (Tristano) – 2:56
6. "Marshmallow" (Warne Marsh) – 2:55
7. "Fishin' Around" (Marsh) – 3:47
8. "Tautology" (Konitz) – 2:56
9. "Sound-Lee" (Konitz) – 4:08
10. "Rebecca" (Konitz) – 3:05
11. "You Go to My Head" (J. Fred Coots, Haven Gillespie) – 2:38
12. "Ice Cream Konitz" (Konitz) – 2:45
13. "Palo Alto" (Konitz) – 2:31

• Recorded in New York City January 11, 1949 (1–5), June 28, 1949 (6, 7), September 27, 1949 (8, 9) and April 7, 1950 (10–13)

Personnel

• Lee Konitz – alto saxophone
• Warne Marsh – tenor saxophone (6–9)
• Billy Bauer – guitar (1–5, 10–13)
• Lennie Tristano – piano (1–5)
• Sal Mosca – piano (6–13)
• Arnold Fishkin – bass
• Shelly Manne – drums (1, 2, 4)
• Denzil Best – drums (6, 7)
• Jeff Morton – drums (8–13)

References

1. "Subconscious-Lee [Prestige] - Lee Konitz | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
2. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 835. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.
3. Neal Umphred Goldmine's Price Guide to Collectible Jazz Albums' 1949–69, Iola, Wisconsin: Krause Publications, 1994, p.290