Toot Sweet

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Toot Sweet
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Live album by
Released1982
RecordedMay 25, 1982
VenueCentre Musical Bosendorfer, Paris
Genre Jazz
Length47:36
Label Owl
OWL 028
Producer Guy Van Minden and Jean-Jacques Pussiau
Lee Konitz chronology
High Jingo
(1982)
Toot Sweet
(1982)
Dovetail
(1983)
Michel Petrucciani chronology
Estate
(1982)
Toot Sweet
(1982)
Oracle's Destiny
(1982)

Toot Sweet is a live album by saxophonist Lee Konitz and pianist Michel Petrucciani which was recorded in Paris in 1982 and released on the French Owl label. [1] [2] The album was rereleased on CD in the US on Sunnyside. [3]

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Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
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The Allmusic review stated "This 1982 meeting between the veteran alto saxophonist Lee Konitz and the young pianist (19 at the time of the session) Michel Petrucciani is a success on all counts. Konitz's fragile alto is complemented by Petrucciani's lush backing". [4]

Track listing

  1. "I Hear a Rhapsody" (George Fragos, Jack Baker, Dick Gasparre) – 4:43
  2. "To Erlinda" (Michel Petrucciani) – 5:03
  3. "'Round About Midnight" (Thelonious Monk, Cootie Williams, Bernie Hanighen) – 16:00
  4. "Lover Man" (Jimmy Davis, Ram Ramirez, Jimmy Sherman) – 15:35
  5. "Ode" (Lee Konitz) – 4:46
  6. "Lovelee" (Konitz, Petrucciani) – 2:11

Personnel

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References

  1. Lee Konitz discography accessed December 5, 2016
  2. Di Filippo, R., Enciclopedia del Jazz: Lee Konitz accessed December 5, 2016
  3. Sunnyside Records: album entry accessed December 5, 2016
  4. 1 2 Dryden, Ken. Toot Sweet – Review at AllMusic . Retrieved December 5, 2016.
  5. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 837. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.