Warne Marsh Quintet: Jazz Exchange Vol. 1

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Warne Marsh Quintet: Jazz Exchange, Vol. 1
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Live album by Warne Marsh Quintet featuring Lee Konitz & Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen
Released 1976
Recorded December 3, 4 & 5, 1975
Venue Jazzhus Montmartre, Copenhagen, Denmark
Genre Jazz
Length61:56CD reissue with bonus track
Label Storyville
SLP 1017
Producer Arnvid Meyer
Warne Marsh chronology
Report of the 1st Annual Symposium on Relaxed Improvisation
(1972)
Warne Marsh Quintet: Jazz Exchange, Vol. 1
(1976)
Live at the Montmartre Club: Jazz Exchange Vol. 2
(1975)
Lee Konitz chronology
Windows
(1975)
Warne Marsh Quintet: Jazz Exchange Vol. 1
(1975)
Live at the Montmartre Club: Jazz Exchange Vol. 2
(1975)

Warne Marsh Quintet: Jazz Exchange Vol. 1, is a live album by saxophonist Warne Marsh's Quintet featuring Lee Konitz and Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen which was recorded at the Jazzhus Montmartre in late 1975 and released on the Dutch Storyville label. [1] [2] [3]

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.

Lee Konitz American jazz musician and composer

Lee Konitz is an American composer and alto saxophonist.

Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen Danish jazz upright bassist

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The Allmusic review stated "The first of three releases that document a European tour undertaken by tenor saxophonist Warne Marsh and altoist Lee Konitz finds the Lennie Tristano alumni in prime form. Marsh and Konitz often thought alike musically, and this set certainly has its exciting moments. ... Highly recommended, as are the two following volumes". [4]

Track listing

  1. "April" (Lennie Tristano) – 9:38
  2. "Blues by Lester" (Lester Young) – 7:44
  3. "Lennie-Bird" (Tristano) – 8:28
  4. "You Stepped Out of a Dream" (Nacio Herb Brown, Gus Kahn) – 10:10
  5. "Kary's Trance" (Lee Konitz) – 4:04
  6. "Background Music" (Warne Marsh) – 10:50
  7. "Subconscious-Lee" (Konitz) – 11:02 Bonus track on CD reissue

Personnel

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 A2 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".

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.

Piano musical instrument

The piano is an acoustic, stringed musical instrument invented in Italy by Bartolomeo Cristofori around the year 1700, in which the strings are struck by hammers. It is played using a keyboard, which is a row of keys that the performer presses down or strikes with the fingers and thumbs of both hands to cause the hammers to strike the strings.

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References

  1. Godwin, M. Discography of Warne Marion Marsh accessed May 18, 2017
  2. Enciclopedia del Jazz: Warne Marsh accessed May 18, 2017
  3. Lee Konitz discography accessed May 18, 2017
  4. 1 2 Yanow, Scott. Live at the Montmartre Club: Jazz Exchange, Vol. 1 – Review at AllMusic . Retrieved May 18, 2017.