Lee Konitz has had many opportunities to record with European artists over the decades, but this session is a bit unusual, in that all the compositions are by bassist Giovanni Tommaso and Konitz doesn't stick strictly to alto saxophone.
Joining them are pianist Franco D'Andrea (with whom Konitz worked on a number of Philology CDs decades later), trumpeter Enrico Rava and drummer Gegé Munari.
Tommaso's charts delve into bop and cool, with Konitz primarily playing the Varitone (a form of electronic saxophone that was experimented with briefly and abandoned by reed players in the late '60s), though he does play some alto sax and also makes a rare appearance on flute (doubling on it in "Take Seven").
While the music from this 1968 session is enjoyable, even though the sound quality of the Varitone pales when compared to a regular saxophone, this remains one of Lee Konitz's more obscure recordings from the '60s, even if this European LP was finally reissued on CD (again, only in Europe) three decades later.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A Minor Blues | Lee Konitz | Play | 04:37 | 10 MB | 0 MB |
| 2 | Five, Four and Three | Lee Konitz | Play | 03:32 | 8 MB | 0 MB |
| 3 | Komonia | Lee Konitz | Play | 04:44 | 10 MB | 0 MB |
| 4 | Midnight Mood | Lee Konitz | Play | 03:49 | 8 MB | 0 MB |
| 5 | Take Seven | Lee Konitz | Play | 03:13 | 7 MB | 0 MB |
| 6 | Giovani D'Oggi | Lee Konitz | Play | 04:20 | 9 MB | 0 MB |
| 7 | Tune Down | Lee Konitz | Play | 04:51 | 11 MB | 0 MB |
| 8 | Terre Lontane | Lee Konitz | Play | 05:25 | 12 MB | 0 MB |
| 34 mins | 79 MB | |||||
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| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lee Konitz | Primary Artist |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |