Lennie Tristano, Lee Konitz & Warne Marsh - 1997 - The Compl

Lennie Tristano, Lee Konitz & Warne Marsh - 1997 - The Complete Atlantic Recordings
6 CD Box Set

Pianist Lennie Tristano was an early inspiration and a major influence on the playing of altoist Lee Konitz and tenor saxophonist Warne Marsh. Their very notable and highly original Capitol recordings of 1949 -- with the quiet metronomic rhythm section, advanced melodic improvising, and reharmonizations -- stood apart from the typical bop of the period. By 1955, when the earliest performances on this 1997 limited-edition, six-CD set were recorded, the trio was not working together very often; in fact, Tristano was mostly functioning as a teacher, only surfacing for occasional records and club dates. Despite the title of the box, Tristano, Konitz, and Marsh never all appeared on the same Atlantic record. However, their individual projects and collaborations during the era were of consistently high quality. Included on the set are a live quartet date with Konitz and Tristano, a couple of the pianist's solo and trio sessions (including a few controversial items where he overdubbed and even sped up piano parts), several Konitz quartet sets (with such sidemen as pianists Sal Mosca and Jimmy Rowles, and guitarist Billy Bauer), a Marsh trio/quartet album, and a stimulating meeting between Konitz and Marsh (with Mosca and Bauer) in a sextet. Four of the performances were previously unreleased, and one of the Konitz albums was formerly only available in Japan. Although the inventive music often utilizes familiar chord changes, there are plenty of surprises in the cool-toned solos, and this is well worth acquiring by bop collectors. (AllMusic)

Track list:
CD 1
01. April
02. Sweet and Lovely
03. Background Music
04. If I Had You
05. Donna Lee
06. 317 E. 32ND
07. These Foolish Things
08. ‘S Wonderful
09. You Go To My Head
10. All The Things You Are
11. Lennie- Bird
CD 2
01. My Melancholy Baby
02. April
03. Pennies In Minor
04. Mean To Me
05. Confucius Blues
06. A Ghost Of A Chance
07. Whispering
08. Background Music (alt tk)
09. There Will Never Be Another You
10. Donna Lee
CD 3
01. East Thirty-Second
02. Line Up
03. Turkish Mambo
04. Requiem
05. Becoming
06. C Minor Complex
07. You Don’t Know What Love Is
08. Deliberation
09. Scene And Variations: Carol/Tania/Bud
10. Love Lines
11. G Minor Complex
CD 4
01. Indiana
02. You’d Be So Nice To Come Home To
03. Star Eyes
04. Nesuhi’s Instant
05. I Remember You
06. All Of Me
07. Sweet And Lovely
08. Cork ‘N’ Bib
09. Everything Happens To Me
10. Kary’s Trance
11. The Nearness Of You
12. Like Someone In Love
CD 05
01. Don’t Explain
02. Some Of These Days
03. Close Your Eyes
04. You’re Driving Me Crazy
05. Don’t Blame Me
06. Straightaway
07. Foolin’ Myself
08. You Go To My Head
09. My Melancholy Baby
10. Pennies In Minor
11. Sweet And Lovely
12. Easy Living
13. Midway
14. Topsy
15. I Can’t Get Started
CD 06
01. Two Not One
02. There Will Never Be Another You
03. Donna Lee
04. Don’t Squawk
05. Background Music
06. Ronnie’s Line
07. Too Close For Comfort
08. It’s All Right With Me
09. Yardbird Suite
10. My Melancholy Baby
11. Excerpt
12. Just Squeeze Me

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