Music History Events: Jazz albums recorded March 8

Music History Events: Jazz albums recorded March 8

Music History Events: Jazz albums recorded March 8:

Lee Konitz – Ezz-thetic! (1951)

Leon “Lee” Konitz (October 13, 1927 – April 15, 2020) was an American jazz alto saxophonist and composer.

He performed successfully in a wide range of jazz styles, including bebop, cool jazz, and avant-garde jazz. Konitz’s association with the cool jazz movement of the 1940s and 1950s includes participation in Miles Davis’s Birth of the Cool sessions and his work with pianist Lennie Tristano. He was one of relatively few alto saxophonists of this era to retain a distinctive style, when Charlie Parker exerted a massive influence. Like other students of Tristano, Konitz improvised long, melodic lines with the rhythmic interest coming from odd accents, or odd note groupings suggestive of the imposition of one time signature over another. Other saxophonists were strongly influenced by Konitz, such as Paul Desmond and Art Pepper.

He died during the COVID-19 pandemic from complications brought on by the disease. He undoubtely was one of the key figures of modern jazz, an extraordinary instrumentalist, an exceptional composer and creator, and above all, an incredible human being for those of us who were fortunate enough to meet him.

He participated in Miles Davis” band in September during 1948 and 1949, and the result of that collaboration was the legendary recording in nonet of the album “Birth of The Cool”, a totemic album not only in the career of Miles Davis, but in the history of jazz itself. In the fifties, another important musical association marked Lee Konitz”s career; he met the pianist, Warne Marsh and with him, he achieved some of his best albums. In 1952, he joined the orchestra of the excellent arranger and composer, Stan Kenton, with whom he was until 1954, and from that year on he developed his career as a solo leader. Throughout his long career he has played with such a list of musicians and of such stylistic variety that their relationship would be impossible in this space. To name a few: Charles Mingus, Miles Davis, Bill Evans, Paul Bley, Joe Henderson, Elvin Jones, Ornette Coleman, Chick Corea, Jim Hall, Stan Kenton, Gil Evans, Martial Solal, Atilla Zoller, Max Roach, Dave Brubeck, Kenny Weeler, Stefano Bollani, Kenny Werner or John Zorn. Musicians of different aesthetics, varied projects from duo to nonet, but also young, very young musicians.

In 1954, he began with the album “Very Cool” for the Verve label, a spectacular recording beginning with musicians all of them attached to the Tristano school: the trumpeter, Don Ferrara; the pianist, Sal Mosca; the double bass player, Peter Ind, and the drummer, Shadow Wilson. Since then, Lee Konitz”s career continues, despite his seniority, at the top of the jazz scene. Konitz has recorded or performed with, Dave Brubeck, Ornette Coleman, Charles Mingus, Jim Hall, Gerry Mulligan, Elvin Jones, and several other extraordinary musicians. Lee Konitz contributed to the soundtrack to the film Desperate Characters (1971), and in 1981, he performed at the Woodstock Jazz Festival, which was held in celebration of the Creative Music Studio”s tenth anniversary.

His last recordings were in a trio with Brad Mehldau and Charlie Haden, released by Blue Note. He also recorded a live album recorded in 2009 at Birdland and released by ECM in 2011 with the same group with the addition of drummer Paul Motian. His album with Grace Kelly, “Gracefullee”, was rated 4 1/2 stars by Michael Jackson in Down Beat magazine. In 2012 he recorded a magnificent album at the Blue Note in New York in collaboration with Bill Frisell, Gary Peacock and Joey Baron, and still 87 years old, in 2014, he had the strength, after having overcome a heart condition, to play three nights at the Stritch Café in San Jose, California with Jeff Denson”s trio. improvising the old standards that are their favorites. Their discography is overwhelmingly extensive and of extraordinary quality and variety. To the more than 100 albums recorded as leader of his groups between 1949 and 2007, with the occasional masterpiece among them, we must add almost twenty more as a sideman for other musicians.

Lee Konitz matures and becomes bolder and more experimental in the last years of his professional career. He accepted the challenge of the musicians who had been pushing hard in the twenty-first century, and played in the studio with musicians of other aesthetics such as John Zorn, Atilla Zoller or the guitarist Dereck Bailey; he publishes contemporary and avant-garde jazz albums on related labels such as hatART, Soul Note, Omnitone or ECM.

Credits:
Al Dubin Composer
Arnold Fishkind Bass
Billy Bauer Guitar
Dizzy Gillespie Composer
Don Bagley Bass
Ed Shaughnessy Drums
Frank Paparelli Composer
Henri Renaud Piano
Jerome Kern Composer
Jimmy Gourley Guitar
Jimmy Raney Composer, Guitar
Lee Konitz Primary Artist, Sax (Alto), Sax (Soprano)
Max Roach Drums
Miles Davis Trumpet
Otto Harbach Composer
Ray Charles Composer
Sal Mosca Piano
Stan Levey Drums
Teddy Charles Composer, Primary Artist, Vibraphone
Victor Herbert Composer

Track Listing:

1
Odd Jenar
Lee Konitz
2
Ezz-Thetic
Lee Konitz
3
Hi Beck
Lee Konitz
4
Yesterdays
Otto Harbach / Jerome Kern
Lee Konitz
5
Duet for Saxophone and Guitar
Lee Konitz
6
Indian Summer
Al Dubin / Victor Herbert
Lee Konitz
7
Composition for Four Pieces
Jimmy Raney
Lee Konitz
feat: Teddy Charles
8
Edging Out
Ray Charles
Lee Konitz
feat: Teddy Charles
9
Nocturne
Teddy Charles
Lee Konitz
feat: Teddy Charles
10
A Night in Tunisia
Dizzy Gillespie / Frank Paparelli
Lee Konitz
feat: Teddy Charles

Freddie Hubbard – The Body and the Soul (1963)

The Body & the Soul is an album by trumpeter Freddie Hubbard recorded in 1963 as his second and last release on the Impulse! label. It features performances by Hubbard with an orchestra and string section, and with a septet featuring Curtis Fuller, Eric Dolphy, Wayne Shorter, Cedar Walton, Reggie Workman and Louis Hayes.

Track listing

All compositions by Freddie Hubbard except as indicated

"Body and Soul" (Johnny Green, Robert Sour, Edward Heyman, Frank Eyton) - 4:39
"Carnival (Manhã de Carnaval)" (Luiz Bonfá, Luigi Creatore, Hugo Peretti, George David Weiss) - 5:21
"Chocolate Shake" (Duke Ellington, Paul Francis Webster) - 3:58
"Dedicated to You" (Sammy Cahn, Saul Chaplin, Hy Zaret) - 3:24
"Clarence's Place" - 3:31
"Aries" - 3:07
"Skylark" (Hoagy Carmichael, Johnny Mercer) - 4:34
"I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)" (Duke Ellington, Paul Francis Webster) - 3:43
"Thermo" - 4:15

Recorded on March 8 (#3, 7–8), March 11 (#2, 6, 9), & May 2 (#1, 4, 5), 1963.
Personnel

1, 4, 5

Freddie Hubbard - trumpet
Wayne Shorter - tenor saxophone
Curtis Fuller - trombone
Eric Dolphy - alto saxophone, flute
Cedar Walton - piano
Reggie Workman - bass
Louis Hayes - drums

2, 6, 9

Wayne Shorter - arranger, conductor
Freddie Hubbard, Clark Terry, Ernie Royal, Al DeRisi - trumpet
Eric Dolphy - alto saxophone, flute
Seldon Powell, Jerome Richardson - tenor saxophone
Charles Davis - baritone saxophone
Curtis Fuller, Melba Liston - trombone
Robert Powell - tuba
Bob Northern - French horn
Cedar Walton - piano
Reggie Workman - bass
Philly Joe Jones - drums

3, 7, 8

Wayne Shorter - arranger, conductor
Freddie Hubbard, Ed Armour, Richard Williams - trumpet
Eric Dolphy - alto saxophone, flute
Bob Northern, Julius Watkins - French horns
Curtis Fuller, Melba Liston - trombone
Jerome Richardson - baritone saxophone
Cedar Walton - piano
Reggie Workman - bass
Philly Joe Jones - drums
Harry Cykman, Morris Stonzek, Arnold Eidus, Sol Shapiro, Charles McCracken, Harry Katzman, Harry Lookofsky, Gene Orloff, Julius Held, Raoul Poliakin - strings

Billy Bang Quartet – Valve No. 10 (1988)

Valve No. 10 is an album by the American jazz violinist Billy Bang recorded in 1988 and released on the Italian Soul Note label.

Track listing

All compositions by Billy Bang except as indicated

"P.M." (Paul Mitchell, Sirone) - 5:45
"Valve No. 10" - 9:12
"September 23rd" - 5:49
"Improvisation for Four" - 4:08
"Bien-Hoa Blues" - 4:56
"Holiday for Flowers" (William Parker) - 5:28
"Lonnie's Lament" (John Coltrane) - 12:16

    Recorded at Barigozzi Studio in Milano, Italy on March 8 & 9, 1988

Personnel

Billy Bang - violin, poetry
Frank Lowe - tenor saxophone
Sirone – bass
Dennis Charles – drums

Jamaaladeen Tacuma and Cornell Rochester Meet the Podium 3 (1993)

(Live in Koln)

Tracklist

1. Blues For Dolphy 19:02
2. Mr. Monk 17:35
3. Mo’s Mood 14:39
4. High Life 18:38

Line-up/Musicians

Bass – Jamaaladeen Tacuma
Drums – Cornell Rochester
Guitar – Jan Kuiper
Saxophone [Alto] – Paul Van Kemenade
Trombone – Walter Wierbos

Timeless Records ‎– CD SJP 421 (Netherlands)

Recorded live at Der Stadtgarten, Köln, 8th March 1993.

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