LENNIE TRISTANO - Lennie Tristano featuring : Lee Konitz (1996) APE (tracks+.cue), lossless

One of several Lennie Tristano retrospectives issued in 1998 by the Giants of Jazz label, this compilation is somewhat misleadingly subtitled "Featuring Lee Konitz." To be sure, alto saxophonist Konitz is heard in live performance with Tristano, bassist Gene Ramey and drummer Art Taylor in the cozy confines of the Sing Song Room deep within the Confucius Restaurant in New York on June 11, 1955. But this material only occupies the last three tracks, which amount to 21 out of 60 minutes of jazz. The rest of the music heard here -- tracks one through eight -- are piano solos recorded at Tristano's home studio (located at "317 East 32nd") during a time period extending from 1960 to 1962. The quartet recordings are as magnificent as the solo works are fascinating. This wonderful music improves with age, and one suspects that it will sound even better in the distant future. Listeners who fall in love with these sounds may wish to obtain more Lennie Tristano recordings. Some will need to hear them all and then will wish for more. arwulf arwulf  
Tracklist :
1     Deliberation 4:51
Lennie Tristano
2     You Don't Know What Love Is 3:28
Gene DePaul / Don Raye
3     C Minor Complex 5:50
Lennie Tristano
4     Becoming 4:32
Lennie Tristano
5     Love Lines 2:20
Lennie Tristano
6     G Minor Complex 3:52
Lennie Tristano
7     Scene and Variations: Carol/Tania/Bud 11:42
Lennie Tristano
8     Rehearsal from Recording Date 4:32
Lennie Tristano
9     317 East 32nd 7:03
Lennie Tristano
10     Lennie-Bird 6:05
Lennie Tristano
11     April 8:07
Lennie Tristano
Credits :    
Alto Saxophone – Lee Konitz (tracks: 9 to 11)
Bass – Gene Ramey (tracks: 9 to 11)
Drums – Arthur Taylor (tracks: 9 to 11)
Piano – Lennie Tristano
Notas.
1 to 7 recorded February or July - August in New York 1962
8 recorded in New York 1961
9 to 11 recorded at "Sing Song Room Confucius Restaurant", New York, June 11, 1955