This CD has one of the most rewarding of Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz radio shows. Guest Lee Konitz proves to be a very thoughtful and sometimes witty guest. Konitz talks about what he learned from Tristano and in turn what he tries to get across to students himself. He clearly enjoys discussing the magic of improvisation. In addition, the music on this program is uniformly outstanding. For "All the Things You Are" the altoist coaxes McPartland to play freely without a chord structure. He takes "Stella By Starlight" unaccompanied, creates some unpredictable duets with McPartland on familiar yet still fresh standards, plays some abstract piano with the host on "Tactile Talk," and sounds beautiful on soprano during "Little Girl Blue"; upon the latter song's conclusion, Konitz admits that he had never played the song before. This CD ranks up there with the Bill Evans show as the most significant of the Piano Jazz programs thus far released on CD. Scott Yanow
Tracklist :
1 Conversation 1:24
2 I'm Gettin' Sentimental Over You 3:16
Written-By – George Bassman, Ned Washington
3 Conversation 3:42
4 All The Things You Are 2:53
Written-By – Oscar Hammerstein II/Jerome Kern
5 Conversation 3:28
6 Stella By Starlight 3:03
Written-By – Ned Washington, Victor Young
7 Conversation 0:52
8 In Your Own Sweet Way 4:01
Written-By – Dave Brubeck
9 Conversation 1:53
10 Body And Soul 4:41
Written-By – Edward Heyman, John Green, Robert Sour
11 Conversation 1:16
12 Tactile Talk 2:54
Written-By – Lee Konitz, Marian McPartland
13 Conversation 3:22
14 Little Girl Blue 3:22
Written-By – Richard Rodgers/Lorenz Hart
15 Conversation 0:27
16 Naima 4:34
Written-By – John Coltrane
17 Conversation 3:22
18 Like Someone In Love 5:15
Written-By – Johnny Burke/Jimmy Van Heusen
19 Outro 0:07
Credits :
Alto Saxophone – Lee Konitz (pistas: 2, 4, 6, 10, 18)
Piano – Lee Konitz (pistas: 12), Marian McPartland (pistas: 2, 4, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18)
Soprano Saxophone – Lee Konitz (pistas: 14)
