Lee & Warne Marsh Konitz - Lee Konitz With Warne Marsh [NEW CD]

• 5 STARS DOWN BEAT MAGAZINE

• 12 PAGE BOOKLET

• INCLUDES 4 BONUS TRACKS

This release presents the complete original LP Lee Konitz with Warne Marsh (Atlantic LP1217), which received a 5-star rating in Down Beat magazine. Besides the splendid interaction between Konitz and Marsh, this album is also rewarding for the presence of Oscar Pettiford and Kenny Clarke. As a bonus, four tunes that complete all of Konitz & Marsh’s collaborative studio recordings as the only horns with the sole exception of their classic 1976 album with Bill Evans, Crosscurrents.

PERSONNEL:

• LEE KONITZ alto sax
• WARNE MARSH tenor sax
• SAL MOSCA piano
• BILLY BAUER guitar
• OSCAR PETTIFORD bass
• KENNY CLARKE drums
• RONNIE BALL (p) replaces Sal Mosca on 7.

New York, June, 1955.

• (*) BONUS TRACKS (9-12):
• LEE KONITZ, (as); WARNE MARSH,(ts);
• SAL MOSCA, (p); ARNOLD FISHKIN, (b);
• DENZIL BEST, (d) (on 9-10);
• JEFF MORTON, (d)(on 11-12)
• New York, June 28 (tracks 9-10) & September 27 (tracks 11-12), 1949.

TRACKS:

• 01 TOPSY 
• 02 THERE WILL NEVER BE ANOTHER YOU 
• 03 I CAN’T GET STARTED 
• 04 DONNA LEE 
• 05 TWO NOT ONE 
• 06 DON’T SQUAWK 
• 07 RONNIE’S LINE 
• 08 BACKGROUND MUSIC 
• 09 MARSHMALLOW (*)
• 10 FISHIN’ AROUND (*)
• 11 TAUTOLOGY (*)
• 12 SOUND-LEE (*)