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His contributions to albums by iconic figures like *Dexter Gordon*, *Benny Golson*, and *Sonny Rollins* solidified his reputation as a respected musician.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"angel-song","title":"Angel Song","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAngel Song\u003c\/em\u003e represents the uniting of four exceptional improvisors with unique artistic identities. This beautiful recording features the legendary \u003cstrong\u003eKenny Wheeler\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eLee Konitz\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eDave Holland\u003c\/strong\u003e, and \u003cstrong\u003eBill Frisell\u003c\/strong\u003e coming together for the very first time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis unique drummerless quartet performs a program of all \u003cstrong\u003eKenny Wheeler\u003c\/strong\u003e compositions and has the undefinable hallmarks of a classic. 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By 1945 the 18 year old Konitz was performing professionally. He made a staggering 150 albums as a band leader over the course of his long and storied career. He played and recorded with everyone from Dave Brubeck, Charles Mingus, Ornette Colman, Elvin Jones, and Gerry Mulligan, to Elvis Costello, Brad Mehldau and Charlie Haden. Between 1948 and 1950, he was a member of Miles Davis' group, and participated in the recordings that would eventually be collected and released as Birth of The Cool. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith a trio featuring Lighthouse All-Star alum Jimmy Rowles on piano and Michael Moore on bass, Kontiz called out old and familiar songs. The intention was to \"let the tunes happen\" as only finely tuned jazz musicians of certain experience can. Of note is \"Lady Be Good\" which finds Konitz and Rowles quoting Lester Young's solo from the 1936 recording with Count Basie. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom 1978, originally on the Choice label, this album has been remastered and is presented here as the artist intended, with its original title, track order and album artwork, for the first time since its original release.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRemastered by Alex McCollough at True East Mastering. 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The complete 1957 LP \u003ci\u003eThe Real Lee Konitz\u003c\/i\u003e (also originally issued by Atlantic) has been added as a bonus. 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I made the mistake that many musicians make when playing duo with Lee for the first time: I played too much. He told me, ''You don't have to give me the beat, I've got it in me.'' We talked a lot about music in general and improvisation in particular and discovered that we shared the same playing ideal: that the music should always sound like we just invented it and that a piece should sound different at every performance.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA definite highlight of our duo collaboration was our performance at the 1995 Frankfurt Jazz Festival - CD, The Frankfurt Concert. Lee knew all the standards, but in his last 25 years he always played the same ones, drawing from a repertoire of about 25 pieces. He once told me, ''Frank, if I live to be a hundred, I'll still be able to play new lines every day on All The Things You Are.'' In the recording of our concert from the LOFT in Cologne, which is documented on this CD, Lee begins with Alone Together, has the audience sing the keynote, whistles and sings and plays around the melody on the saxophone. Lydian Adventure is my solo improvisation, with occasional echoes of All The Things You Are and my piece Lydia. Out of the Deep is our version of How Deep is the Ocean. On Body and Soul, Lee begins one of his famous solo cadenzas at the end, but then breaks it off, for reasons that are no longer clear. But I find this version to be inspired and worthwhile, even without the cadenza, and I worked on the ending in the studio with Christian Heck. Unfortunately, it's not totally satisfying, but that's all I could get out of it. You're a Weaver of Dreams segues into a free improvisation that leads to Subconscious-Lee, Lee's famous take on What is This Thing Called Love. 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