Lee Konitz Meets Jimmy Giuffre

Lee Konitz Meets Jimmy Giuffre is an album by American jazz saxophonist Lee Konitz and saxophonist, composer and arranger Jimmy Giuffre which was released on the Verve label in 1959.^[1][2]

Lee Konitz Meets Jimmy Giuffre
Studio album by Lee Konitz and Jimmy Giuffre
Released	1959
Recorded	May 12–13, 1959 New York City
Genre	Jazz
Label	Verve MGV 8335
Jimmy Giuffre chronology
Herb Ellis Meets Jimmy Giuffre (1959) Lee Konitz Meets Jimmy Giuffre (1959) The Easy Way (1959)
Lee Konitz chronology
Live at the Half Note (1959) Lee Konitz Meets Jimmy Giuffre (1959) You and Lee (1959)

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	[4]

Scott Yanow of Allmusic states that Giuffre's "arrangements for five saxes (including the great tenor Warne Marsh) and a trio led by pianist Bill Evans are sometimes equally influenced by classical music and bop".^[3]

Track listing

1. "Palo Alto" (Lee Konitz) – 3:06
2. "Darn That Dream" (Jimmy Van Heusen, Eddie DeLange) – 1:53
3. "When Your Lover Has Gone" (Einar Aaron Swan) – 4:59
4. "Cork 'N Bib" (Konitz) – 9:42
5. "Somp'm Outa' Nothin'" (Jimmy Giuffre) – 4:20
6. "Someone to Watch over Me" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 3:30
7. "Uncharted" (Giuffre) – 3:53
8. "Moonlight in Vermont" (Karl Suessdorf, John Blackburn) – 3:53
9. "The Song Is You" (Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II) – 5:01

Personnel

• Lee Konitz – alto saxophone
• Jimmy Giuffre – baritone saxophone, arranger
• Hal McKusick – alto saxophone
• Ted Brown, Warne Marsh – tenor saxophone
• Bill Evans – piano
• Buddy Clark – bass
• Ronnie Free – drums

References

1. Verve Records Catalog: 8300 series accessed July 6, 2015
2. Lee Konitz discography accessed July 6, 2015
3. Yanow, Scott. Lee Konitz Meets Jimmy Giuffre – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved July 6, 2015.
4. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 840. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.