Lee Konitz Meets Jimmy Giuffre is an album by American jazz saxophonist Lee Konitz and saxophonist, composer and arranger Jimmy Giuffre, released on the Verve label in 1959.Verve Records Catalog: 8300 series accessed July 6, 2015Lee Konitz discography accessed July 6, 2015
Critical reception
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".
Track listing "Palo Alto" (Lee Konitz) – 3:06 "Darn That Dream" (Jimmy Van Heusen, Eddie DeLange) – 1:53 "When Your Lover Has Gone" (Einar Aaron Swan) – 4:59 "Cork 'N Bib" (Konitz) – 9:42 "Somp'm Outa' Nothin'" (Jimmy Giuffre) – 4:20 "Someone to Watch over Me" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 3:30 "Uncharted" (Giuffre) – 3:53 "Moonlight in Vermont" (Karl Suessdorf, John Blackburn) – 3:53 "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
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