Alone Together (Lee Konitz album)

Alone Together
Live album by
Lee Konitz,
Brad Mehldau & Charlie Haden
Released1997
RecordedDecember 1996
GenreJazz
LabelBlue Note

Alone Together is an album by saxophonist Lee Konitz.

Background and recording

This was Konitz's first recording for Blue Note Records.[1] The album was recorded at the Jazz Bakery in Los Angeles,[2] in December 1996.[3] The tracks are standards.[1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz[3]

The AllMusic reviewer stated that "all three musicians are restless and inventive, making even the simplest numbers on the disc vibrant, lively and adventurous".[1] The Penguin Guide to Jazz commented that "Konitz was playing with magisterial calm and an elder statesman's mischief", and highlighted Mehldau's creation of "a feeling of space and relaxed time".[3]

Track listing

  1. "Alone Together" (Howard Dietz, Arthur Schwartz) – 13:48
  2. "The Song Is You" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern) – 12:54
  3. "Cherokee" (Ray Noble) – 10:59
  4. "What Is This Thing Called Love?" (Cole Porter) – 11:32
  5. "'Round Midnight" (Thelonious Monk, Cootie Williams) – 12:49
  6. "You Stepped Out of a Dream" (Nacio Herb Brown, Gus Kahn) – 12:54

Personnel

References

  1. ^ a b c d Erlewine, Stephen Thomas "Lee Konitz – Alone Together". AllMusic. Retrieved December 4, 2016.
  2. ^ Dryden, Ken "Lee Konitz – Another Shade of Blue". AllMusic. Retrieved December 4, 2016.
  3. ^ a b c Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. pp. 838–839. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.