Dig-It (Lee Konitz and Ted Brown album)

Dig-It
Studio album by
Lee Konitz and Ted Brown
Released1999 (1999)
RecordedMay 1999
GenreJazz
Length72:47
LabelSteepleChase SCCD 31466
ProducerNils Winther
Lee Konitz chronology
Sound of Surprise
(1999) 		Dig-It
(1999) 		Pride
(1999)
Ted Brown chronology
Free Spirit
(1989) 		Dig-It
(1999) 		Shades of Brown
(2007)

Dig-It is an album by saxophonists Lee Konitz and Ted Brown recorded in 1999 and released on the Danish SteepleChase label.[1][2][3][4]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[5]

In JazzTimes, Duck Baker wrote: "A less known figure, Brown is nevertheless a wonderful player; his style basically as it was in the ’50s, occupying sort of a middle ground between Warne Marsh and Lester Young. It’s interesting to note the subtle difference in Konitz’s approach here, compared to his work with the like-minded Marsh. ... I’ve always felt that returning to this material brings out the best in Konitz, and it’s great to hear Brown again".[6] On All About Jazz, Marc Corotto noted "This reunion in a pianoless quartet is all about their mentor, Lennie Tristano. His music (their music) of the 1940/50’s paralleled bebop, but in a complex multi-layered way. Tristano was said to have instructed the two to play “...deliberately uninflected, in a neutral tone, concentrating instead on the solo.” This style, reflected on this release, is anything but unemotional. Konitz and Brown’s cool tones create a delicate internal tension that is and was a bridge between Charlie Parker and Ornette Coleman".[7]

Track listing

All compositions by Lee Konitz except where noted

  1. "Smog Eyes" (Ted Brown) – 8:28
  2. "Dig-It" (Brown) – 8:03
  3. "317 E. 32nd Street" (Lennie Tristano) – 7:08
  4. "Dream Stepper" – 7:12
  5. "Down the Drain" – 4:34
  6. "Hi Beck" – 9:38
  7. "Featherbed" (Brown) – 9:04
  8. "Kary's Trance" – 6:43
  9. "Subconscious Lee" – 11:29

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Lee Konitz discography accessed May 30, 2017
  2. ^ Di Filippo, R., Enciclopedia del Jazz: Lee Konitz accessed May 30, 2017
  3. ^ SteepleChase Records discography, accessed May 30, 2017
  4. ^ SteepleChase Productions ApS, accessed May 30, 2017
  5. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 839. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
  6. ^ Baker, D. JazzTimes Review, March 1, 2000
  7. ^ Corrotto, M. All About Jazz Review, January 1, 2000