I Concentrate on You: A Tribute to Cole Porter

I Concentrate on You: A Tribute to Cole Porter
Studio album by
Lee Konitz and Red Mitchell
Released1974
RecordedJuly 30, 1974
StudioRosenberg Studio, Copenhagen, Denmark
GenreJazz
Length56:25
LabelSteepleChase
SCS 1018
ProducerNils Winther
Lee Konitz chronology
Jazz à Juan
(1974) 		I Concentrate on You: A Tribute to Cole Porter
(1974) 		Lone-Lee
(1974)

I Concentrate on You: A Tribute to Cole Porter is an album by American jazz saxophonist Lee Konitz and bassist Red Mitchell recorded in Denmark in 1974 and released on the Danish SteepleChase label.[1][2][3]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[4]

Ken Dryden on Allmusic said "With an inventive accompanist like Mitchell spurring him on, the alto saxophonist is able to work magical variations of the familiar Porter works, while Konitz retains his remarkable dry signature tone".[4]

Track listing

All compositions by Cole Porter.

  1. "Just One of Those Things" – 5:08
  2. "Just One of Those Things" (Take 7) – 3:04 Bonus track on CD reissue
  3. "Easy to Love" – 3:13
  4. "It's All Right with Me" – 2:59
  5. "Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye" (Take 1) – 2:47 Bonus track on CD reissue
  6. "Ev'rytime We Say Goodbye" – 2:49
  7. "You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To" – 3:45
  8. "Love for Sale" – 5:15
  9. "In the Still of the Night" – 2:10
  10. "Night and Day" (Take 1) – 5:12 Bonus track on CD reissue
  11. "Night and Day" – 3:54
  12. "I Love You" – 3:34
  13. "I Love Paris" – 3:22
  14. "I Concentrate on You" – 9:13

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Lee Konitz discography accessed November 23, 2016
  2. ^ Di Filippo, R., Enciclopedia del Jazz: Lee Konitz accessed November 23, 2016
  3. ^ SteepleChase Records discography, accessed June 3, 2016
  4. ^ a b Dryden, Ken. I Concentrate on You – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved June 3, 2016.