Lee Konitz Meets Jimmy Giuffre

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Included with LEE KONITZ MEETS JIMMY GIUFFRE are the reissues of LEE KONITZ WITH STRINGS: AN IMAGE, Ralph Burns' FREE FORMS and Jimmy Giuffre's PIECE FOR CLARINET AND STRING ORCHESTRA/MOBILES. Each was originally released separately on LP. LEE KONITZ WITH STRINGS: AN IMAGE personnel includes: Lee Konitz (alto saxophone); Bill Russo (arranger, conductor); Gene Orloff (violin); Alan Shulman (cello); Lou Stein (piano); Billy Bauer (guitar). Recorded at Fine Recording, New York, New York in February 1958. Originally released on Verve (6035). Includes original release liner notes by William Russo. FREE FORMS personnel includes: Ralph Burns (arranger, conductor, piano); Lee Konitz (alto saxophone); Ray Brown (bass); Jo Jones (drums). Recorded in New York, New York in August 1951. Originally released on Clef (115). Includes original release liner notes by Ralph Burns. LEE KONITZ MEETS JIMMY GIUFFRE 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). Recorded at Nola Recording Studios, New York, New York in May 1959. Originally released on Verve (6073). Includes original release liner notes by Jimmy Giuffre. PIECE FOR CLARINET AND STRING ORCHESTRA/MOBILES personnel includes: Jimmy Giuffre (clarinet); Wolfram Rohrig (conductor); Sudwestfunk Orchestra of Baden-Baden (strings). Recorded in Baden-Baden, West Germany in March 1959. Originally released on Verve (8395). Includes original release liner notes by Jim Hall. Reissue producers: Michael Lang, Ben Young. Includes reissue liner notes by Art Lange. This is part of Verve Records' "Take 2" series. This unusual two-CD set not only reissues the original LP of the same name but three other rare Verve LP's from the 1950's. Altoist Lee Konitz (on "An Image") is showcased during a set of adventurous Bill Russo arrangements for an orchestra and strings in 1958, pops up on half of Ralph Burns' underrated 1951 classic Free Forms (the most enjoyable of the four sets) and meets up with baritonist Jimmy Giuffre, whose 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. The least interesting date showcases Giuffre's clarinet with a string section on his five-part "Piece For Clarinet And String Orchestra" and the 16 brief movements of "Mobiles." Overall this third-stream two-fer contains music that is easier to respect and admire than to love although Lee Konitz fans will probably want to acquire the obscure performances. ~ Scott Yanow