Motion

Motion Artist: Lee Konitz
Label: Polygram Records
Category: Music



Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
Format: Box set
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 3


UPC: 731455710724
EAN: 0731455710724
ASIN: B0000069NR


Release Date: 1998-04-21

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Listmania:

  1. Some alternatives- great jazz

Tracks:

  1. I Remember You
  2. All of Me
  3. Foolin' Myself
  4. You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To
  5. I'll Remember April
  6. You Don't Know What Love Is
  7. These Foolish Things
  8. Out Of Nowhere
  9. It's You Or No One

Tracks:

  1. I Remember You
  2. I Remember You
  3. I Remember You
  4. I Remember You
  5. I Remember You
  6. You Don't Know What Love Is
  7. It's Alright With Me
  8. Foolin' Myself
  9. Just Friends
  10. It's You or No One
  11. Out of Nowhere
  12. My Melancholy Baby
  13. Imagination
  14. That Old Feeling
  15. All the Things You Are

Tracks:

  1. (Back Home Again In) Indiana
  2. Alone Together
  3. Embraceable You
  4. I'm Gettin' Setimental Over You
  5. I'm Gettin' Setimental Over You
  6. Pennies From Heaven
  7. I'll Remember April
  8. There Will Never Be Another You
  9. What's New?
  10. Everything Happens To Me
  11. Sweet and Lovely
  12. You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To
  13. Lullaby of the Leaves
  14. I'm Gettin' Setimental Over You

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Subtle melody statements; great improvisation; great trio.......2004-01-11

I'm not usually keen on reissues that include alternate takes, so I don't know what prompted me to buy a three disc set mostly comprised of re-takes; what a great purchase, though! The five "official" takes from the original album with Lee Konitz (saxophone), Sonny Dallas (bass) and Elvin Jones (drums) are exceptional, and make a great album in their own right. I really appreciate the wealth of other material from these sessions, though. There are many more tunes, all done in a very interesting fashion, and the alternate takes are all rich in interestingly different interpretations of the tunes. Disc 1 includes alternate takes from the official sessions, and discs 2 and 3 include takes done with a different drummer (Nick Stabulas). What I notice most about the playing is Konitz's playing of the heads to the tunes. He is so subtle in the way he presents the melodies--only a small fragment of a phrase here and there--that you might not recognize the tune initially; if you do know the tunes, though, you will be struck by how tastefully (and elusively) he evokes the tune; it makes normal versions of the songs in which players state the whole melody seem terribly heavy-handed. This album very much captures for me the spirit of jazz as original, spontaneous improvization moving forward from a composed tune (rather than being bound by the tune and simply reproducing it). Lee Konitz currently is making lots of great music, but I like this album from 1961 the best: better even than his original work with Lennie Tristano. This album--along with the alternate takes--belongs in the collection of every serious jazz fan.

4 out of 5 stars unusual line up, great record.......2000-06-15

Pairing Lee Konitz and Elvin Jones seems like a strange idea, especially considering the different directions they were heading in jazz at the time of this recording, but it works. Konitz seems to be so concerned with improvisation on this session that he can't be bothered with even playing the heads; I dare you to figure out what some of these songs are without looking at the case. "Motion" is the perfect name for this record, since Jones keeps the music moving with his skittering drum work and Dallas comes along with the ride (he's the one here that seems most concerned with following the standard changes, and keeps the whole thing from getting too out of hand). This record would be difficult to listen to in one sitting, (three CDs) but is consistently enjoyable, even with multiple aternate takes.

5 out of 5 stars Alto Sax recorded masterwork of the 20th century.......2000-02-07

A few years ago I was listening to the Verve Story 1944-1994, a 4CD compilation which is a pretty good retrospective. Everything was going along very nicely thankyou - the usual suspects were grooving high, Getz and Gillespie, Parker and Powell, Hawkins and Haden, then BAM! I dropped everything, hit the repeat button and raised the volume - I was listening to Lee Konitz (alto) Sonny Dallas (bass) and Elvin Jones (drums)and they were doing all sorts of things to Johnny Mercer's I Remember You. It was like being struck by an unknown force. This music stood out among the greatest jazz artists of the century. It was remarkable. Clearly it was related in style to the Lennie Tristano of Lennie Tristano/The New Tristano (Rhino R2 71595) on which Mr Konitz appears. Mr Tristano's method was to have the bass and drums establish a simple but persistent and unintrusive pulse over which he would improvise harmonic, melodic and rhythmic variations. On the original MOTION this pulse was provided by Mr Sonny Dallas on bass, but the drumming is another matter which I'll return to. If Mr Rollins was the master on tenor of the trio format, then Mr Konitz is so on the alto. I consider this reissue of MOTION, which adds two previously unissued CD's to the original album, a 20th century masterwork, among the very best documentation of the alto sax in jazz. Who would think a skinny bespectacled white dude of 33 years of age and the most renowned drummer in jazz at the time whose night job was with Mr Coltrane and his Quartet at the Village Vanguard, could speak with such magic to each other? The musical conversation they had goes beyond music; perhaps because of their mutual respect, or the freedom the producer Creed Taylor allowed them. In any case, the rest of the sessions where Mr Nick Stabulas takes over the drummer's chair are also top class, and a wonderful listening experience. All the tunes are standards but the feeling, inventiveness and swing provided by these musicians makes one feel the composers would be grateful that their works were chosen as vehicles for exploration. This reissue is a valuable document of a great meeting of some master musicians.

5 out of 5 stars Lee Konitz is blistering; Elvin Jones is a powerhouse.......1998-07-28

This limited edition will not last long -- Don't miss your chance to get this sensational 1964 session featuring Lee Konitz at his absolute best! As amazing as is Konitz' playing, it is Elvin Jones who steals the show -- he is simply smokin' from the opening beat and never lets up for a moment in this powerhouse trio setting. Verve issued this as a single CD during the mid 1980s and it quickly went out of print. This 3-CD reissue includes all the alternate takes and unissued performances from these sessions. For Lee Konitz afficionados, this is as good as it gets!

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