Product Details
- An MVD Exclusive
- SKU: MVD4965D
- Format: DVD
- UPC: 760137496595
- Street Date: 03/23/10
- PreBook Date: 02/16/10
- Label: Original Spin Media »
- Genre: Jazz
- Run Time: 50 mins
- Number of Discs: 1
- Audio: STEREO
- Year of Production: 2008
- Region Code: 0
- Box Lot: 30
- Territory: WORLD
Cast & Crew
- Director: Daniel K. Berman
- Producer: Daniel K. Berman & Paul McNulty
- Producers: Daniel K. Berman & Paul McNulty
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Lee Konitz - Solos: The Jazz Sessions
A stunning performance by one of the most original alto saxophone players, the cool-toned Lee Konitz.
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One of the most individual of all alto saxophone players, the cool-toned LEE KONITZ has always had a strong musical curiosity that has led him to consistently take chances and stretch himself, usually quite successfully. The Jazz Sessions spotlights unaccompanied performances by some of the legends and bright young stars of the jazz world. Designed and recorded specifically for television, SOLOS offers viewers front row seats for an intimate and unique jazz experience. Each program features complete musical pieces, insightful interviews, and behind-the-scenes footage. Shot in stunning HDTV with multiple moving cameras and a medley of elegant cinematic lighting, SOLOS showcases an exciting and dynamic variety of jazz styles - from the blues and boogie-woogie to bebop and the experimental.
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- In 1992, he won the prestigious Jazzpar Prize
- He kept a busy release schedule throughout the '90s and dabbled in the world of classical with 2000's French Impressionist Music from the Turn of the Twentieth Century.
- Led consistently stimulating sessions for many labels, including Prestige, Dragon, Pacific Jazz, Vogue, Storyville, Atlantic, Verve, Wave, Milestone, MPS, Polydor, Bellaphon, SteepleChase, Sonet, Groove Merchant, Roulette, Progressive, Choice, IAI, Chiaro
- Generally considered one of the driving forces behind 'Cool Jazz'
- Konitz was with Miles Davis's Birth of the Cool Nonet during their one gig and their Capitol recordings (1948-1950)
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One of the most individual of all altoists (and one of the few in the 1950s who did not sound like a cousin of Charlie Parker), the cool-toned Lee Konitz has always had a strong musical curiosity that has led him to consistently take chances and stretch himself, usually quite successfully.
—Scott Yanow, ALL MUSIC GUIDE
...the unaccompanied saxophonist radiates calm, crafting beautiful phrases on some of his same favorite tunes.
—Kevin Whitehead, NPR
