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Tranquility (Lee Konitz album)

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Released
  
1957

Artist
  
Lee Konitz

Label
  
Verve Records

Length
  
34:05

Release date
  
1957

Genre
  
Jazz

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Recorded
  
October 22, 1957New York City

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Tranquility is an album by American jazz saxophonist Lee Konitz's Quartet recorded in 1957 and released on the Verve label.

Contents

Critical reception

Jason Ankeny of Allmusic states "crafted with startling precision and economy, Tranquility extols the virtues of mood and shape with Talmudic zeal, towering astride thought and expression. ...Rarely is music so profoundly cerebral also so deeply heartfelt".

Track listing

  1. "Stephanie" (Lee Konitz) – 3:57
  2. "Memories of You" (Eubie Blake, Andy Razaf) – 3:12
  3. "People Will Say We're in Love" (Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II) – 4:57
  4. "When You're Smiling" (Mark Fisher, Joe Goodwin, Larry Shay) – 3:48
  5. "Sunday" (Chester Conn, Benny Krueger, Ned Miller, Jule Styne) – 3:26
  6. "Lennie Bird" (Lennie Tristano) – 5:25
  7. "The Nearness of You" (Hoagy Carmichael, Ned Washington) – 6:09
  8. "Jonquil" (Werner Bauer) – 3:09

Personnel

  • Lee Konitz – alto saxophone
  • Billy Bauer – guitar
  • Henry Grimes – bass
  • Dave Bailey – drums

    • Songs

    1Stephanie3:54
    2Memories Of You3:11
    3People Will Say We`re In Love4:56

    References

    Tranquility (Lee Konitz album) Wikipedia
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