Lee Konitz - Satori

“There is nothing mysterious about Lee Konit’s ability to work endlessly new inventions to the standards at the heart of his repertoire. Konitz listens to the ideas of musicians who surround him; and he thinks, drawing fresh ideas of his own to the surface rather than merely rehashing familiar clichés. This approach has served him well for a half-century, and created a typically lucid recital on this 1974 session, the last of four important albums he cut for Milestone. The presence of bassist Dave Holland and drummer Jack DeJohnette, formerly the rhythm section of Konitz’s old friend Miles Davis, and the equally iconoclastic French pianist Martial Solal, make Satori a unique title in the saxophonists extensive discography, with the two-keyboard title track (with producer Dick Katz sitting in on electric piano) giving us Konitz’s personal take on a common Seventies practice.” (From the liner notes to the 1997 CD reissue.)

Performer: Lee Konitz (a-sx), Martial Solal (pi/e-pi), Dick Katz (e-pi), Dave Holland (bs), Jack DeJohnette (dr)

A1. Just Friends

A2. On Green Dolphin Street
A3. Satori

B1. Sometime Ago

B2. What's New

B3. Hymn

B4. Free Blues

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