BOOKLET
Yeah here is a little goodie with Lee Konitz and on the real albums hi is supported by Sonny Dallas and Elvin Jones and on the other sessions that was just in a forth night before Nick Stabulas play the drums, yeah this edition is expanded with 30 tracks to a 3 CD set and 33 from the original vinyl, but unfortunately is this another OOP Elite Edition, so if you like Lee Konitz you need to take the chance to get this goodie, yeah I think that I like this album better than the reviewer and I think he made some wonderful sessions, but that can you listen to and decide for yourself so here is the expanded version of the Motions.
01 – I’ll Remember You (4:31) (Victor Schertzinger-Johnny Mercer)
02 – All Of Me (7:41) (Gerald Marks-Seymor Simons)
03 – Foolin’ Myself (8:55) (Peter Tinturin-Jack Lawrence)
04 – You’d Be So Nice To Come Home To (10:48) (Cole Porter)
05 – I’ll Remember April (8:23) (Gene DePaul-Pat Johnston-Don Raye)
06 – You Don’t Know What Love Is (6:53) (Gene DePaul-Don Raye)
07 – These Foolish Things (9:50) (Harry Link-Jack Strachey-Holt Marvell)
08 – Out Of Nowhere (8:27) (John W Green-Edward Heyman)
09 – It’s You Or No One (7:48) (Jule Styne-Sammy Cahn)
Lee Konitz – Alto Sax
Sonny Dallas – Bass
Elvin Jones – Drums
Recorded August 29 1961 at Olmsted Sound Studios NYC
Tracks 1, 2, 3, 4 (Index 1), 5 Orginal Motion LP
Tracks 6, 8, 9 Orginal CD
Tracks 4 (Index 0), 7 Previously Unreleased
01 – I Remember You (rehearsal take) (1:39) (Victor Schertzinger-Johnny Mercer)
02 – I Remember You (rehearsal take) (1:27) (Victor Schertzinger-Johnny Mercer)
03 – I Remember You (5:16) (Victor Schertzinger-Johnny Mercer)
04 – I Remember You (5:08) (Victor Schertzinger-Johnny Mercer)
05 – I Remember You (4:55) (Victor Schertzinger-Johnny Mercer)
06 – You Don’t Know What Love Is (5:15) (Gene DePaul-Don Raye)
07 – It’s Alright With Me (6:19) (Cole Porter)
08 – Foolin’ Myself (6:13) (Peter Tinturin-Jack Lawrence)
09 – Just Friends (3:46) (John Klenner-Sam M Lewis)
10 – It’s You Or No One (5:35) (Jule Styne-Sammy Cahn)
11 – Out Of Nowhere (6:22) (John W Green-Edward Heyman)
12 – My Melancholy Baby (4:55) (Ernie Burnett-George A Norton)
13 – Imagination (5:26) (Jimmy Van Heusen-Johnny Burke)
14 – That Old Feeling (6:12) (Lew Brown-Sammy Fain)
15 – All The Things You Are (6:00) (Jerome Kern-Oscar Hammerstein)
Lee Konitz – Alto Sax
Sonny Dallas – Bass
Nick Stabulas – Drums
Tracks 1-14 Recorded August 17 1961 at Olmsted Sound Studios NYC
Tracks 15 Recorded August 21 1961 at Olmsted Sound Studios NYC
All Tracks Previously Unreleased
01 – (Back Home Again In) Indiana (5:19) (James F Hanley-Ballard MacDonald)
02 – Alone Together (8:06) (Arthur Schwartz-Howard Dietz)
03 – Embraceable You (4:33) (George & Ira Gershwin)
04 – I’m Gettin’ Sentimental Over You (4:32) (George Bassman-Ned Washington)
05 – I’m Gettin’ Sentimental Over You (v2) (4:23) (George Bassman-Ned Washington)
06 – Pennies From Heaven (8:57) (Arthur Johnston-Johnny Burke)
07 – I’ll Remember April (6:36) (Gene DePaul-Pat Johnston-Don Raye)
08 – There Will Never Be Another You (4:22) (Harry Warren-Mack Gordon)
09 – What’s New (6:41) (Bob Haggart-Johnny Burke)
10 – Everything Happens To Me (4:52) (Matt Dennis-Tom Adair)
11 – Sweet And Lovely (3:00) (Gus Arnheim-Jules Lemare-Harry Tobias)
12 – You’d Be So Nice To Come Home To (4:12) (Cole Porter)
13 – Lullaby Of The Leaves (5:40) (Bernice Petkere-Joe Young)
14 – I’m Gettin’ Sentimental Over You (overdub) (4:12) (George Bassman-Ned Washington)
Lee Konitz – Alto Sax
Sonny Dallas – Bass
Nick Stabulas – Drums
Recorded August 21 1961 at Olmsted Sound Studios NYC
All Tracks Previously Unreleased
Altoist Lee Konitz recorded the original five songs of Motion on Aug. 29, 1961 in a trio with bassist Sonny Dallas and drummer Elvin Jones. When the set was reissued on a 1990 CD, it had been expanded to eight songs; although it is not obvious from the outside of this 1998 set, there are three CDs in this package. The Elvin Jones date has been augmented by a previously unreleased version of “These Foolish Things” from the same day, along with a breakdown on “You’d Be So Nice to Come Home To.” The two extra CDs are taken from a couple of earlier sessions with Nick Stabulas on drums joining Konitz and Dallas; none of that music (29 selections) had ever been released before. Although not the altoist’s greatest set (as claimed in the liner notes), Lee Konitz was in excellent form during this period, playing creative solos over common chord changes and coming up with plenty of rewarding subtle ideas. Elvin Jones shows how quietly he can play, yet always swings with constant creativity too. Worth exploring, although more general listeners will probably be satisfied with the 1990 single-disc reissue.