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Lee Konitz / Chris Cheek / Stephane Furic Leibovici

Title: Jugendstil II

Label: ESP DISK

Cat No:ESP4059
Format:CD

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Discovery Records
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• Following up their critically acclaimed 2008 release, Stéphane Furic Leibovici and Chris Cheek return for this second volume, produced by Jim Black and featuring the alto saxophone giant Lee Konitz.

• An achievement in balance and taste, the resulting music is so thoughtful, intent and vibrant that it need not be forced upon you. The music unfolds for the listener in the subtlest of ways, as if the composer is challenging our very notion of what will come next. Like a mediation on color and space, you begin to let go of your assumptions and allow the harmonies and structures wash over you.

• The interaction of Konitz with his bandmates is a delicate dance of lyrical brilliance. Criss-crossing saxophones glide through Furics intense and wide open bass work. Furics compositions fuel extended interplay as the musicians seem to bounce from one musical theme to the next. This music is the epitome of finesse. Effortless and deep at the same time.

• Personnel : Lee Konitz: alto saxophone; Chris Cheek: tenor saxophone; Stéphane Furic Leibovici: double-bass; Jim Black: glockenspiel, vibraphone, chimes; Dan Dorrance: altoute, bassute, piccolo; Joy Plaisted: harp; Maria Garcia: celesta; & Chris Speed: clarinet.

Track Listing for Jugendstil II
1. Odysseus Returns Home
2. Tomorrow I Shall Dance For You
3. A Music of Tranquillity
4. Float West On The Slender Current
5. A L’ile De Fressanges (…Nuit D’ete…)
6. Les Mains De Penelope (…Le Jour, Elle Tissait..)
7. Phongsaly
8. Local Heroes

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