GRACEfulLEE is an album by American jazz saxophonists Grace Kelly and Lee Konitz. It was released on July 8, 2008.
| GRACEfulLEE | |
|---|---|
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| Studio album by | |
| Released | 2008 |
| Genre | Jazz |
| Length | 54:10 |
| Label | Pazz Productions |
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |    [1] |
GRACEfulLEE is Kelly's fourth studio album. It has received positive reviews from music critics,[2][3][4] including a four and a half star review from Down Beat Magazine in November 2008.[5] Down Beat went on to name the album as one of the "Best CDs of 2008" in January 2009 [6] and then one of the "Best CDs of the 2000s the next year.[7] The cover of this album made a brief appearance in the television series, Bosch, produced by Amazon Studios, recreating a scene from the novel The Black Box (A Harry Bosch Book) by Michael Connelly.[8] when Harry Bosch tries to interest his daughter in Jazz by noting some of the younger artists of the genre.
The cross-generation collaboration on this album was duly noted by John Fordham of the Guardian in his four-star review:"Those who have heard Konitz's unquenchably inventive, tirelessly curious improvising will relish his cliche-purged style. But the formidable Kelly's grasp of that approach, and twisting of it with wayward diversions and rhythmic surprises, brings the sometimes laconic Konitz to the boil."[9] It is also solidified with comments on [10]
Kelly's collaboration with Lee Konitz continued into 2014, appearing as a guest with the Quartet onstage at the 60th Newport Jazz Festival of that year.[11]
Track listing
edit- "Subconscious Lee" – 8:54
- "Just Friends" – 3:44
- "GRACEfulLEE" – 8:28
- "There Is No Greater Love" – 6:02
- "Alone Together" – 2:26
- "Buzzing Around" – 1:12
- "Thingin'" – 9:39
- "Call of the Spirits" – 4:09
- "NY at Noon" – 1:50
Personnel
edit- Grace Kelly – Alto saxophone
- Lee Konitz – Alto saxophone
- Russell Malone – Guitar
- Rufus Reid – Bass
- Matt Wilson – Drums
References
edit- ^ Allmusic review
- ^ Gelly, Dave (21 February 2010). "Grace Kelly & Lee Konitz: GRACEfulLEE". Guardian News and Media Limited. Retrieved 12 June 2011.
- ^ McClenechan, Dan (10 July 2008). "Grace Kelly and Lee Konitz: GRACEfulLEE (2008)". All About Jazz. Retrieved 12 June 2011.
- ^ Dryden, Ken (14 November 2008). "Grace Kelly: GRACEfulLEE (2008)". All About Jazz. Retrieved 12 June 2011.
- ^ "Grace Kelly/Lee Konitz: GRACEfulLEE". DownBeat. Maher Publications. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
- ^ "Best CDs of 2008". DownBeat. Maher Publications. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
- ^ "Best CDs of 2000s" (PDF). DownBeat. Maher Publications. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
- ^ Connelly, Michael (November 2012). The Black Box (First ed.). New York: Little Brown and Company. p. 242. ISBN 978-0-316-06943-4.
- ^ Fordham, John (25 February 2010). "Lee Konitz/Grace Kelly GRACEfulLEE". The Guardian. Guardian News and Media Limited. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
- ^ "Archived copy". www.gracekellymusic.com. Archived from the original on 11 July 2011. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ Chinen, Nate (16 November 2014). "The Gig: Lee Konitz". JazzTimes. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
