Boxset / Compilation · 1996
Tracklist
1. Smog Eyes (3:32)
2. Ear Conditioning (5:13)
3. Lover Man (4:28)
4. Quintessence (4:14)
5. Jazz Of Two Cities (4:32)
6. Dixie's Dilemma (4:20)
7. Tschaikovsky's Opus #42, Third Movement (3:59)
8. I Never Knew (5:00)
9. Ear Conditioning (Mono Master) (5:14)
10. Lover Man (Mono Master) (4:29)
11. Jazz Of Two Cities (Mono Take) (4:39)
12. I Never Knew (Mono Take) (5:09)
13. Wow (3:19)
14. Crosscurrent (2:48)
15. Yesterdays (2:45)
16. Marionette (3:04)
17. Sax Of A Kind (2:59)
18. Intuition (2:27)
19. Digression (3:04)
Total Time 72:35
Line-up/Musicians
Alto Saxophone – Lee Konitz (tracks: 13 to 19)
Bass – Arnold Fishkin (tracks: 13 to 19), Ben Tucker (tracks: 1 to 12)
Drums – Denzil Best (tracks: 16 to 19), Harold Granowsky (tracks: 13, 14), Jeff Morton (tracks: 1 to 12)
Guitar – Billy Bauer (tracks: 13 to 19)
Piano – Lennie Tristano (tracks: 13 to 19), Ronnie Ball (tracks: 1 to 12)
Tenor Saxophone – Warne Marsh
About this release
Capitol Jazz – CDP 7243 8 52771 2 2 (US)
Lennie Tristano's historic 1949 Capitol sessions ("Crosscurrent",Capitol Records – M-11060,side A) with Lee Konitz and Warne Marsh & Marsh's 1956 classic Jazz Of Two Cities.Tracks 1 to 8 are stereo, all other selections are mono.
The Warne Marsh album that begins this CD was issued in mono as "Jazz Of Two Cities" (Imperial LP 9027) and in stereo as "Winds Of Marsh" (Imperial LP 12013). The mono and stereo takes of "Jazz Of Two Cities" and "I Never Knew" are completely different. The second saxophone solo on "Ear Conditioning" and the piano solo on "Lover Man" differ on the stereo and mono masters. Both versions of these four tunes are therefore included here.
Tracks 1 to 4, 9 & 10 recorded on October 3, 1956 at Radio Recorders in Los Angeles.
Tracks 5 to 8, 11 & 12 recorded on October 11, 1956 at Radio Recorders in Los Angeles.
Tracks 13 & 14 recorded on March 4, 1949 in New York.
Tracks 15 recorded on March 14, 1949 in New York.
Tracks 16 to 19 recorded on May 16, 1949 in New York.
Thanks to kazuhiro for the addition and snobb for the updates