Lee Konitz & Bill Evans, Festival de Jazz de Paris, November 3rd, 1965 (colorized)

Festival de Jazz de Paris, Maison de la Mutualité, 3 Novembre 1965
Enregistré par l'ORTF, archive SONUMA.
What's New 00:00
All the Things You Are 10:40
Detour Ahead 25:50
My Melancholy Baby 31:13
Lee Konitz (saxophone), Bill Evans (piano), Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen (contrebasse), Alan Dawson (batterie)

[@skycircle9893]

Clever drummer..really quite amazing!

[@christophercharles9645]

Alan Dawson was an amazing drummer and great educator as well. I have many friends & associates who were lucky enough to have studied with him.

[@alansenzaki4148]

Lee and Bill. Two masters at work.🙏

[@SuperDuperTuberTube]

For saxophonists (who might appreciate such things), this video has some extended closeups of Konitz's interesting embouchure. Most important, of course, it's a fun celebration of the cool jazz combo performed by some of the masters of that genre. Thank you sooooo much for posting this!

[@hellbooks3024]

It’s a similar embouchure to the one taught by Phil Sobel.

[@AlanSenzaki]

Bill was in the middle of his drug struggles when this was recorded but his playing is magnificent. Lee sounds great when playing with Bill.🙏💞😎

[@SMP4F56]

Dabuten! Thanks!

[@dulanith]

NHØP was 19 when this was recorded. Few ever come close to attaining this level in their entire lifetime. He was a true gift to jazz.

[@Cashimir]

🖤

[@alphonsepetitboudu6552]

NHOP & Alan Dawson accompagnaient Sonny Rollins, sans pianiste, en Scandinavie la même année 1965 avec la même précision et la même classe.😎

[@gameplayti2909]

I'm really surprised with the recording quality.

[@jiyujizai]

😢

[@melvynbooker1058]

Sensational group interplay. I think this should be compulsory viewing to young sax players to demonstrate it’s not all about showing how good you are at fast runs and screeching altissimo, it’s about finding your own unique way and sound, and boy did Lee do that.

[@ronaldunkel2681]

A rarity of recording. Both at their mellowest. Very nice, intimate live-gig with two masters. Btw it’s very well recorded. G’day & Cheers!

[@TheLupomusic]

Quand on aime Bill depuis 60 ans, quand on est parisien, mais je n'étais pas à Paris pour ce concert, quel grand grand souvenir, émotion et joie de regarder ce concert. Avec ses merveilleux compagnons aussi ! ` `

[@cnrbsmth]

Nhop is sounding like an absolute machine

[@billmunger9241]

Nice to hear an "earler" Konitz. Somehow I missed Bill Evans. Pederson and Dawsen were swinging fine.

[@carolkelly1324]

Nothing like...B I L.L E V A N S.. nothing..

[@thesoundofcontemporarymusi3196]

Bah si ! Y'a Keith Jarrett aussi !! There's Keith Jarrett too !!

[@Piratebreadstick]

Totally different actually.

[@kq9002]

I agree

[@f.w.2054]

Nothing like Keith Jarrett or Bill Evans unfortunately!

[@jeharli]

@@thesoundofcontemporarymusi3196 Bill Evans music is perfect. Keith is too abstract to my liking

[@lennypopkin4728]

NHOP and Alan Dawson. What a great rhythm section. Lee floats on their beautiful magic carpet.

[@zqa12swx]

Alan Dawson and NHOP. Whoa.

[@christophercharles9645]

Oh yeah!

[@thomashendy1651]

Detour Ahead... wow 👌 👏 😍

[@kq9002]

this is fantastic!! 💗💗

[@oscarenriquedellachabensen5759]

En la ballada Pedersen tocando en estilo LaFaro.

[@donmilland7606]

Lee didn't sound like anyone else for sure.

[@euclid1618]

fat low high notes

[@RalphBrooker-gn9iv]

I love LK. Have most of his records. Bill Evans sat in for Lennie Tristano once at the Half Note (LK, Warne Marsh, Jimmy Garrison, Paul Motian). Evans tended to ‘lay out’ when Lee soloed.

[@Da_Publick]

Maybe Konitz didn't like Evans's comping?

[@RalphBrooker-gn9iv]

I read that Bill was uncomfortable with Lee’s playing at that time. And in the album I think it’s fair to say that Lee was going through a process of change. He’d surprised many my recording with Elvin Jones and Jimmy Garrison. No piano. Classic album, Motion. And Lee had found a a kind inner force working with the Kenton orchestra where reeds struggled to be heard.

[@Da_Publick]

@@RalphBrooker-gn9ivThat's interesting. I'm so used to it being the other way around, where a soloist doesn't like the way a pianist 'feeds' them. And 'Motion' really is a masterpiece. He even quotes Bird at one point, having fun!

[@RalphBrooker-gn9iv]

@@Da_Publick Yes it is often the other way round. Stan Getz was very strict as I understand. I quite like Miles’ way of working with his young protégés. Warne Marsh’s *Ne Plus Ultra* is an excellent album. No piano. To horns: alto (Gary Foster) and tenor. I play a little piano, used to play alto and tenor. Developed embouchure/dental problems.

[@jackwilloughby239]

I agree, this concert could have benefitted greatly by the addition of Warne.@@RalphBrooker-gn9iv

[@mikeos1]

Great playing by Lee. Very young Nils Peterson on bass.

[@davidolahmusic]

❤

[@BicyclePhil]

Wow…time and place is everything!!

[@chrisweatherstone1241]

This is absolutely some AAA prime cut Lee! NHOP and Dawson swinging like hell! Peace reigns on the earth.

[@lobojassambo]

🤤

[@f.w.2054]

Looks kind of like the director Jean-Luc Godard sitting in the front row!

[@skycircle9893]

Annoying sax...blur brrr pib bip spasmodicly thank god for the rhythm section or this would be lost to morbid self indulgent struggles..it only truely becomes joyus with the great drum and bass playing wonderful and then Haaa Bill finally arrives and everything is bliss

[@f.w.2054]

Right!!!!we all know that Alan Dawson is a better musician than Lee Konitz! Go on believing your little fantasy. (sorry Mr. Dawson that you had to be brought into this!)

[@TheLupomusic]

Peu de temps avant ce concert que j'ai manqué, une partie du public parisien avait sifflé, hué, Jimmy Giuffre. J.G. avait conclu sa prestation en disant : Je regrette votre pauvre capacité d'écouter ! (poor hearing or something similar, as your !) ! Listen to Lee, especially at this is incredibly marvellous "Too marvelous for words" ! pour reprendre le nom d'un morceau joué avec Gerry Mulligan au Haig !

[@jackwilloughby239]

Yeah, I couldn't hear what Lee was playing. Couldn't hear the changes. At least the drummer was playing them.

[@hprm33t]

​@emilianoturazzi Great point, hope they listen. Sounded like academic-tinged snobbery to me.