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Lee Konitz

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May 02

Lee Konitz's New Quartet puts on a 2012 show in Burghausen, Germany, featuring Florian Weber on piano, Jeff Denson on bass and percussionist Ziv Ravitz. Although familiar with bebop and avant-interventions, Konitz (a Cool Jazzer) is considered one of the few alto saxophonists to retain his own sound at a time when Charlie Parker schooled other players.

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Hancock, Shorter, Holland, Blade

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Apr 04

(76 min)

This 2004 show from Salzau, Germany features a veritable "super band" of Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, Dave Holland, and Brian Blade, inviting cheer from jazz fellaheen. It's impossible to resist hyperbole, so just show up! Dig the set list: "Sonrisa", "V", "Pathways", "Aung San Suu Kyi", "Prometheus Unbound" and "Cantaloupe Island."

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Ornette Coleman's Prime Time

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Mar 21

(58 min)

Music Craft continues at the Film Forum with some scrupulous "Harmolodics" from Free Jazz badass Ornette Coleman and his Prime Time gang. Performing in 1988 in Montreal, with guitar power-assists from Pat Metheny, Chris Rosenberg and Ken Wessel, Coleman rouses multi-melodies and polytones in a high-energy orbit of pieces such as "Latin Genetics" and "Bourgeois Boogie."

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