Subconscious-Lee

1955 studio album by Lee Konitz

Subconscious-Lee

Studio album by

Lee Konitz

Released

1955

Recorded

January 11, 1949 – April 7, 1950

Genre

Jazz

Length

56:05

Label

Prestige / OJC

Lee Konitz chronology

Subconscious-Lee
(1955)

The New Sounds
(1951)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	^[2]

Subconscious-Lee is a jazz album by Lee Konitz although a few tracks were issued on 78rpm under Lennie Tristano's name. It was recorded in 1949 and 1950, and released on the Prestige label (originally as PRLP 7004 in 12" LP format in 1955^[3] as follows in the OJC reissue).

Track listing

"Progression" (Konitz) – 3:00
"Tautology" (Konitz) – 2:45
"Retrospection" (Lennie Tristano) – 3:09
"Subconscious-Lee" (Konitz) – 2:49
"Judy" (Tristano) – 2:56
"Marshmallow" (Warne Marsh) – 2:55
"Fishin' Around" (Marsh) – 3:47
"Tautology" (Konitz) – 2:56
"Sound-Lee" (Konitz) – 4:08
"Rebecca" (Konitz) – 3:05
"You Go to My Head" (J. Fred Coots, Haven Gillespie) – 2:38
"Ice Cream Konitz" (Konitz) – 2:45
"Palo Alto" (Konitz) – 2:31

Recorded in New York City January 11, 1949 (1-5), June 28, 1949 (6, 7), September 27, 1949 (8, 9) and April 7, 1950 (10-13)

Personnel

Lee Konitz – alto saxophone
Warne Marsh – tenor saxophone (6-9)
Billy Bauer – guitar (1-5, 10-13)
Lennie Tristano – piano (1-5)
Sal Mosca - piano (6-13)
Arnold Fishkin – bass
Shelly Manne – drums (1, 2, 4)
Denzil Best - drums (6, 7)
Jeff Morton - drums (8-13)

References

^ "Subconscious-Lee [Prestige] - Lee Konitz | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 835. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
^ Neal Umphred Goldmine's Price Guide to Collectible Jazz Albums' 1949–69, Iola, Wisconsin: Krause Publications, 1994, p.290

Lee Konitz

Studio albums

Subconscious-Lee (1949)
Lee Konitz Plays (1954)
Konitz (1954)
Lee Konitz in Harvard Square (1954)
Lee Konitz with Warne Marsh (1955)
Inside Hi-Fi (1956)
Very Cool (1957)
Tranquility (1957)
An Image: Lee Konitz with Strings (1958)
Lee Konitz Meets Jimmy Giuffre (1959)
You and Lee (1959)
Motion (1961)
The Lee Konitz Duets (1967)
Alto Summit (1968)
European Episode (1968)
Impressive Rome (1968)
Stereokonitz (1968)
Peacemeal (1969)
Spirits (1971)
Altissimo (1973)
I Concentrate on You: A Tribute to Cole Porter (1974)
Lone-Lee (1974)
Satori (1974)
Oleo (1975)
Chicago 'n All That Jazz (1975)
Windows (1975)
Figure & Spirit (1976)
Pyramid (1977)
The Lee Konitz Quintet (1977)
Lee Konitz Nonet (1977)
Duplicity (1977)
Tenorlee (1978)
Yes, Yes, Nonet (1979)
Four Keys (1979)
Seasons Change (1979)
Dovetail (1983)
Art of the Duo (1983)
Ideal Scene (1986)
The New York Album (1987)
Zounds (1990)
Lunasea (1992)
Jazz Nocturne (1992)
We Thought About Duke (1994)
It's You (1996)
Dearly Beloved (1996)
Out of Nowhere (1997)
RichLee! (1997)
Sound of Surprise (1999)
Dig-It (1999)
Pride (1999)
Organic-Lee (2006)

Live albums

Lee Konitz at Storyville (1954)
The Real Lee Konitz (1957)
In Concert (1974)
Jazz à Juan (1974)
Live at the Montmartre Club: Jazz Exchange Vol. 2 (1975)
Warne Marsh Quintet: Jazz Exchange Vol. 1 (1975)
Warne Marsh Lee Konitz: Jazz Exchange Vol. 3 (1975)
Lee Konitz Meets Warne Marsh Again (1976)
French Concert (1977)
IAI Festival (1979)
Live at Laren (1979)
Live at the Berlin Jazz Days 1980 (1980)
Heroes (1980)
Anti-Heroes (1980)
Toot Sweet (1982)
Star Eyes, Hamburg 1983 (1983)
Glad, Koonix! (1983)
Lullaby of Birdland (1991)
Live at the Half Note (1994)
Thingin' (1995)
Alone Together (1996)
Another Shade of Blue (1997)
Woodstock Jazz Festival 1 (1997)
Live at Birdland (2011)
First Meeting: Live in London, Volume 1 (2014)

Compilation albums

Lee Konitz Plays with the Gerry Mulligan Quartet (1953)
Conception (1956)

Discography

v t e Warne Marsh
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release.
As leader or co-leader	Live in Hollywood (1952) Lee Konitz with Warne Marsh (1955) Jazz of Two Cities (1956) Art Pepper with Warne Marsh (1957) Music for Prancing (1957) The Right Combination (and Joe Albany, 1957) Warne Marsh (1957–58) The Art of Improvising (1959)/Live at the Half Note (Lee Konitz, 1959) Ne Plus Ultra (1969) Report of the 1st Annual Symposium on Relaxed Improvisation (Clare Fischer, Gary Foster, 1972) The Unissued 1975 Copenhagen Studio Recordings (December 28, 1975) The Unissued Copenhagen Studio Recordings (December 29, 1975) Warne Marsh Quintet: Jazz Exchange Vol. 1 (and Lee Konitz, 1975) Live at the Montmartre Club: Jazz Exchange Vol. 2 (and Lee Konitz, 1975) Warne Marsh Lee Konitz: Jazz Exchange Vol. 3 (and Lee Konitz, 1975) All Music (1976) Lee Konitz Meets Warne Marsh Again (1976) Tenor Gladness (and Lew Tabackin, 1976) Warne Out (1977) Apogee (and Pete Christlieb, 1978) Conversations with Warne Volume 1 (and Pete Christlieb, 1978) Conversations with Warne Volume 2 (and Pete Christlieb, 1978) How Deep, How High (and Sal Mosca, 1976–79) I Remember You... (and Karin Krog, Red Mitchell, 1980) Star Highs (1982) A Ballad Album (1983) Ballad for You (and Susan Chen, 1985) Posthumous/Newly Warne (1985) Warne Marsh & Susan Chen (1985–86) Back Home (1986) Two Days in the Life of... (1987)
With others	Blues for a Reason (Chet Baker, 1984) Crosscurrents (Bill Evans, 1977) Thesaurus (Clare Fischer, 1968) Subconscious-Lee (Lee Konitz, 1949–50) Lee Konitz Meets Jimmy Giuffre (1959)