The Art of Improvising
The Art of Improvising | ||||
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Live album by Warne Marsh | ||||
Released | 1974 | |||
Recorded | February 17 & 24, 1959 | |||
Venue | Half Note Club, NYC | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 40:55 | |||
Label | Revelation REV 22 | |||
Producer | John William Hardy, Jon Horwich | |||
Warne Marsh chronology | ||||
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The Art of Improvising (subtitled Solo Excerpts from 1959 Sessions at the Half Note), is a live album by saxophonist Warne Marsh recorded in 1959 and released on the Revelation label in 1974.[1][2] Each track on The album only features part of the performance containing Marsh's solo although an album featuring twelve complete performances from these shows was released in 1994 under Kontz's name as Live at the Half Note.
Reception
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Allmusic | [3] |
The Allmusic review noted "This is an odd record. ... The pianist/composer Lennie Tristano, with whom Marsh had a long relationship, evidently decided the only valuable moments from the sessions were these solos, so he simply excised everything else and presented them as self-contained pieces. For the general listener, this, of course, creates some problems. No themes are heard (though many of the pieces are standards), so the basis for the improvisation can often only be guessed at, and, obviously, any sense of wholeness is by the boards. On the other hand, Marsh's tenor playing is supple, silvery, and generally luscious ... So while the normal jazz listening experience is necessarily lacking, those who want a chance to hear Marsh in isolation (including, presumably, students of the saxophone) might find this release to be a valuable document".[3]
Track listing
- "Strike up the Band" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 2:30
- "It's You or No One" (Jule Styne, Sammy Cahn) – 2:10
- "Subconscious-Lee" (Lee Konitz) – 1:37
- "You Stepped Out of a Dream" (Nacio Herb Brown, Gus Kahn) – 2:22
- "Scrapple from the Apple" (Charlie Parker) – 2:18
- "I'll Remember April" (Gene de Paul, Patricia Johnston, Don Raye) – 1:36
- "Back Home Again in Indiana" (James F. Hanley, Ballard MacDonald) – 1:55
- "Lunar Elevation" (Warne Marsh) – 2:26
- "A Song for You" (Marsh) – 2:11
- "How About You?" (Burton Lane, Ralph Freed) – 1:55
- "Scrapple from the Apple" (Parker) – 2:00
- "Blues" (Marsh) – 1:20
- "I Can't Believe That You're in Love with Me" (Jimmy McHugh, Clarence Gaskill) – 2:21
- "It's You or No One" (Styne, Cahn) – 1:10
- "[Indian Summer" (Victor Herbert, Al Dubin) – 1:50
- "It's You or No One" (Styne, Cahn) – 1:10
- "You Stepped Out of a Dream" (Brown, Kahn) – 2:05
- "April, I'll Remember" (de Paul, Johnson, Raye) – 2:30
- " Indiana" (Hanley, MacDonald) – 2:40
- "Half Nelson" (Miles Davis) – 2:49
Personnel
- Warne Marsh – tenor saxophone
- Lee Konitz – alto saxophone (tracks 4, 11, 15 & 18)
- Bill Evans – piano
- Peter Ind – bass
- Paul Motian – drums
References
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- 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)
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)