tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2890708154880054256.post1364012464581622342..comments2024-03-27T22:41:44.357+00:00Comments on bebop spoken here: Farewell Lee Konitz (1927 - 2020)Lancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04494856116843281101noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2890708154880054256.post-12839363309283721622020-04-16T20:38:45.792+01:002020-04-16T20:38:45.792+01:00Peter- do you happen to know why Frisell didn'...Peter- do you happen to know why Frisell didn't make the gig?Russellnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2890708154880054256.post-80137550523537522712020-04-16T20:07:47.387+01:002020-04-16T20:07:47.387+01:00Lee also appeared twice at Darlington Arts Centre....Lee also appeared twice at Darlington Arts Centre.<br />The first occasion was Saturday 21 October 1989 as part of the Fourth Darlington Jazz & Blues Festival. On that occasion he was backed by John Taylor, Mick Hutton and Steve Arguelles. His programme included Star Eyes, Here's That Rainy Day, Chick Came Around, Moonlight in Vermont, All the Things You Are, Days of Wine and Roses and a Peter Bevannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2890708154880054256.post-57741823821229000932020-04-16T10:07:17.218+01:002020-04-16T10:07:17.218+01:00Quite amazing that he played on the Birth of the C...Quite amazing that he played on the Birth of the Cool Sessions from 1949.<br />I saw him twice in his later years. <br />The first time was at the London Jazz Festival where he was fluid, playing brilliantly and charismatic. <br />The second was at the Cheltenham Festival just eighteen months later and was very different. He managed to find a chair and spent most of the time sat on it, Steve Tnoreply@blogger.com