April 6, 2008 at
All Souls at Sundown:

Lee Konitz, alto saxophone
Aaron Goldberg, piano

The celebrated saxophonist Lee Konitz began his jazz career in 1945 in Chicago, where he studied the saxophone and performed with popular jazz orchestras. In 1947, he toured with the Claude Thornhill band and subsequently played and recorded with Miles Davis (The Complete Birth of the Cool on Capitol) and Stan Kenton’s orchestra, among others. He also began a long affiliation with pianist Lennie Tristano. In 1973, he formed the renowned Lee Konitz Nonet, which released the first of several acclaimed albums in 1976. Recipient of many prestigious honors and awards for his accomplishments as a performer, composer, and educator, Konitz received the coveted Jazzpar prize from the Danish government in 1994. He has appeared on over 50 albums since 1953, including Subconscious-Lee (1969), Figure and Spirit (1976), and Jazz Nocturne (1994).

Featuring the poetry of Elizabeth Bishop

Born in Massachusetts in 1911, Elizabeth Bishop traveled extensively in Europe and lived for many years in Brazil. Her poetry is filled with descriptions of her travels and focuses with great subtlety on her impressions of the physical world. She won a Pulitzer Prize in 1956 for Poems: North and South—A Cold Spring and a National Book Award for Questions of Travel.