MPS . BERENDT . KONITZ . POINDEXTER . WOODS . WRIGHT
JAZZ / HARD BOP / ALTO SAX 1968
ALTO SUMMIT
LEE KONITZ, PONY POINDEXTER, PHIL WOODS, LEO WRIGHT
MPS RECORDS, MPS 15.192(LP)
(P)1968 MPS RECORDS GMBH, W.GERMANY
RECORDED: JUNE 2,3, 1968
RELEASED: 1968, W.GERMANY
J-ISSUED: NIPPON COLUMBIA CO., YS-2201-MP(LP)
RELEASED: AUGUST 1969, JAPAN
RE-ISSUED: POLYGRAM RECORDS, 843 139-2(CD)
RELEASED: USA
CREDITS (productions) :
Produced by Joachim E.Berendt
Recording Director: Willi Fruth; Recording Engineer: Rolf Donner
Recorded: MPS Tonstudio, Villingen/Black Forest, June 2nd and 3rd, 1968
CREDITS (musicians) :
Lee Konitz: alto saxophone
Pony Poindexter: alto saxophone
Phil Woods: alto saxophone
Leo Wright: alto saxophone
Steve Kuhn: piano
Palle Danielsson: bass
Jon Christensen: drums
TRACKS (total time 36:31) :
1. Native Land (6:13) [C.Amy]
solos: Lee Konitz, Phil Woods, Pony Poindexter, Lee Konitz
2. Ballad Medley: Skylark / Blue and Sentimental / Gee Baby Ain't I Good To You / Body and Soul (11:15) [Carmichael-Mercer / Basie-Davis-Livingston / Redman-Razaf / Green-Heyman-Sour-Eyton]
solos: Leo Write, Pony Poindexter, Phil Woods, Lee Konitz
3. Prompt (5:40) [B.Bailey]
solos: Lee Konitz, Pony Poindexter, Lee Konitz, Phil Woods, Steve Kuhn
4. The Perils of Poda (5:12) [P.Woods]
solos: Phil Woods, Lee Konitz, Pony Poindexter, Leo Write
5. Good Booty (8:14) [P.Poindexter]
solos: Pony Poindexter, Phil Woods, Steve Kuhn, Palle Danielsson
6. Lee O's Blues (4:30) [L.Wright, L.Konitz]
solos: Steve Kuhn, Lee Konitz, Leo Write
7. Lee's Tribute to Bach and Bird (4:20) [J.S.Bach, C.Parker]
solos: Lee Konitz, Phil Woods, Pony Poindexter, Leo Write
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