Lee Konitz discography

This is the discography for American jazz musician Lee Konitz.^[1]^[2]

Albums

As leader/co-leader

1949–50: Lee Konitz and Stan Getz, The New Sounds (Prestige, 1951)[10"]
1949–50: Subconscious-Lee (Prestige, 1955) – a.k.a. Lee Konitz with Tristano, Marsh and Bauer
1951: The New Sounds featuring Miles Davis (Prestige)[10"] - reissued on Conception in 1956
1953: Lee Konitz Plays with the Gerry Mulligan Quartet with Gerry Mulligan (Pacific Jazz, 1957)
1953: Lee Konitz Plays (Disques Vogue, 1953)[10"]
1954: Lee Konitz at Storyville (Storyville, 1954) – live
1954: Konitz (Storyville, 1954)
1954: Lee Konitz in Harvard Square (Storyville, 1955)
1955: Lee Konitz with Warne Marsh (Atlantic, 1955)
1956: Lee Konitz featuring Hans Koller, Lars Gullin, Roland Kovac (Swingtime, 1989)
1956: Inside Hi-Fi (Atlantic, 1956)
1957: The Real Lee Konitz (Atlantic, 1957) – live
1957: Very Cool (Verve, 1957)
1957: Tranquility (Verve, 1957)
1958: An Image: Lee Konitz with Strings (Verve, 1958)
1959: Live at the Half Note (Verve, 1994) – live
1959: Lee Konitz Meets Jimmy Giuffre with Jimmy Giuffre (Verve, 1959)
1959: You and Lee (Verve, 1959)
1961: Motion (Verve, 1961)
1966: Modern Jazz Compositions from Haiti (Impulse!, 1979)
1967: The Lee Konitz Duets (Milestone, 1968)
1968: Alto Summit with Pony Poindexter et al. (MPS, 1968)
1968: European Episode (Campi, 1968)
1968: Impressive Rome with Martial Solal (Campi, 1968)
1968: Stereokonitz (RCA, 1968)
1969: Peacemeal (Milestone, 1970)
1971: Spirits (Milestone, 1971)
1973: Altissimo with Gary Bartz, Jackie McLean and Charlie Mariano (Philips, 1973)
1974: In Concert with Chet Baker (India Navigation, 1982) – live
1974: Jazz à Juan (SteepleChase, 1977) – live
1974: I Concentrate on You: A Tribute to Cole Porter with Red Mitchell (SteepleChase, 1974)
1974: Lone-Lee (SteepleChase, 1975)
1974: Satori (Milestone, 1975)
1975: Oleo (Sonet, 1975)
1975: Chicago 'n All That Jazz (Groove Merchant, 1975)
1975: Windows with Hal Galper (SteepleChase, 1976)
1975: Warne Marsh Quintet: Jazz Exchange Vol. 1 with Warne Marsh (Storyville, 1976) – live
1975: Live at the Montmartre Club: Jazz Exchange Vol. 2 with Warne Marsh (Storyville, 1977) – live
1975: Warne Marsh Lee Konitz: Jazz Exchange Vol. 3 with Warne Marsh (Storyville, 1985) – live
1975: The Unissued 1975 Copenhagen Studio Recordings (Storyville, 1997)
1976: Jazz a Confronto 32 (Horo, 1976)
1976: Lee Konitz Meets Warne Marsh Again with Warne Marsh (Pausa, 1977) – live
1976: The Lee Konitz Nonet (Roulette, 1977)
1976: Figure & Spirit (Progressive, 1977)
1977: Pyramid with Paul Bley and Bill Connor (Improvising Artists, 1978)
1977: The Lee Konitz Quintet (Chiaroscuro, 1977)
1977: Lee Konitz Nonet (Chiaroscuro, 1977)
1977: French Concert with the Shelly Manne Quartet (Galaxy, 1979) – live
1977: Duplicity with Martial Solal (Horo, 1978)
1977–78: Tenorlee (Choice, 1978)
1979: Yes, Yes, Nonet (SteepleChase, 1979)
1979: Four Keys with Martial Solal et al. (MPS, 1979)
1979: Live at Laren (Soul Note, 1984) – live
1979: Seasons Change with Karl Berger (Circle, 1980)
1980: Heroes with Gil Evans (Verve, 1991)
1980: Anti-Heroes with Gil Evans (Verve, 1991)
1980: Live at the Berlin Jazz Days 1980 with Martial Solal (MPS, 1982) – live
1981: Live in Genoa 1981 with Art Farmer (Tramonti, 2013) – live
1982: High Jingo with His West Coast Friends (Atlas, 1982)
1982: Toot Sweet with Michael Petrucciani (Owl, 1982) – live
1983: Dovetail (Sunnyside, 1983)
1983: Art of the Duo with Albert Mangelsdorff (Enja, 1988)
1983: Glad, Koonix! (Dragon, 1986) – live
1983: Dedicated to Lee with Lars Sjösten Octet (Dragon, 1984)
1983: Star Eyes, Hamburg 1983 with Martial Solal (HatOLOGY, 1998) – live
1984: Wild as Springtime featuring Harold Danko (GFM, 1997)
1986?: Medium Rare (Label Bleu, 1986)
1986: Ideal Scene (Soul Note, 1986)
1987: Anniversary! (EmArcy, 1989) – live
1987: The New York Album (Soul Note, 1988)
1988: Blew with The Space Jazz Trio (Philology, 1989)
1988: Solitudes with Enrico Pieranunzi (Philology, 1988)
1988: Round and Round (Musicmasters, 1988)
1989?: In Rio (MA, 1989)
1989: Konitz in Denmark with Jens Søndergaard Quartet (Rightone, 1989)
1988-89: Frank-Lee Speaking (West Wind, 1992)
1990: S'Nice with Frank Wunsch (Nabel, 1990)
1990: Zounds (Soul Note, 1991)
1990: Once Upon a Line (Musidisc, 1995) – live
1990: Swiss Kiss with Alain Guyonnet Tentet (TCB, 1994)
1991: Lullaby of Birdland (Candid, 1994) – live
1988-92: Saxophone Dreams with Netherlands Metropole Orchestra (Koch Jazz, 1997)
1992: Lunasea with Peggy Stern (Soul Note, 1992)
1992: Unleemited with Kenny Werner (Owl, 1994)
1992: Leewise with the Jazzpar All Star Nonet (Storyville, 1993)
1992: Steps Towards a Dream with John Pål Inderberg (Odin, 1995)
1992: Jazz Nocturne (Evidence, 1994)
1992: Lee Konitz Meets Don Friedman with Don Friedman (Insights, 1994)
1992: So Many Stars with Tiziana Ghiglioni and Stefano Battaglia (Philology, 1993)
1993: The Jobim Collection with Peggy Stern (Philology, 1993)
1993: Very Fool with Massimo Salvagnini Quartet (High Tide, 2001)
1993: A Venezia with Orchestra Il Suono Improvviso (Philology, 1993)
1993: Free with Lee (Philology, 1995)
1993: Italian Ballads, Volume 1 with Stefano Battaglia (Philology, 1993)
1993: Speakin' Lowly with Renato Sellani (Philology, 1994)
1993: All the Way (The Soft Way) with Renato Sellani (Philology, 1998)
1993: Rhapsody (Evidence, 1993)
1993: Rhapsody II (Evidence, 1994)
1994: We Thought About Duke with Franz Koglmann (HatART, 1995)
1994: Haiku with Rudi Mahall et al. (Nabel, 1995)
1995?: Live at the Manhattan Jazz Club with Jeanfrançois Prins Trio (GAM Records, 1995) – live
1995: Brazilian Rhapsody (Venus, 1995)
1995: Breaths and Whispers with Umberto Petrin (Philology, 1995)
1995: Thingin' with Don Friedman and Attila Zoller (HatOLOGY, 1996) – live
1995: The Frankfurt Concert with Frank Wunsch (West Wind, 1997)
1996: It's You (SteepleChase, 1996)
1996: Strings for Holiday: A Tribute to Billie Holiday (Enja, 1996)
1996: Inside Cole Porter (Philology, 1998)
1996: Inside Rogers with Franco D'Andrea (Philology, 1998)
1996: Body and Soul with Gary Foster (Camerata, 1996)
1996: Dearly Beloved (SteepleChase, 1996)
1996: Unaccompanied Live in Yokohama (P.S.F., 1997) – live
1996: Alone Together with Brad Mehldau and Charlie Haden (Blue Note, 1997) – live
1996: Subconscious-Lee with Johannes Schaedlich (Summit, 1998)
1997: Self Portrait (Philology, 1998)
1997: L'Age Mur with Enrico Rava (Philology, 1998)
1997: Dig Dug Dog (Columbia, 1997)
1997: Out of Nowhere with Paul Bley (SteepleChase, 1998)
1997: RichLee! with Rich Perry (SteepleChase, 1998)
1997: Dialogues with Bert Van Den Brink Trio (Challenge, 1998)
1997: Another Shade of Blue (Blue Note, 1999) – live
1998: Three Guys with Steve Swallow and Paul Motian (Enja, 1999)
1998: Tender Lee (For Chet) (Philology, 1999)
1999: Sound of Surprise (RCA Victor, 1999)
1999: Dig-It with Ted Brown (SteepleChase, 1999)
1999: Pride (SteepleChase, 1999)
1999: Live at Birdland Neuberg with Kenny Wheeler Quartet (Double Moon, 2000) – live
2000: Play French Impressionist Music from the Turn of the 20th Century with the Axis String Quartet (Palmetto, 2000)
2000: Some New Stuff (DIW, 2000)
2000: In Italy Vol.3: Lee Konitz at the New Mississippi Jazz Club (Philology, 2002) – live
2000: Live-Lee with Alan Broadbent (Milestone, 2004) – live
2000: More Live-Lee with Alan Broadbent (Milestone, 2004) – live
2000: Prisma (QFTF, 2018) – live
2000: Parallels (Chesky, 2001)
2001: In Italy Vol.1: Duas Contas with Irio de Paula (Philology, 2002)
2001: In Italy Vol.2: Outra vez with Barbara Casini (Philology, 2002)
2002: In Italy Vol.4: Suite For Paolo with Stefano Bollani (Philology, 2003)
2002: A Day in Florence with Roberto Gatto (Philology, 2003)
2003: BargaLee with the Orchestra BargaJazz (Philology, 2013) – live
2004: Lee Konitz - Ohad Talmor String Project, Inventions with Ohad Talmor et al. (OmniTone, 2006)
2005: New Nonet (OmniTone, 2006) – live
2006: Organic-Lee with Gary Versace (SteepleChase, 2006)
2006: Lee Konitz - Ohad Talmor Big Band, Portology with Ohad Talmor et al. (OmniTone, 2007)
2006: Infant eyes: The Music of Wayne Shorter with Claudio Fasoli et al. (Philology, 2007)
2007: Deep Lee with Minsarah (Enja, 2008)
2008?: GRACEfulLEE with Grace Kelly (Pazz, 2008)
2008-09: Duos with Lee with Dan Tepfer (Sunnyside, 2009)
2009: Lee Konitz New Quartet, Live at the Village Vanguard (Enja, 2010) – live
2009: Live at Birdland with Brad Mehldau, Charlie Haden and Paul Motian (ECM, 2011) – live
2010: First Meeting: Live in London, Volume 1 with Dan Tepfer, Michael Janisch and Jeff Williams (Whirlwind, 2014) – live
2012: Enfants Terribles with Bill Frisell, Gary Peacock and Joey Baron (HighNote, 2012) – live
2012: Costumes Are Mandatory with Ethan Iverson, Larry Grenadier and Jorge Rossy (HighNote, 2013)
2015: Frescalalto with Kenny Barron, Peter Washington and Kenny Washington (Impulse!, 2017)
2010-16: Decade with Dan Tepfer (Verve, 2018)

Compilation

From Newport to Nice (Philology, 1992)
Sound-Lee (Membran, 2004)

As sideman

With Chick Corea

1981: Woodstock Jazz Festival 1 with Anthony Braxton, Pat Metheney, Jack DeJohnette and Miroslav Vitous (Douglas Music, 1997)
1981: Woodstock Jazz Festival 2 with Anthony Braxton, Pat Metheney, Jack DeJohnette and Miroslav Vitous (Douglas Music, 1997)

With Miles Davis

1947-48: The Miles Davis Tuba Band with Lennie Tristano, Why Do I Love You? Rare Broadcasts 1947–48 (Natasha, 1993)
1949-50: Birth of the Cool (Capitol, 1957) – compilation
1957: Miles Ahead (Columbia, 1957)

With Lennie Tristano

1954-55: Lennie Tristano (Atlantic, 1956)
1949: Crosscurrents (Capitol, 1972) – reissued as part of Intuition (1996)

With Stan Kenton

1947-51: City of Glass (Capitol, 1951)
1952: New Concepts of Artistry in Rhythm (Capitol, 1953)
1951-53: This Modern World (Capitol, 1953)
1953: Sketches on Standards (Capitol, 1953)
1953: Portraits on Standards (Capitol, 1953)
compilation: Popular Favorites by Stan Kenton (Capitol, 1953)
compilation: The Kenton Era (Capitol, 1955)

With others

1947: Claude Thornhill and His Orchestra, The Uncollected Claude Thornhill and His Orchestra (Hindsight, 1994)
1951: Ralph Burns and His Orchestra, Free Forms (1951, Mercury)[10" SP]
1956: Metronome All-Stars, Metronome All-Stars 1956 (Clef, 1956)
1957: Gil Evans, Gil Evans & Ten (Prestige, 1958)
1957: Gerry Mulligan, The Gerry Mulligan Songbook (World Pacific, 1958)
1959: Warne Marsh, The Art of Improvising (Revelation, 1974) – live
1966: Dave Pike, The Doors of Perception (Vortex, 1970) – live
1968: Attila Zoller, Zo-Ko-Ma (MPS, 1968)
1972: Charles Mingus, Charles Mingus and Friends in Concert (Columbia, 1972) – live
1973-74: Dave Brubeck, All The Things We Are (Atlantic, 1976)
1974-75: Andrew Hill, Spiral (Arista, 1975)
1975: Warne Marsh Quintet, Jazz Exchange (Storyville, 1976) – live
1975: Hal Galper, Windows (SteepleChase, 1976)
1977: Bill Evans, Crosscurrents (Fantasy, 1978)
1980: Martial Solal, Live at the Berlin Jazz Days (MPS, 1982) – live
1983: Martial Solal, Star Eyes, Hamburg 1983 (HatOLOGY, 1998) – live
1984: Max Roach, It's Christmas Again (Soul Note, 1984)
1990: Frank Wunsch Quartet, S'Nice (Nabel, 1990)
1991: Lars Sjosten Quartet, Friends (Dragon, 1992)
1992: Kenny Werner, Unleemited (Owl, 1994)
1993: Orchestra Il Suono Improvviso, A Venezia (Philology, 1993)
1993: Renato Sellani, Vol. 1: Speakin' Lowly (Philology, 1994)
1993: Renato Sellani, Vol. 2: Minority (All The Way) (Philology, 1998)
1995: Umberto Petrin, Breaths and Whispers (Homage to Alexander Scriabin) (Philology, 1995)
1995: John Pl Indreberg, Step Towards a Dream (Odin, 1997)
1995: Don Friedman with Attila Zoller, Thingin' (HatOLOGY, 2000)
1996: Kenny Wheeler, Angel Song (ECM, 1997)
1996: Franco D'Andrea, Inside Rodgers (Philology, 1998)
1997: Rich Perry, RichLee! (SteepleChase, 1998)
1998?: Gerry Mulligan All-Star Tribute Band, Thank You, Gerry! (Arkadia Jazz, 1998)
1998?: Diane Hubka, Haven't We Met? (Challenge, 1998)
1999?: Jeanfrançois Prins, All Around Town (TCB, 1999)
2000: Brandenburg State Orchestra, Prisma - composed by Guenter Buhles (QFTF, 2018)
2000?: The Axis Quartet, Play French Impressionist Music from the Turn of the Twentieth Century (Palmetto, 2000)
2002?: Judy Niemack, About Time (SONY Jazz, 2002)
2002: Matt Wilson, Gong with Wind Suite (SteepleChase, 2002)
2005: Riccardo Arrighini, The Soprano Sax Album: Standards (Philology, 2006)
2005: Brian Dickenson, The Glenn Gould Session (Philology, 2006)
2006: Francois Théberge, Soliloque (Effendi, 2008)
2008: Jakob Bro, Balladeering (Loveland, 2009)
2009?: Dan Tepfer, Duos with Lee (Sunnyside, 2009)
2010?: Marcel·lí Bayer, Nonitz Featuring Lee Konitz (Quadrant, 2013)
2011?: Jakob Bro, Time (Loveland, 2011)
2012: Jakob Bro, December Song (Loveland, 2013)
2015-16: Dan Tepfer, Decade (Verve, 2018)