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In A Mellow Tone
Wednesday April 22nd, 2020 with Bruce Walton
Lee Konitz / Henry Grimes

Music from alto player Lee Konitz and bass player and poet Henry Grimes, both dead of COVID-19 last week.
I Can't Get Started
Lee Konitz & Warne Marsh - Lee Konitz & Warne Marsh (1955)
I Can't Get Started
Lee Konitz, Bill Frisell, Gary Peacock, Joey Baron - Enfants Terribles (2012)
Poor Little Rich Girl (1948)
Claude Thornhill & His Orchestra - Young Mulligan (comp.)
Godchild (1949)
Miles Davis - Birth Of The Cool
Background Music
Lee Konitz & Warne Marsh - Lee Konitz & Warne Marsh (1955)
When You're Smiling
Lee Konitz Quartet (Billy Bauer, Henry Grimes, Dave Bailey) - Tranquiity (1957)
Palo Alto
Lee Konitz/Jimmy Giuffre - Lee Konitz Meets Jimmy Giuffre (1959)
Palo Alto
Lee Konitz, Warne Marsh, Bill Evans, Jimmy Garrison, Paul Motian - Live At The Half-Note (1959)
Nonetheless
Kenny Wheeler, Lee Konitz, Dave Holland, Bill Frisell - Angel Song (1996)
The Song Is You
Lee Konitz/Jimmy Giuffre - Lee Konitz Meets Jimmy Giuffre
Onmo
Kenny Wheeler, Lee Konitz, Dave Holland, Bill Frisell - Angel Song
What Is This Thing Called Love?
Lee Konitz, Bill Frisell, Gary Peacock, Joey Baron - Enfants Terribles
Past Present
Kenny Wheeler, Lee Konitz, Dave Holland, Bill Frisell - Angel Song
People Will Say We're In Love
Lee Konitz Quartet - Tranquiity
Walk On
Henry Grimes Trio (Perry Robinson cl, Tom Price dr) - The Call (1965)
Lennie Bird
Lee Konitz Quartet - Tranquiity
Son Of Alfalfa
Henry Grimes Trio - The Call
Henry Grimes was a poet and visual artist as well as a musician, as heard on the next two tracks . . .
With You In Mind
Bill McHenry, Henry Grimes, Andrew Cyrille - Us Free. Fish Stories (2006)
Eternal Mysticism, Virtue and Calm
Henry Grimes, Rashied Ali - Going To The Ritual (2007)
Low Blue Flame
Bill McHenry, Henry Grimes, Andrew Cyrille - Us Free. Fish Stories
. . . and he played violin.
Come Sunday
Henry Grimes - Us Free. Fish Stories
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