''GRACEfulLEE'' is an album by American

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saxophonists Instruments key: * s, Sopranino * S, Soprano * A, Alto * T, Tenor * B, Baritone * b, Bass * c, Contrabass (or tubax) * sc, Subcontrabass Indicators key: *X, instrument has been used by person or group *X, instrument has been used by person or ...

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and

Lee Konitz Leon "Lee" Konitz (October 13, 1927 – April 15, 2020) was an American jazz Alto saxophone, alto saxophonist and composer. He performed successfully in a wide range of jazz styles, including bebop, cool jazz, and avant-garde jazz. Konitz's ass ...

. It was released on July 8, 2008. ''GRACEfulLEE'' is Kelly's fourth studio album. It has received positive reviews from music critics, including a four and a half star review from

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Magazine in November 2008.

went on to name the album as one of the "Best CDs of 2008" in January 2009 and then one of the "Best CDs of the 2000s the next year. The cover of this album made a brief appearance in the television series, Bosch, produced by Amazon Studios, recreating a scene from the novel The Black Box (A

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. when Harry Bosch tries to interest his daughter in Jazz by noting some of the younger artists of the genre. The cross-generation collaboration on this album was duly noted by John Fordham of the Guardian in his four-star review:"Those who have heard Konitz's unquenchably inventive, tirelessly curious improvising will relish his cliche-purged style. But the formidable Kelly's grasp of that approach, and twisting of it with wayward diversions and rhythmic surprises, brings the sometimes laconic Konitz to the boil." It is also solidified with comments on Kelly's collaboration with Lee Konitz continued into 2014, appearing as a guest with the Quartet onstage at the 60th

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of that year.

Track listing

#"Subconscious Lee" – 8:54 #"Just Friends" – 3:44 #"GRACEfulLEE" – 8:28 #"There Is No Greater Love" – 6:02 #"Alone Together" – 2:26 #"Buzzing Around" – 1:12 #"Thingin'" – 9:39 #"Call of the Spirits" – 4:09 #"NY at Noon" – 1:50

Personnel

– Alto saxophone *

Russell Malone Russell Lamar Malone (November 8, 1963 – August 23, 2024) was an American jazz guitarist. He began working with Jimmy Smith in 1988 and went on to work with Harry Connick Jr. and Diana Krall throughout the 1990s. Biography Malone was born in ...

– Guitar *

Rufus Reid Rufus Reid (born February 10, 1944, in Atlanta, Georgia) is an American jazz bassist, educator, and composer. Biography Reid was raised in Sacramento, California, where he played the trumpet through junior high and high school. Upon graduation ...

– Bass *Matt Wilson – Drums

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