Lee Konitz/Warne Marsh 1958 video footage

[Claude]

Today I received the "Lee Konitz quartet at the Village Vanguard" DVD from CD Universe

http://www.cduniverse.com/productinfo.asp?pid=6661491

It is supposed to contain 60 minutes from a 1989 concert at the Village Vanguard (with Roland Hanna, George Mraz, Mel Lewis).

But in the middle of the DVD there are two tracks "Geneva's move" and "Subconcious-Lee", which come from a 1954 TV show hosted by Gilbert Seldes (who makes a brief interview with Lee). The whole sequence lasts 8 minutes.

Lee Konitz, alto sax

Warne Marsh, tenor sax (Hell ya )

Don Elliott, french horn

Mundell Lowe, guitar

Billy Taylor, piano

unidentified bassist

Ed Thigpen, drums

(all info according to the subtitles)

Picture and sound quality are state of the art for the era.

There is no information on the 1954 material on the DVD cover, the two tracks are listed as if they belong to the Village Vanguard material. Can 1954 be correct? I would have guessed this was from the late 50's or early 60's.

The Vanguard concert itself is good, but picture quality is so-so, and the sound is mono except on some tracks where there is artificial stereo with some phasing problem.

But for $10, this DVD is highly recommended.

(thread title corrected, see below)

Edited February 7, 2006 by Claude

[Claude]

It seems to be from 1958:

THE SUBJECT IS JAZZ 58-0514

May 14, 1958 unknown location

Don Elliott tp mellophonium vib(1) / Lee Konitz as / Warne Marsh ts / Billy Taylor p / Mundell Lowe g / Eddie Safranski b / Ed Thigpen dr / Gilbert Seldes host

a. Theme/Introduction (1:40) TV Education Films

b. Godchild (2:55) -----

c. Cool/Rhythmical examples (5:50) -----

d. Lady bird (4:20) -----

e. Ever so easy (1) (2:48) -----

f. Subconscious-Lee (2:30) -----

g. Move (3:03) -----

h. Theme (1:48) -----

Notes: f. Don Elliot out

c. examples of recorded music from records and explanations by Billy Taylor

Issues: recorded and broadcasted by US TV Education Films and at a later date by National Public Radio (NPR)

http://www.uni-duisburg.de/AVMZ/frohne/marsh/disco.htm

[Hardbopjazz]

I have been on a Warne Marsh kick, so I will have to check this out. Thanks.

[MartyJazz]

I recently won this on an eBay auction but have yet to view it. (Common problem here). Anyway, thanks for the heads up. Looking forward to taking in the archival footage.

[Son-of-a-Weizen]

"Subconcious-Lee", which come from a 1954 TV show hosted by Gilbert Seldes (who makes a brief interview with Lee). The whole sequence lasts 8 minutes.

The interview is something of a hoot ("well, look at your dictionary.....and the dictionary says...")

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSr7TuPXRrM