Toot Sweet

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{{Infobox album

| name = Toot Sweet

| type = Live album

| artist = Lee Konitz and Michel Petrucciani

| cover = Toot Sweet.jpg

| alt =

| released = 1982

| recorded = 25 May 1982

| venue = Centre Musical Bosendorfer, Paris

| studio =

| genre = Jazz

| length = 47:36

| label = Owl
OWL 028

| producer = Guy Van Minden and Jean-Jacques Pussiau

| chronology = Lee Konitz

| prev_title = High Jingo

| prev_year = 1982

| next_title = Dovetail

| next_year = 1983

| misc = {{Extra chronology

| artist = Michel Petrucciani

| type = Live album

| prev_title = Estate

| prev_year = 1982

| title = Toot Sweet

| year = 1982

| next_title = Oracle's Destiny

| next_year = 1982

}}

}}

Toot Sweet is a live album by saxophonist Lee Konitz and pianist Michel Petrucciani which was recorded in Paris in 1982 and released on the French Owl label.[https://www.press.umich.edu/pdf/0472115871-discography.pdf Lee Konitz discography] accessed December 5, 2016Di Filippo, R., [https://enciclopediadeljazz.wordpress.com/2014/08/24/lee-konitz-discography/ Enciclopedia del Jazz: Lee Konitz] accessed December 5, 2016 The album was rereleased on CD in the US on Sunnyside.[http://www.sunnysiderecords.com/release_detail.php?releaseID=71 Sunnyside Records: album entry] accessed December 5, 2016

Critical reception

{{Music ratings

| rev1 = Allmusic

| rev1Score = {{rating|4|5}}

|rev2 = The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings

|rev2score = {{Rating|3|4}}{{cite book |last1=Cook |first1=Richard |authorlink1=Richard Cook (journalist) |last2=Morton |first2=Brian |authorlink2=Brian Morton (Scottish writer) |title=The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings |year=2008 |edition=9th |publisher=Penguin |isbn=978-0-141-03401-0 |page=837}}

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The Allmusic review stated "This 1982 meeting between the veteran alto saxophonist Lee Konitz and the young pianist (19 at the time of the session) Michel Petrucciani is a success on all counts. Konitz's fragile alto is complemented by Petrucciani's lush backing".{{AllMusic|first=Ken |last=Dryden |class=album |id=mw0000188418 |title=Toot Sweet – Review |accessdate=December 5, 2016}}

Track listing

  1. "I Hear a Rhapsody" (George Fragos, Jack Baker, Dick Gasparre) – 4:43
  2. "To Erlinda" (Michel Petrucciani) – 5:03
  3. "'Round About Midnight" (Thelonious Monk, Cootie Williams, Bernie Hanighen) – 16:00
  4. "Lover Man" (Jimmy Davis, Ram Ramirez, Jimmy Sherman) – 15:35
  5. "Ode" (Lee Konitz) – 4:46
  6. "Lovelee" (Konitz, Petrucciani) – 2:11

Personnel

References