Swingtime · in the Kissa Kissa racks

Lee Konitz

Recorded	Jan 17-21, 1956
Label	Swingtime
Catalog	3609
Released	1956
Personnel	8 credited players

The record

Cut during Konitz's mid-'50s European sojourn, pairing his cool, unhurried alto with Hans Koller and Lars Gullin in a rare transatlantic summit of Lennie Tristano-school phrasing and Scandinavian-German cool jazz sensibility.

Session personnel

Lee Konitz — alto saxophone
Lars Gullin — baritone saxophone
Rudi Sehring — baritone saxophone
Willi Sanner — baritone saxophone
Johnny Fischer — bass
Karl Sanner — drums
Roland Kovac — piano
Hans Koller — tenor saxophone

Contemporary reception

No period review located yet. The vintage-press pipeline searches DownBeat, Cash Box, and Billboard for this session.

Pressings

1958	Barclay · 3609 — Vinyl, Album, LP, Mono earliest on file
1980	Fabbri Editori · GdJ 43 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Stereo, Mono
1982	Fabbri Editori · GdJ 43 — Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Reissue, Stereo, Mono
1985	Lester Recording Catalog · EJ-1040 — Cassette, Album
1989	Swingtime
1990	Fabbri Editori · JT-032 — CD, Compilation
1992	Armando Curcio Editore · DEJ-71 — CD, Compilation
1992	Orbis-Fabbri · JT-032 — CD, Compilation, Remastered
1995	Barna Records Lab, S.L. — CD, Compilation
2006	Supreme Jazz · 223272-207 — SACD, Hybrid, Multichannel, Stereo, Compilation