Lee and Me
Context
Seventh track of Respect (1997), recorded at the Studio Gil Evans in Amiens. The quintet, without piano, brings together Texier, Konitz, Brookmeyer, Motian and Swallow, with two basses sharing the foundation.
In the genealogy of jazz
This track belongs to French jazz, Cool (Birth of the Cool). Among the origins and influences of French jazz: Bebop (Minton's, Monroe's), Traditional revival, Hot Club de France, Gypsy jazz, Jazz in France (interwar years), Jazz of the Maghreb and the Near East.