Subconscious-Lee
Context
Composition by Lee Konitz, recorded in New York on January 11, 1949, at a session linked to Lennie Tristano, the first date for the New Jazz label. One review cites the chord changes of "What Is This Thing Called Love?" as its harmonic basis. The theme was reissued on the album Subconscious-Lee, released by Prestige in 1955.
In the genealogy of jazz
This track belongs to Tristano School, Cool (Birth of the Cool). Among the origins and influences of Tristano School: Bebop (Minton's, Monroe's).