A lost treasure from
Lennie Tristano's greatest years – a 2LP set of unreleased material, performed by a quintet that features Lee Konitz! Given how often the Konitz/
Tristano pair are mentioned together, but often not heard on records, the album's a real treasure – and repeats the brilliance of the first
Tristano album on Atlantic, especially the numbers with Konitz. The rest of the group features Gene Ramey on bass and Art Taylor on drums, and tracks are longish, with nice solo room. Recorded at the Sing Song Room of Confucius Restaurant in New York, and with tracks that include "April", "Confucius Blues", "
Lennie-Bird", "Pennies In Minor", "317 East 32nd", "Donna Lee", and "Whispering".