Motion

This is a classic example of Lee Konitz's approach to improvisation--extremely long, fluid lines, with a keen, insightful, relaxed feeling throughout. Elvin Jones, capable of matching his style to almost any context, is less explosive than you'd expect him to be, but you still hear him weaving over and around and behind the beat at times. It's interesting to compare this album to Sonny Rollins' classic 1958 Vanguard recording, also with just Jones and a bassist--we don't usually think of Rollins and Konitz as occupying the same territory, but these two CD's sound eerily similar at times.