Friday 50s, an album from 1975, a half-century ago.... 😊
"Saxophonist Lee Konitz performs John Kander and Fred Ebb's songs from the Broadway musical Chicago....with surprisingly pleasing perfomances." Wikipedia. Konitz's regular nonet is augmented for this little-big-band project, which includes saxophonist Joe Farrell. Album Discogs. This album had several covers.
Lee Konitz was an alto saxophone giant from ~1945 to 2018, with over 200 albums released. He developed his big band chops with the Stan Kenton Orchestra in the 1950s. Wikipedia ; Allmusic ; Discogs.
Lee Konitz, Chicago‘N All That Jazz!, full album: YouTube ; Spotify
This is on the Jazz Best Albums 1975 playlist at Spotify/Jazz Todayish. 😎
