Time by Lee Konitz, Bill Frisell, Thomas Morgan, Jakob Bro

Sensing there was special chemistry between them, Konitz and Bro team up once again on Time along with guitarist Bill Frisell, who also played on Balladeering, and bassist Thomas Morgan.

Together they create an intimate and abstract chamber music that never loses track of a beautiful melody with a folk-like simplicity.

The opener "Nat" ("Night") is a case in point, with its nocturnal mood and breezy blowing from Konitz and a shimmering riverbed of chords from Bro and Frisell.

"Northern Blues" is a perfect description of the aesthetic of an album whose organic sound and blue melancholy still comes across as cathartic, with a childlike sense of the wonder of creation. Thus, no-one brings the attention to the bass' tactile quality of wood and steel like Morgan, as he plucks the strings with delicacy and strength.

Overall, there is unique sense of the power of space as the four musicians transform the fluid shapes of melodies and drum-less rhythms into a moving eulogy to time as the condition of all musical art—although, paradoxically, what remains in the end is a timeless work of art.

– All About Jazz

Tracklist

1.	Nat	4:42

2.	Cirkler	7:30
3.	A Simple Premise	3:11
4.	Swimmer	5:27
5.	Northern Blues	7:16

6.	Fjordlands	4:19
7.	Yellow	6:22
8.	Smaa Dyr	3:32

Credits

released November 21, 2011

Lee Konitz (alto saxophone)
Jakob Bro (guitar)
Bill Frisell (guitar)
Thomas Morgan (double bass)

Recorded and mixed at Avatar Studios, NYC, September 2011
Engineer: James Farber / Assistant: Bob Mallory
Mastering engineer: Andreas Hviid

Cover artwork: Line Jensen & Kathrine Baastrup

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